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  • Red Hat Names SAIC Public Sector System Integrator Partner of the Year; Charles Onstott Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Names SAIC Public Sector System Integrator Partner of the Year; Charles Onstott Comments

    Red Hat has presented Science Applications International Corp. with the 2016 Public Sector System Integrator Partner of the Year for SAIC’s efforts to integrate open-source Red Hat technologies for government clients. SAIC said Tuesday that Red Hat’s open-source offerings support enterprise information technology platforms designed to help federal agency customers address business and infrastructure challenges. “Our relationship with Red Hat is an […] More

  • Leidos, UK Defense Ministry Open Military Logistics Facility; Roger Krone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos, UK Defense Ministry Open Military Logistics Facility; Roger Krone Comments

    Leidos and U.K.’s defense ministry have opened an 861,112-square-foot facility in Shropshire, England, to provide logistics, commodities and support services to the British military. The Defence Fulfilment Centre is built to also store food, clothing, general and medical supplies of the U.K.’s armed forces, Leidos said Tuesday. A Leidos-led delivery team that includes Kuehne+Nagel and TVS Supply Chain Solutions will operate […] More

  • Highpoint to Offer Professional Services via GSA IT Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Highpoint to Offer Professional Services via GSA IT Schedule 70

    HighPoint Global has secured a position on the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70  contract vehicle to offer professional services for federal government agencies. The company said Tuesday it received a potential 20-year contract to provide support under the IT professional services and health IT professional services special item numbers. HighPoint CEO Ben Lanius said the company now holds […] More

  • Parsons to Provide Engineering, Technical Services at NASA Goddard; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Provide Engineering, Technical Services at NASA Goddard; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has secured a potential five-year contract from NASA to provide a range of engineering and technical services to the Goddard Space Flight Center. The company said Wednesday the Facilities Construction, Engineering and Technical Services III contract covers engineering, construction, design-build, information technology and program management services. “We are honored to be awarded this contract and continue our relationship […] More

  • Reports: Microsoft Develops Custom Windows 10 Offering for Chinese Govt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: Microsoft Develops Custom Windows 10 Offering for Chinese Govt

    Microsoft has developed a customized version of its Windows 10 operating system for the Chinese government through a partnership with state-owned China Electronics Technology Group, Dow Jones Newswires reported Tuesday. Eva Dou and Yang Jie write CETC helped Microsoft develop the custom Windows 10 offering as the U.S.-based technology firm aims to regain access to the Chinese market and address security demands […] More

  • Former US CIO Tony Scott to Serve as Board Member at Baldrige Foundation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former US CIO Tony Scott to Serve as Board Member at Baldrige Foundation

    Tony Scott, former federal chief information officer and administrator of the Office of Management and Budget‘s e-government and information technology unit. is set to join Washington-based Baldrige Foundation in April as a member of the board of directors. Al Faber, president and CEO of the Baldrige Foundation, said in a statement released Tuesday that Scott played a key role […] More

  • Vectrus Secures Army Contract for Base Operations Support in Qatar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus Secures Army Contract for Base Operations Support in Qatar

    A Vectrus subsidiary has secured a $28.7 million contract to provide base operations services in support of the U.S. Army‘s Area Support Group-Qatar. The Defense Department said Monday that Vectrus’ systems business is scheduled to finish work by Sept. 29, 2017. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through an online solicitation and obligated the full contract amount at the […] More

  • Mythics to Deploy Oracle Products, Services to Virginia's Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mythics to Deploy Oracle Products, Services to Virginia’s Public Sector

    Mythics has received a contract from Virginia’s information technologies agency to deploy a range of Oracle products and services to various public organizations across the state. The contract is intended to give participating agencies in Virginia a streamlined acquisition process for Oracle database, applications, support, maintenance, training and professional service offerings, Mythics said Wednesday. Doug Altamura, executive vice […] More

  • BAE Systems to Develop Tech to Address Electric Grid Failure After Cyber Attack - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Develop Tech to Address Electric Grid Failure After Cyber Attack

    BAE Systems has received an $8.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create new technology that will work to restore electric grid operations in the event of a power loss due to a cyber attack. The company said Tuesday the technology will support DARPA’s Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems […] More

  • SAS-Ponemon Study: 61% of IT Pros Cite Security Analytics as Key to Cyber Defense - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAS-Ponemon Study: 61% of IT Pros Cite Security Analytics as Key to Cyber Defense

    Sixty-one percent of 621 information technology professionals who responded to a SAS-sponsored survey said they believe security analytics is critical to cyber defense programs. SAS said the Ponemon Institute surveyed IT and IT security personnel who are involved with their organizations’ security analytics during the month of December 2016 for the company’s “When Seconds Count: How Security Analytics Improves Cybersecurity Defenses” report. Seventy-one percent […] More

  • MC Dean Secures Army IT, Infrastructure Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MC Dean Secures Army IT, Infrastructure Support Contract

    M.C. Dean has been awarded a potential four-year, $45 million contract to provide information technology and infrastructure support services to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Friday the service branch received five bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet. The Army Communications-Electronics Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland will determine funds and performance locations with each order. Contract work is scheduled to […] More

  • CGI Nabs Potential $66M Contract From Colorado State to Update Payroll Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Nabs Potential $66M Contract From Colorado State to Update Payroll Systems

    CGI has secured a potential 20-year, $66.2 million contract from the Colorado government to update payroll systems across 21 state agencies and departments in support of efforts to overhaul the existing enterprise resource planning system. The company said Wednesday it will offer information technology services to transform manual payroll processes into a unified human resource […] More