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  • FirstNet Senior Manager Steven Smith Joins Sevatec's Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FirstNet Senior Manager Steven Smith Joins Sevatec’s Advisory Board

    Steven Smith, senior manager of the First Responder Network Authority, has joined the board of advisers of Fairfax, Virginia-based technology services contractor Sevatec. He brings to Sevatec’s advisory board three decades of information technology management experience in both the public and private sectors, the company said Thursday. “We are fortunate to have [Smith] lending his broad federal government […] More

  • Sevatec Opens New Office in Virginia in Push to Support DHS Component Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sevatec Opens New Office in Virginia in Push to Support DHS Component Agencies

    Sevatec has opened a new office in Crystal City in Arlington County, Virginia, in an effort to deliver information technology services to Department of Homeland Security operational and support components. The new office’s project delivery teams support the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Joint Engineering Teams-Sustainment contract and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s Student Exchange and Visitor Program contract for optional practical training […] More

  • General Atomics Delivers 'Infrasound' Sensors for Early Tornado Detection Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Delivers ‘Infrasound’ Sensors for Early Tornado Detection Research

    The University of Alabama in Huntsville has received 20 Infrasound Collection Element small sensors from General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems subsidiary to support early tornado detection research and real-time tornado tracking. General Atomics said Monday the sensor works to gather radar-independent “infrasound” data that can be used to predict the path of a storm and potentially increase lead […] More

  • DHS Taps DynCorp Subsidiary for Elicitation, Deception Detection Training Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Taps DynCorp Subsidiary for Elicitation, Deception Detection Training Contract

    A DynCorp International subsidiary has been awarded a potential $700,000 contract by the Department of Homeland Security to provide elicitation and detecting deception training services to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s office of international operations. The company said Tuesday its Phoenix Consulting Group will train the department’s visa security program agents to identify applicants who could be a potential threat to the […] More

  • NEC, GAI Deliver Mobile ID System to Support ICE Field Biometrics Collection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NEC, GAI Deliver Mobile ID System to Support ICE Field Biometrics Collection

    NEC Corporation of America and Government Acquisitions Inc. have delivered the NeoScan45 mobile identification device to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. ICE plans to integrate two- and 10-print mobile biometric collection into its existing systems in efforts to enable biometrics data collection in the field, NEC said Mar. 28. Field support works to facilitate officer […] More

  • Sevatec Gets 2 DHS Contracts to Support ICE Exchange Student Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sevatec Gets 2 DHS Contracts to Support ICE Exchange Student Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Sevatec two prime contracts to provide support for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Student Exchange and Visitor Program. Each of the contracts awarded under the DHS Eagle II contract vehicle contains a base term of one year and four option years, Sevatec said Tuesday. SEVP aims to help […] More

  • Former ICE Investigations Lead Susan Aarons Joins Wynyard as Federal Ops Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former ICE Investigations Lead Susan Aarons Joins Wynyard as Federal Ops Director

    Susan Aarons, formerly a senior leader in federal homeland security investigations and counterterrorism operations, has joined the private sector as director of federal operations at crime analytics firm Wynyard Group. The company said Friday Aarons will oversee its product strategy and vision for the federal government sector. “Susan brings an incredible investigative background in counterterrorism, national security […] More

  • Battelle’s Gerald Weeks Gets DHS Cyber Contribution Award; Dave Doyle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle’s Gerald Weeks Gets DHS Cyber Contribution Award; Dave Doyle Comments

    The Department of Homeland Security has given the Undersecretary for Science and Technology’s Award for Outstanding Contractor Support to Battelle employee Gerald Weeks. Weeks received the award for his work to help transition the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s big data pilot study into an operational environment in collaboration with a team of federal partners and […] More