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  • GSA to Host Workshop on Cybersecurity National Action Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA to Host Workshop on Cybersecurity National Action Plan

    The General Services Administration plans to conduct a workshop on the Cybersecurity National Action Plan at GSA’s headquarters in Washington on June 13. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday it will discuss at the event the continuous diagnostics and mitigation/continuous monitoring-as-a-service program, acquisition strategy in support of CNAP as well as the results of […] More

  • DHS Solicits White Papers for Security Tool R&D Program for Mobile Apps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Solicits White Papers for Security Tool R&D Program for Mobile Apps

    The Department of Homeland Security has solicited white papers for a five-year contract that aims to conduct research and develop security tools for mobile applications, Federal Times reported Friday. Aaron Boyd writes DHS said in a broad agency announcement posted on FedBizOpps that the Mobile Application Security R&D project seeks to “identify innovative approaches that […] More

  • Air Force Selects McKenna Principals for Data Access Control System Dev't - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Selects McKenna Principals for Data Access Control System Dev’t

    McKenna Principals has received  a $15 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to design and develop an operational prototype of a data access control software. The Defense Department said Thursday the Data Framework and Access Control Enterprise II system will work to facilitate the Department of Homeland Security‘s data exchange with DoD and other agencies as well as maintain information security. […] More

  • DHS Seeks Ideas for 'Agile' IT Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Ideas for ‘Agile’ IT Development Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has asked industry to suggest “agile” methods and best practices to design and build information technology systems. DHS said in a notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps that it looks to establish a department-wide contract vehicle for agile design and development support services. The DHS Office of the Chief Procurement Officer and the Office of the Chief […] More

  • eGlobalTech to Provide Enterprise Architecture Services to TSA's IT Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    eGlobalTech to Provide Enterprise Architecture Services to TSA’s IT Office

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded eGlobalTech a contract of an undisclosed value to provide enterprise architecture services to the information technology office within DHS’ Transportation Security Administration agency. Allan Potter, eGlobalTech senior director for homeland security, said Thursday the company aims to help TSA innovate, make decisions and manage investments. The company will also support efforts of […] More

  • Whitescope to Build Wireless Comms Gateway for IoT Devices Under DHS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Whitescope to Build Wireless Comms Gateway for IoT Devices Under DHS Contract

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has awarded a $200,000 contract to Whitescope to provide a wireless communications gateway that will work to secure Internet of Things devices. DHS said Monday Whitescope’s GatewayX platform will work to perform passive and active detection of connected IoT devices and centralize the access to the devices. The award was given under […] More

  • AT&T’s Kay Kapoor Among 2016 Women in Technology Leadership Award Winners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T’s Kay Kapoor Among 2016 Women in Technology Leadership Award Winners

    Kay Kapoor, president of government solutions business at AT&T, has won the Women in Technology’s 2016 Leadership Award for the corporate large market sector category in recognition of her work in the technology industry. WIT held the 17th Annual Leadership Awards Thursday at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia, in an effort to acknowledge the mentorship, […] More

  • USCIS Eyes Commercial Web-Based Platform to Process Workers' Compensation Claims - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USCIS Eyes Commercial Web-Based Platform to Process Workers’ Compensation Claims

    The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services looks to procure commercial software that can be modified to help the agency implement a workers compensation case management system. USCIS is looking for potential sources of a web-based platform that will work to process, analyze, compile and generate reports for the agency’s Workers’ Compensation Program, the Department of Homeland Security said in a notice posted […] More

  • Angela Messer: Booz Allen Cyber Practice Contains 'Tribes' of Professionals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Angela Messer: Booz Allen Cyber Practice Contains ‘Tribes’ of Professionals

    Angela Messer, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, has said the company’s cyber practice is composed of what she called various “tribes” of professionals that work to address cyber threats through a “consultative approach to problem solving.” Messer told the Washington Business Journal in an interview posted Thursday that those tribes include engineers, consultants and […] More

  • NSA, DHS Name Multiple Universities as Centers of Excellence in Cyber Defense - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA, DHS Name Multiple Universities as Centers of Excellence in Cyber Defense

    Five universities were commended by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security as national centers of academic excellence in cyber defense, HSToday reported Wednesday. The new centers of academic excellence in cyber defense are the University of Delaware, University of Cincinnati’s Information Technology School, University of Missouri in St. Louis, University of West Florida and […] More

  • DHS, University of North Dakota Partner for Unmanned Aerial Tech Research Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, University of North Dakota Partner for Unmanned Aerial Tech Research Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has signed a three-year cooperative research and development agreement with the University of North Dakota to study the potential advantages and risks of using unmanned aerial technology. DHS’ science and technology directorate and the university aim to identify strategies to prevent misuse of unmanned aerial systems, the department said Monday. “This mission critical research will facilitate a […] More

  • GSA Seeks Info on Federal Mobile Service Procurement Process; Jon Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Info on Federal Mobile Service Procurement Process; Jon Johnson Comments

    The General Services Administration has asked industry on behalf of the mobile services category team to provide information on how vendors sell enterprise mobile devices and services to federal agencies. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted May 2 the request for information is part of MSCT’s compliance with the Office of Management and Budget’s […] More