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  • Former Commerce Dept Cybersecurity Adviser Clete Johnson Joins Wilkinson Barker Knauer as Partner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Commerce Dept Cybersecurity Adviser Clete Johnson Joins Wilkinson Barker Knauer as Partner

    Clete Johnson, former senior adviser for cybersecurity and technology to Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker, has joined law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer as a partner. The firm said Wednesday Johnson will be based at its Washington, D.C., office and bring experience from his work in the federal government, the national security and intelligence communities and the private […] More

  • NIST Seeks to Advance Public Safety Broadband Tech R&D Through Grant Program; Dereck Orr Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Seeks to Advance Public Safety Broadband Tech R&D Through Grant Program; Dereck Orr Comments

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has introduced a $30 million grant program in an effort to advance research and development work on broadband technology platforms for first responders. NIST’s public safety communications research division will accept applications from nonprofit organizations, higher education institutions and other non-federal entities for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator […] More

  • Grace Hopper, Newt Minow Among Latest Medal of Freedom Recipients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grace Hopper, Newt Minow Among Latest Medal of Freedom Recipients

    Grace Hopper, former U.S. Navy admiral and a computer pioneer, and Newt Minow, former Federal Communications Commission chairman, have been awarded the final Medals of Freedom for President Barack Obama’s term in office. Hopper previously held roles with the U.S. Naval Reserve, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sperry, Association of Computer Programmers […] More

  • Alaska Communications Receives Potential $197M FCC Internet Service Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alaska Communications Receives Potential $197M FCC Internet Service Order

    Alaska Communications has secured a potential 10-year, $197 million order from the Federal Communications Commission to deploy broadband to rural locations in Alaska. The company said Tuesday it will provide internet service to 31,500 locations across the state including approximately 26,000 unserved areas as part of FCC’s Connect America Fund Phase II program. FCC will issue $19.7 million in funds every […] More

  • Collab9 Lands State Cooperative Purchasing Contract for Unified Comms Cloud Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Collab9 Lands State Cooperative Purchasing Contract for Unified Comms Cloud Service

    Collab9 has secured a contract from the state of Utah to offer the company’s unified communications-as-a-service platform to participating U.S. states under the NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing Organization. The company said Monday its Cisco-powered UCaaS cloud service works to facilitate voice and video calls; provide mobility, customer care applications and E911 functionality; and support integration with Microsoft 365, Skype […] More

  • Trex Subsidiary to Provide 'Foreign Object Debris' Detection Units to Navy, Marines Air Stations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trex Subsidiary to Provide ‘Foreign Object Debris’ Detection Units to Navy, Marines Air Stations

    A Trex Enterprises subsidiary will deliver 10 “foreign object debris” detection units to U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps air stations across the East and West coasts in efforts to limit runway closure time and mitigate repair costs caused by FODs. Trex Aviation Systems‘ FOD Finder XM-M features a millimeter-wave radar that works to support FOD detection and retrieval to build on airport efficiency and the […] More

  • ISC Govt Advisory Council Adds 8 New Members; Dan Waddell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISC Govt Advisory Council Adds 8 New Members; Dan Waddell Comments

    ISC has added eight government and industry professionals to the nonprofit organization’s U.S. Government Advisory Council. Members of the council advise the ISC executive management team on cybersecurity-related government policies and programs as well as professional certification matters, ISC said Tuesday. The USGAC also sponsors community outreach initiatives such as the ISC Government Information Security Leadership Awards, the U.S. Government […] More

  • Collab9 Obtains FedRAMP Authorization for Unified Comms Platform; Kevin Schatzle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Collab9 Obtains FedRAMP Authorization for Unified Comms Platform; Kevin Schatzle Comments

    Los Angeles-based cloud communication services provider collab9 has received an authority-to-operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its unified communications-as-a-service platform to public sector organizations. The Federal Communications Commission sponsored collab9 to comply with the FedRAMP authorization process for its Cisco-hosted UCaaS cloud service designed for voice and collaboration applications, the […] More

  • AT&T's Randall Stephenson to Lead Robocalling Strike Force to Support FCC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T’s Randall Stephenson to Lead Robocalling Strike Force to Support FCC

    Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and CEO, has been chosen by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to head a “Robocalling Strike Force” that will help drive the development and adoption of tools to stop automated calls. Bob Quinn, AT&T federal regulatory group senior vice president, wrote in a blog post published Monday the strike force will also advise the […] More

  • Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling

    Satellite operators have sent opinions to the Federal Communications Commission after an agency ruling that aims to make frequencies above 24 gigahertz available for fifth-generation wireless services, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes Boeing, EchoStar, Hughes Network Systems, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, O3b Networks, OneWeb, SES, SpaceX and ViaSat are among the companies that have submitted their opinions to […] More

  • Richard Reed: FirstNet Works on Public Safety Network Interoperability Requirements for Opt-Out States - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Richard Reed: FirstNet Works on Public Safety Network Interoperability Requirements for Opt-Out States

    The First Responder Network Authority has started to develop an interoperability compliance matrix for states and territories that want to opt out of the national public safety broadband network to build their own compatible systems. Richard Reed, FirstNet’s chief customer officer, wrote in a blog entry posted July 8 the matrix will outline network policies and technical standards for interconnectivity between a state […] More

  • NASA OKs Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser Implementation Plan for ISS Cargo Flights - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA OKs Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser Implementation Plan for ISS Cargo Flights

    NASA has approved Sierra Nevada Corp.’s full program implementation plan for the company’s Dream Chaser spacecraft that is contracted for at least six cargo delivery services to and from the International Space Station between 2019 and 2024. SNC said Monday that NASA evaluated the company’s design, development, test and evaluation methods in efforts to meet technical performance and […] More