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  • eGlobalTech to Deploy EPA’s Data Collection System on AWS Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    eGlobalTech to Deploy EPA’s Data Collection System on AWS Cloud

    The Environmental Protection Agency has selected consulting firm eGlobalTech to deploy the agency’s information collection system on Amazon Web Services’ cloud platform. EGlobalTech said Wednesday it will work to update, restore, operate and maintain EPA’s Information Collection Request, Review and Approval System under a new task order. The electronic system is used to prepare, monitor, report […] More

  • Booz Allen Co-Hosts Online Crowdsourcing Hackathon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Co-Hosts Online Crowdsourcing Hackathon

    Booz Allen Hamilton has co-hosted an onsite and online crowdsourcing hackathon at the firm’s innovation center in Washington, D.C. to present the impacts of crowdsourced development in the federal sector. The four-day 2016 Topcoder Open Finals exhibited an Environmental Protection Agency Megahack that aimed to develop a portal for policymakers, industry associations and other key stakeholders […] More

  • EPA Adopts Certara's Population-Based Simulator to Aid Chemical Toxicity Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EPA Adopts Certara’s Population-Based Simulator to Aid Chemical Toxicity Tests

    Certara has provided its population-based simulator to support the Environmental Protection Agency‘s toxicity testing program. The company said Thursday EPA uses Simcyp Simulator to identify commercial chemicals that could pose risks to human health and should be tested further. Certara CEO Edmundo Muniz said the simulator is designed to simulate the behavior of virtual populations to provide individual variability […] More

  • Honeywell Unveils Refrigerants Product Suite in Support of EPA’s Carbon Footprint Reduction Policy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell Unveils Refrigerants Product Suite in Support of EPA’s Carbon Footprint Reduction Policy

    Honeywell has introduced a new portfolio of foam blowing agents and refrigerants in support of the Environmental Protection Agency‘s Significant New Alternative Policy. The SNAP program aims to assess and regulate alternatives for chemicals that EPA plans to phase out in compliance with the Clean Air Act, Honeywell said Monday. Honeywell’s Soltice suite consists of […] More

  • Battelle to Extend Environmental Tech Development, Assessment Support for EPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Extend Environmental Tech Development, Assessment Support for EPA

    The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Battelle a potential five-year, $55 million contract for the development and assessment of technologies, processes and tools designed to mitigate pollution as well as restore ecosystems. Battelle said Wednesday it will also continue to help EPA conduct tests and evaluations in an effort to address drinking water problems, aging water infrastructure and greenhouse emissions in […] More

  • Jacobs Receives Fifth Year Extension for Chattanooga Program Management Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Receives Fifth Year Extension for Chattanooga Program Management Support Contract

    The City of Chattanooga, Tennessee has awarded a fifth year contract renewal to Jacobs Engineering Group for program management services in support of a $300 million wastewater system upgrade project. Jacobs said Thursday it will provide professional, technical, administrative and personnel support for the Waste Resource Division Wet Weather EPA Consent Decree program that covers work on Chattanooga’s wastewater treatment and collection system facilities. […] 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

  • Battelle Vet Robert Quinn Named SCRA Executive Director; Bill Blume Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Vet Robert Quinn Named SCRA Executive Director; Bill Blume Comments

    Robert Quinn, managing director of technology commercialization and advisory services at Battelle subsidiary 360ip, will join South Carolina-based applied research company SCRA on Aug. 1 as executive director. He will bring his knowledge of the technology development, commercialization and transfer processes to his new position, SCRA said Friday. Quinn said he aims to help the state-chartered company drive innovation partnerships  between universities and private companies through […] More

  • Jacobs Lands Coal Combustion Residual Consulting Contract in Missouri; Ward Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Lands Coal Combustion Residual Consulting Contract in Missouri; Ward Johnson Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group will provide consulting and analysis services to city utilities in Springfield, Missouri, to facilitate compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s coal combustion residual regulations under a $4.9 million contract. The contract covers environmental and geophysical investigations, control plan development, site planning, compliance recommendations in order to address surface impoundments and landfills and other professional […] More

  • SunPower to Erect Solar Power Plant for Army's Redstone Arsenal Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SunPower to Erect Solar Power Plant for Army’s Redstone Arsenal Base

    SunPower will construct a 10-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant to generate 18,000 megawatt hours per year for the Redstone Arsenal U.S. Army post in Alabama under a 27-year renewable energy services agreement and lease. The company said Friday that the Army has an option to purchase 100 percent of energy the Oasis power plant will generate under the power purchase agreement. Richard […] More

  • Summit to Continue Dev't Support to EPA's Water Infrastructure Financing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Summit to Continue Dev’t Support to EPA’s Water Infrastructure Financing Program

    Summit Consulting has received a long-term contract from the Environmental Protection Agency to extend the company’s policy and infrastructure development services on EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program. The contract will continue Summit’s WIFIA advisory support for up to four years and require additional development services for the programmatic infrastructure, standard operating procedures, portfolio, credit subsidy estimates and credit […] More

  • ICF to Continue Technical, Analytical Support for EPA Ozone Protection Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Continue Technical, Analytical Support for EPA Ozone Protection Efforts

    ICF International has received a $19.8 million blanket purchase agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical and analytical support for EPA’s efforts to phase out substances that can damage the Earth’s ozone layer. The company will work with EPA’s Office of Atmospheric Protection Stratospheric Protection Division to create and implement programs to help stop the production and consumption of ozone-depleting chemicals, ICF said Friday. The […] More