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  • Hexagon US Federal Secures DOI Geospatial Tech BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hexagon US Federal Secures DOI Geospatial Tech BPA

    Hexagon US Federal, an independent subsidiary of Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure‘s U.S. federal business, has received a five-year blanket purchase agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey to provide a range of geospatial products and services to the Interior Department. The contract covers Hexagon software and associated software maintenance, including products that support spatial modeling, point cloud extraction, image classification, photogrammetry and radar […] More

  • Parsons Gets APA Award for Nat'l Recreation Area Environmental Assessment; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Gets APA Award for Nat’l Recreation Area Environmental Assessment; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has received an award from the American Planning Association in recognition of its West Pond environmental review efforts for a national recreation area in New York. The company said Monday it accepted the Honor Award for Outstanding Environmental Planning Project from APA’s federal planning division following the conclusion of its environmental assessment work at the Gateway […] More

  • Interior Dept Taps AT&T to Provide Mobile Device Mgmt Platform; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Interior Dept Taps AT&T to Provide Mobile Device Mgmt Platform; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T will deliver IBM‘s mobile device management platform to the Interior Department to help DOI protect and manage 27,000 mobile devices. AT&T, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, said Tuesday it will provide IBM’s Maas360 mobile device management platform to DOI as an authorized reseller. Mike Leff, vice president of AT&T’s global public sector business for civilian agencies, said the […] More

  • DOI Wants Info on Voice Comm Service Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOI Wants Info on Voice Comm Service Offerings

    The Interior Department has asked industry for ideas on how to maintain voice communication services across DOI facilities as federal agencies prepare to transition to the General Services Administration‘s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle. DOI seeks ways to continue voice services that are currently provided through GSA’s Networx, Washington Interagency Telecommunications 3 and Local Services Agreement contracts, according to a request […] More

  • Amtrak Taps Phase One to Support Mobile Mgmt Tool for Chicago's Union Station; Jodi Huston Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amtrak Taps Phase One to Support Mobile Mgmt Tool for Chicago’s Union Station; Jodi Huston Comments

    Phase One has been selected to support a mobile management tool Amtrak will use to manage processes at Chicago’s Union Station. Phase One said Friday it will leverage the company’s Salesforce application expertise to help Amtrak manage train turn-around times and streamline the station’s operations. Yard personnel will use the tool to schedule the preparation of each train for departure and supervisors will […] More

  • CGI Federal-Wynyard Team to Help Interior Dept Implement Risk Mgmt Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Federal-Wynyard Team to Help Interior Dept Implement Risk Mgmt Software

    A team comprised of CGI Federal and Wynyard Group has been awarded a contract by the Interior Department to install an enterprise risk management platform at DOI’s  Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Wynyard said Friday its Risk Management software will be hosted on a cloud-based information technology infrastructure CGI developed for the department as part of a contract awarded in 2013. CGI Federal is one […] More

  • Ensco-PositiveID Team Selected for Phase 2 of DHS' Biothreat Detection Tech Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco-PositiveID Team Selected for Phase 2 of DHS’ Biothreat Detection Tech Program

    Ensco and PositiveID will collaborate to produce a biothreat detection system for the Department of Homeland Security under the second phase of DHS’ SenseNet Program. PositiveID said Monday it will provide the company’s Firefly Dx automated threat detector while Ensco will perform system integration and decision support services under the program. The Interior Department awarded the Phase II contract to the team on behalf of DHS. William […] More

  • AirMap Integrates Wildfire Alert Service Into DJI Drone Geofencing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AirMap Integrates Wildfire Alert Service Into DJI Drone Geofencing System

    AirMap and DJI have partnered to add real-time wildfire alerts to the latter company’s geofencing system for unmanned aerial vehicles in an effort to help operators avoid flying UAVs near wildfire-fighting locations, HSToday reported Wednesday. Amanda Vicinanzo writes AirMap works to gather wildfire information from the U.S. Interior Department and transmits the data to DJI’s Geospatial Environment Online platform via the GO flight […] More

  • Acendre to Help Fish & Wildlife Service Implement Automated Employee Performance Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Acendre to Help Fish & Wildlife Service Implement Automated Employee Performance Mgmt System

    Acendre has secured a contract to provide a technology platform for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to automate the agency’s employee performance management process. FWS intends to use the Acendre Performance platform to conduct performance appraisals and publish the results of those assessments online as well as auto-populate the Interior Department‘s Employee Performance Appraisal plan. “In today’s human capital climate, federal […] More

  • Interior Dept to Issue Solicitation for Network Remote Access Device Blanket Purchase Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Interior Dept to Issue Solicitation for Network Remote Access Device Blanket Purchase Agreement

    The Interior Department’s Fish and Wildlife Service plans to release a solicitation for proposals on June 17 for a potential $10 million blanket purchase agreement the agency will use to procure network remote access systems and services. FWS said in a notice posted Wednesday on FedbizOpps the five-year BPA will also cover maintenance and updates of […] More

  • Interior Dept Selects eGlobalTech for Cloud Transition Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Interior Dept Selects eGlobalTech for Cloud Transition Services

    eGlobalTech has secured a five-year contract from the Interior Department to help implement a cloud-based Drupal platform that will work to support the agency’s website management consolidation effort. The project will employ the government-targeted content management system OpenPublic to help DOI’s existing websites transition onto a consolidated web content management platform, eGlobalTech said Tuesday. DOI seeks to optimize user engagement of its […] More

  • Mary Davie: GSA Modifies Agreement With Esri to Consolidate Geospatial Software Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Davie: GSA Modifies Agreement With Esri to Consolidate Geospatial Software Contracts

    The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has modified its agreement with geospatial software provider Esri in an effort to consolidate duplicate contracts for software licenses. Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of the integrated technology services office at GSA’s FAS, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that the new deal with Esri is part of the […] More