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  • GSA Taps Hensel Phelps Construction to Build New Port Facility in New Mexico - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Taps Hensel Phelps Construction to Build New Port Facility in New Mexico

    Hensel Phelps Construction has received a contract from the General Services Administration to establish a new port facility in Columbus, New Mexico for the Department of Homeland Security. The new land port of entry in New Mexico will work to support DHS’ Customs and Border Protection’s efforts to ensure the security of U.S. borders, GSA said Friday. […] More

  • DHS Opens Application Period on Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative for 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Opens Application Period on Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative for 2017

    The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications from current undergraduate and graduate students who are interested to join the 2017 Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative that aims to develop and expand the agency’s future cybersecurity workforce. DHS said Dec. 19 the selected students will receive hands-on experience and exposure to cybersecurity operations across the department as well […] More

  • PV Puvvada Chosen for Professional Services Council Board, Exec Committee, Civilian Agencies Panel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PV Puvvada Chosen for Professional Services Council Board, Exec Committee, Civilian Agencies Panel

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal business, has been re-elected to a three-year term on the Professional Services Council board of directors and newly elected to serve on the council’s executive committee. Unisys said Friday Puvvada was also selected to chair PSC’s Civilian Agencies Council that oversees acquisition policies and strategies of federal civilian agencies such […] More

  • InfoZen Expands Headquarters in Maryland After $208M DHS Contract Win - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    InfoZen Expands Headquarters in Maryland After $208M DHS Contract Win

    Bethesda, Maryland-based information technology services provider InfoZen will add an additional 25,000 square feet to its corporate headquarters in Montgomery County and hire up to 100 employees by the end of 2017 as part of the company’s expansion efforts. InfoZen announced the expansion three months after it received a potential $208 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security, […] More

  • DHS S&T Seeks New Jamming Mitigation Tools, Methods; Sridhar Kowdley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS S&T Seeks New Jamming Mitigation Tools, Methods; Sridhar Kowdley Comments

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate seeks partners from academia, industry and federally funded research-and-development centers that can provide anti-jamming technology systems that are ready for testing and evaluation. DHS said Tuesday it will hold the 2017 First Responder Electronic Jamming Exercise at Idaho National Laboratory from July 17 to 22 next year […] More

  • Doug Harlow Named an ACT I Executive Program Manager; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Doug Harlow Named an ACT I Executive Program Manager; Michael Niggel Comments

    Doug Harlow, formerly a business development executive at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, has been named executive program manager for the acquisition management services company’s contract with the Department of Homeland Security‘s national protection and programs directorate. ACT I said Harlow will oversee program management and service delivery efforts and serve as the primary contact for contracting personnel on matters […] More

  • Valytics Awarded ICE Interoperability Testing Support Contract; Edwin Darilek Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Valytics Awarded ICE Interoperability Testing Support Contract; Edwin Darilek Comments

    Valytics has received a three-year contract to develop and update interoperability testing and test automation services for the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The company said Wednesday it will help ICE to analyze enterprise configuration procedures, conduct manual interoperability tests and create a test automation framework to execute regression tests on deployed ICE systems. […] More

  • NCI Lands DHS Agile IT Development Support Task Order; Suzanne Liscouski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCI Lands DHS Agile IT Development Support Task Order; Suzanne Liscouski Comments

    NCI has received a $43 million task order to support the electronic and customer-focused architecture of the Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services through agile information technology development efforts. The company said Tuesday its development and operations teams will work with other companies and federal employees to help USCIS implement agile and lean processes such as Scrum under the […] More

  • Coast Guard, DHS Vet John Acton Joins TWD & Associates Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard, DHS Vet John Acton Joins TWD & Associates Board

    John Acton, a retired U.S. Coast Guard admiral and former acting chief learning officer at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined the board of directors of McLean, Virginia-based technology services contractor TWD & Associates. TWD said Wednesday Acton previously managed DHS’ learning and development programs, department-wide policies and strategic direction. He also gained experience in general and marketing, […] More

  • Telos to Support DHS Info Security Policy Applications; Ben Taylor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos to Support DHS Info Security Policy Applications; Ben Taylor Comments

    Telos Corp. has been selected to operate and maintain software applications the Department of Homeland Security procured from the company to implement information security policies and monitor security programs and compliance functions. Telos said Tuesday it will extend support for Xacta Assessment Engine and Xacta Continuum to help DHS manage the agency’s Federal Information Security […] More

  • Grant Thornton-HSDBC Study: Next Administration Should Build on DHS ‘Unity of Effort’ Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Thornton-HSDBC Study: Next Administration Should Build on DHS ‘Unity of Effort’ Program

    A new report by Grant Thornton and the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council says industry and government executives want the next administration to build on the Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson’s Unity of Effort initiative to help streamline management across the homeland security enterprise. Grant Thornton’s public sector business and HSDBC polled 102 government and industry […] More

  • ACT I Receives DHS Acquisition Support Task Order; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Receives DHS Acquisition Support Task Order; Michael Niggel Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a three-year, $21 million task order to provide acquisition support services to the cybersecurity and communications office within the Department of Homeland Security‘s national programs and protection directorate. ACT I CEO Michael Niggel said in October the company will assist the DHS NPPD CS&C office in efforts to safeguard cyber and communication infrastructure […] More