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  • AT&T to Help NASA Update Deep Space Network's Comms Capacity Through VPN; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Help NASA Update Deep Space Network’s Comms Capacity Through VPN; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T has been selected by NASA to provide a high-speed virtual private network intended to connect the radio antennas of a scientific telecommunications system that supports the agency’s interplanetary spacecraft missions. The company said Wednesday its VPN technology will work to increase the Deep Space Network‘s data transmission capacity up to three times faster than its current bandwidth without the need for hardware upgrades. […] More

  • Sandia Natl Labs Vet Julia Phillips Joins National Science Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sandia Natl Labs Vet Julia Phillips Joins National Science Board

    Julia Phillips, former acting vice president and chief technology officer of the Education Department‘s Sandia National Laboratories, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Science Board. She will lead efforts to maintain U.S.’ key role in the science and engineering fields in her new position, Sandia Labs said Wednesday. Her 19-year career at Sandia […] More

  • AT&T Joins NASA-Industry UAS Traffic Mgmt Initiative; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Joins NASA-Industry UAS Traffic Mgmt Initiative; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T supports a NASA-led project to research and develop a traffic management system for the agency to manage the safety and security of unmanned aircraft system operations in U.S. airspace. The company said Thursday it aims to contribute networking, internet of things, cloud, identity management and cybersecurity expertise to NASA’s UAS traffic management initiative. “Drones are already used in agriculture, public […] More

  • MEF Unveils List of Keynote, Featured Speakers at 2016 Global Networking Conference; Kevin Vachon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEF Unveils List of Keynote, Featured Speakers at 2016 Global Networking Conference; Kevin Vachon Comments

    Over 110 executives from cloud service providers, communications, technology platforms vendors and defense companies will take part as keynote speakers at MEF’s four-day global networking conference that is set to kick off Nov. 7 at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel in Maryland. “MEF16 will provide attendees an unparalleled forum to engage with the world’s […] More

  • MEF Releases List of Finalists for 2016 Excellence Awards; Nan Chen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEF Releases List of Finalists for 2016 Excellence Awards; Nan Chen Comments

    MEF has announced finalists for the company’s 2016 Excellence Awards that recognizes service, application, technology and professional excellence in the global Third Network community. The company said Thursday it will present the awards in November at the MEF Excellence Awards Dinner as part of the MEF16 global networking conference. Global and regional senior analysts from ATLANTIC-ACM, Current Analysis, Frost […] More

  • UMUC to Continue Support for Air Force Association's CyberPatriot - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UMUC to Continue Support for Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot

    The University of Maryland University College will continue to sponsor the Air Force Association’s national youth cyber education program for a fourth consecutive year. UMUC said Thursday it will support the CyberPatriot program in an effort to promote science, technology, engineering, mathematics and cybersecurity education to students. The 2015-2016 CyberPatriot National Defense Competition aims to develop the skills of youth participants via […] More

  • MobileGuard to Offer Messaging Security Tools Via immixGroup's Schedule 70, SEWP Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MobileGuard to Offer Messaging Security Tools Via immixGroup’s Schedule 70, SEWP Contracts

    MobileGuard‘s mobile communications compliance products have been added to immixGroup‘s offerings to the federal sector under the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70 and NASA‘s Solution for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contract vehicle. MobileGuard said Tuesday its platforms will work to help customer agencies  capture, monitor, archive and analyze text and SMS communications across all mobile operating systems such as iOS and Android. The […] More

  • Mike Leff: GSA Extends AT&T's Network Support Services for Federal Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Leff: GSA Extends AT&T’s Network Support Services for Federal Sector

    AT&T will continue to provide integrated communications platforms to federal customers after the company received a pair of contract extensions under the General Services Administration‘s network services procurement vehicle. GSA extended the company’s Networx Universal contract through March 2020 and its Networx Enterprise contract through May 2020, AT&T said Tuesday. The government aims to launch the new Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions GWAC vehicle as […] More

  • AT&T to Design, Build Mobile Radio Comm Towers for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Design, Build Mobile Radio Comm Towers for Navy

    AT&T has won an $11.3 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy to design and build five land mobile radio communication towers throughout the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California. The company’s government solutions business unit will construct 70- to 150-foot-high towers that can operate as standalone facilities in remote areas within the Sierra Nevada […] More

  • AT&T Lands Labor Dept Mobile Service Support Contract; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Lands Labor Dept Mobile Service Support Contract; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T has been awarded a five-year contract to provide mobile devices and related services to the Labor Department. The contract covers smartphones, tethering support and Enhanced Push-to-Talk service in support of the department’s wage and hour division employees, AT&T said Tuesday. Mike Leff, vice president for civilian agencies at AT&T’s government solutions business, said AT&T will […] More

  • GovCon Industry Pros Recognized in Trending 40's Top DC Corporate Counsels List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GovCon Industry Pros Recognized in Trending 40’s Top DC Corporate Counsels List

    Laurence Grayer of Veterans Moving Forward, Gregory Nixon of Cerberus and Josh Petty of Booz Allen Hamilton have made Trending 40’s list of top corporate counsels in Washington, D.C. for 2016. The legal professionals will be honored during a ceremony that will be held Sept. 21 at Crystal City, Virginia. Other honorees include Mitre‘s Julie Bowen, AT&T‘s Rishi Chhatwal, PwC‘s Eliza Nagle, Northrop Grumman‘s Charlton Walker […] More