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  • Homeland Security and Defense Business Council Welcomes Four New Industry Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Homeland Security and Defense Business Council Welcomes Four New Industry Partners

    Blue Canopy Group, CACI International, E3 Federal Solutions and SureID have joined the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council in the first quarter of 2017. The council said Monday that its members have taken part in various forums such as round table discussions with leaders of the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the Federal Emergency […] More

  • Former FEMA Official Deanne Criswell Joins Cadmus as Principal for Homeland Security Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former FEMA Official Deanne Criswell Joins Cadmus as Principal for Homeland Security Sector

    Cadmus has named Deanne Criswell, formerly head of a Federal Emergency Management Agency national incident management assistance team, as a principal in the company’s homeland security sector. Criswell will oversee Cadmus’ relationships with local and state homeland security and emergency management customers, the professional consulting services provider said Thursday. “Having worked with Deanne as she trained and managed […] More

  • eGlobalTech Added to Amazon Web Services' Public Sector Partner Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    eGlobalTech Added to Amazon Web Services’ Public Sector Partner Program

    Amazon Web Services has selected eGlobalTech to join the former’s partnership program that aims to meet the technology business needs of education, government and non-profit customers. EGlobalTech said Thursday its DevOps Factory service offering and automation tools such as Cloudamatic will support efforts to boost cloud adoption in the federal sector through the AWS Public Sector […] More

  • Cambridge to Help FEMA Update Natl Preparedness Integrated Exercise System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cambridge to Help FEMA Update Natl Preparedness Integrated Exercise System

    Cambridge International Systems has secured a prime contract to update a system the Federal Emergency Management Agency uses to plan, conduct and assess preparedness based exercises. Arlington, Virginia-based Cambridge said Jan. 12 it will provide project design, development, implementation, integration, management, operations and maintenance services for the National Preparedness Integrated Exercise System. The company will also host NPIES’ three-tier […] More

  • FEMA Seeks Info on Cloud Infrastructure Modernization Support Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FEMA Seeks Info on Cloud Infrastructure Modernization Support Sources

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended the deadline for submission of responses to its sources sought notice that seeks to obtain industry information on cloud management and hosting services in support of FEMA’s cloud infrastructure modernization efforts. US Federal Contractor Registration said Thursday that FEMA wants potential contractors to submit information on a scalable cloud platform based […] More

  • IAP Worldwide Services Activated to Support FEMA Regions IV and V - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAP Worldwide Services Activated to Support FEMA Regions IV and V

    IAP Worldwide Services has been tasked to deliver assistance and emergency power to Federal Emergency Management Agency regions IV and V in support of the agency’s response to Hurricane Matthew. IAP said Thursday it has deployed numerous teams to Initial Support Bases located along the East Coast such as Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Orlando, Florida to support several states […] More

  • DHS Awards Cyber Training Course Development Grant to UTSA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Awards Cyber Training Course Development Grant to UTSA

    A team led by the University of Texas at San Antonio has received a $3 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security under the agency’s Continuing Training Grants program to develop and deliver cybersecurity training courses. UTSA said Tuesday its team will create curriculum on present and emerging cyber threats in an effort to address areas such as information sharing, analysis […] More

  • Louis Berger-Cummins JV to Help FEMA Distribute Emergency Generator Sets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Louis Berger-Cummins JV to Help FEMA Distribute Emergency Generator Sets

    A joint venture of Louis Berger and Cummins Power Generation holds a position on a five-year, $45 million contract to aid the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the distribution of generator sets during relief operations. Berger/Cummins will help FEMA to facilitate the agency’s disaster and emergency response missions in the U.S. and overseas, Louis Berger said Thursday. Frank Jordano, president of […] More

  • FEMA Taps UltiSat to Support Contingency Satellite Services Project; Moe Abutaleb Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FEMA Taps UltiSat to Support Contingency Satellite Services Project; Moe Abutaleb Comments

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a task order to UltiSat for services to support the agency’s Contingency Satellite Services Project. The company will deliver satellite services that work to meet operational communications requirements for FEMA response and recovery missions along with network support for training, testing and operations, UltiSat said Monday. UltiSat CEO Moe Abutaleb […] More

  • Northrop Completes Incident Mgmt System Test; Ed Sturms Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes Incident Mgmt System Test; Ed Sturms Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed a proof-of-concept test for the company’s tactical incident management system in collaboration with the Los Angeles Police Department. Northrop demonstrated the system for eight days during the Special Olympics World Games, Northrop said Thursday. “The pilot program was started to work closely with the LAPD to better understand their mission and tailor […] More

  • FEMA Taps Fluor for Engineering, Architectural Support Task Order; Bruce Stanski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FEMA Taps Fluor for Engineering, Architectural Support Task Order; Bruce Stanski Comments

    Fluor Corp. has received a potential one-year task order to carry out engineering and architectural support work for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in support of FEMA’s disaster recovery efforts in Texas. The task order has a base term of six months and a six-month option and was awarded by FEMA under the Architects and Engineers Technical […] More