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  • DHS Taps 13 Small Firms to Develop Cybersecurity Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Taps 13 Small Firms to Develop Cybersecurity Platforms

    Thirteen small businesses have received $1.3 million in total preliminary funds from the Department of Homeland Security to develop cybersecurity tools and related methods across four research topics. DHS’ science and technology directorate made the awards through the Small Business Innovation Research program, the department said Friday. Celerity Government Solutions, Digital Bazaar, Narf Industries and Respect […] More

  • DHS Seeks Academic Institution to Lead New CoE for Homeland Security Quantitative Analysis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Academic Institution to Lead New CoE for Homeland Security Quantitative Analysis

    The Department of Homeland Security plans to provide $40 million in funds to an institution that will lead a new center of excellence for homeland security quantitative analysis. DHS said Monday the funds will cover 10 years of CoE operations under a cooperative agreement with the lead institution. The department added it also seeks potential partners from academia, industry, federally funded research […] More

  • DHS Seeks Wearable First Responder Tech From Startup Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Wearable First Responder Tech From Startup Companies

    The Department of Homeland Security currently explores startup-developed wearable technologies that work to support first responders through a business accelerator program of the DHS science and technology directorate. DHS said it seeks startup companies that can provide body-worn electronics, advanced sensors and gear-embedded voice and data communication technologies as part of the EMERGE 2016: Wearable Technology accelerator program. The department added the […] More

  • SayVU App Selected to Help Secure Participants at Rio Olympics; Amotz Koskas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SayVU App Selected to Help Secure Participants at Rio Olympics; Amotz Koskas Comments

    International Security and Defense Systems has selected a mobile application developed at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to secure attendees of the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil, Jewish Business News reported Monday. The mobile app SayVU is available on Android devices and is designed to help users send a distress signal to an emergency hotline, the […] More

  • Triple-i to Sponsor Advanced Technology Academic Research Center's Federal DevOps Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Triple-i to Sponsor Advanced Technology Academic Research Center’s Federal DevOps Summit

    Information Innovators Inc. will sponsor a one-day symposium by the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center that will discuss the potential impact of DevOps and Agile methodology on the federal government. The ATARC Federal DevOps Summit will feature Pramod Malhotra, Triple-i’s software engineering and technical solutions director, as host for the second session of the Mitre-ATARC Collaboration Symposium segment, Triple-i said Monday. The event will […] More

  • LMI Employees Receive DHS 'Building Partnerships Award' With National Urban Security Tech Lab Teammates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI Employees Receive DHS ‘Building Partnerships Award’ With National Urban Security Tech Lab Teammates

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a government-industry team that includes Kris Dooley, Abby Hooper and Steve Vargas of LMI the Building Partnerships Award. The LMI acquisition and financial management professionals are part of a group that worked with the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory within the DHS science and technology directorate’s office of national laboratories, the company said Tuesday. […] More

  • ManTech to Support Navy Ship Maintenance, Logistics Info Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Support Navy Ship Maintenance, Logistics Info Systems

    ManTech International has been awarded a potential $47 million bridge contract modification to provide sustainment and operation support services for the U.S. Navy‘s Ship Maintenance and Logistics Information Systems program. The company said Friday the modification was awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command and contains an option that could extend contract work through July 2017. Daniel Keefe, president and chief operating officer of ManTech’s mission solutions […] More

  • Insight Technology Solutions Purchases Bara Infoware's GSA OASIS SB Spot - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insight Technology Solutions Purchases Bara Infoware’s GSA OASIS SB Spot

    Insight Technology Solutions has acquired Bara Infoware‘s spot under the small business portion of the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle. Bowie, Maryland-based professional services company Insight said July 22 GSA approved the novation to facilitate the transition of Bara’s contract obligations. Work under OASIS includes program management, management consulting, financial, logistics, engineering and scientific professional […] More

  • IBA Unveils Cloud-Based Mobile App Delivery Platform for Federal Gov't - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBA Unveils Cloud-Based Mobile App Delivery Platform for Federal Gov’t

    Irving Burton Associates has unveiled a cloud-based service that is built on open source technology and designed to accelerate the delivery of native, hybrid and web-based mobile applications. The Federal Mobile Services Platform works to supply rapid prototypes to Android, iOS, Windows and BlackBerry devices and comply with federal customer security requirements and policies, IBA said Thursday. Cleveland Cooke, IBA’s […] More

  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Feedback on Technical Requirements of Cloud Migration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Feedback on Technical Requirements of Cloud Migration

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has requested information on potential industry sources of cloud-based technology platforms as CFPB plans to migrate its data workloads to the cloud in fiscal year 2017. In a FedBizOpps sources sought notice posted Tuesday, CFPB asked interested vendors to provide feedback on the cost, timeline and technical requirements of its planned cloud adoption. The […] More

  • HHS Looks for Info Sharing Center to Drive Health IT Cybersecurity Awareness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Looks for Info Sharing Center to Drive Health IT Cybersecurity Awareness

    The Department of Health and Human Services is looking for an information sharing and analysis organization to help raise awareness about cybersecurity threats across the government and commercial healthcare sectors. HHS said Monday its Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response seek to enter into cooperative agreements with a […] More

  • HPE-Built Continuous Security Monitoring Platform Enters Operational Readiness Review Phase; Marilyn Crouther Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE-Built Continuous Security Monitoring Platform Enters Operational Readiness Review Phase; Marilyn Crouther Comments

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise has moved forward to the operational readiness review phase of its cybersecurity platform for federal civilian agencies under a Department of Homeland Security-run continuous diagnostics and mitigation program. The company designed its automated CDM platform to help government users identify and categorize information technology security risk by priority, HPE said Tuesday. “HPE is proud to be a trusted partner with DHS […] More