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  • IRS Eyes Social Media Data Collection Tool for Tax Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Eyes Social Media Data Collection Tool for Tax Compliance

    The Internal Revenue Service is seeking commercial tools that could search and collect data on social media sites to help the agency monitor tax compliance. The plan comes amid the growing number of businesses and individuals using social media to advertise, promote and sell products and services, according to a request for information FedBizOpps posted […] More

  • Treasury Dept Renews R&D Center Operation Contract With Mitre; Beth Meinert Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Treasury Dept Renews R&D Center Operation Contract With Mitre; Beth Meinert Quoted

    Mitre will continue to operate a federally funded research and development center for the Treasury Department through 2023 under a contract extension. The Center for Enterprise Modernization FFRDC helps the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies at the Treasury meet mission-critical requirements by providing data-driven analysis, integration, systems engineering and decision support, Mitre said Wednesday. “Mitre […] More

  • IRS Eyes AI-Based Analytical Platform for Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Eyes AI-Based Analytical Platform for Cybersecurity

    The Internal Revenue Service has asked industry to submit information on artificial intelligence, cognitive computing, data analytics and machine learning algorithms or methods intended to counter cyber and insider threats. IRS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday it seeks an analytical platform that can support local and global settings, constantly learn about environments, triage alerts, provide investigation […] More

  • MTSI's Jeff Elder Recognized With National Defense Industrial Association's Technology Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MTSI’s Jeff Elder Recognized With National Defense Industrial Association’s Technology Award

    Jeff Elder, the current head of the lethality unit of Modern Technology Solutions Inc.‘s army and missile defense division, has received the Technology Award from the National Defense Industrial Association’s Tennessee Valley chapter. The award recognizes Elder’s technical contributions to the fields of lethality analysis, modeling and simulation and the effectiveness of kinetic energy weapons […] More

  • IRS Surveys Potential IT Enterprise Program Mgmt Support Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Surveys Potential IT Enterprise Program Mgmt Support Providers

    The Internal Revenue Service has launched a market research effort to explore potential industry sources of support services for IRS’ Information Technology Enterprise Program Management Office. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the agency wants to know the availability, capability and interests of companies to help the IT EPMO plan, manage and execute projects. Scope of work […] More

  • IRS Orders Temporary Suspension of Equifax ID Verification Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Orders Temporary Suspension of Equifax ID Verification Support Contract

    The Internal Revenue Service has decided to temporarily postpone a $7.2 million contract awarded to consumer credit reporting firm Equifax for taxpayer identity verification support services as the agency continues to review the company’s systems, Politico reported Thursday. The decision came weeks after the agency awarded the sole-source contract to Equifax and amid reports that the […] More

  • Equifax Lands IRS ID Verification Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Equifax Lands IRS ID Verification Support Contract

    The Internal Revenue Service has awarded consumer credit reporting agency Equifax a $7.2 million contract for taxpayer identity management and verification support services. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the agency awarded the sole-source contract in order to “cover the timeframe needed to resolve the protest” on a new contract. Jeffrey Tribiano, deputy commissioner for […] More

  • IRS Seeks Potential SaaS Cloud Application Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Seeks Potential SaaS Cloud Application Sources

    The Internal Revenue Service has begun its search for potential sources of software-as-a-service applications designed to run on a Microsoft-built cloud platform. A presolicitation notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps says IRS plans to buy several SaaS cloud offerings that include PowerBI, Project Online, Office applications, SharePoint Online, Cloud Private Branch Exchange, Skype for Business, Visio, […] More

  • Unisys to Update, Maintain IRS' Fuel Tax Filing Verification System; PV Puvvada Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys to Update, Maintain IRS’ Fuel Tax Filing Verification System; PV Puvvada Comments

    Unisys has won a potential four-year, $17.6 million task order to continue to help the Internal Revenue Service operate, maintain and update a system the government uses to monitor and verify excise fuel tax filings. The company said Tuesday it will perform maintenance work on IRS’ Excise Files Information Retrieval System code as part of efforts to help the agency ensure that  […] More

  • Chris McGee Joins Noblis Board of Trustees; Amr ElSawy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris McGee Joins Noblis Board of Trustees; Amr ElSawy Comments

    Chris McGee, senior client partner at Korn Ferry‘s Hay Group division, has joined the board of trustees of scientific research and engineering services contractor Noblis. Amr ElSawy, Noblis president and CEO, said in a statement released Monday McGee brings his experience in governance practices and compensation to the board as the company works to grow its operations and […] More

  • Esri Inaugurates Mapping & Spatial Analytics Platform on Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri Inaugurates Mapping & Spatial Analytics Platform on Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud

    Esri has made available its enterprise mapping and spatial analytics platform on Microsoft‘s Azure Government Cloud to support the deployment of geographic information systems technology on Microsoft Azure virtual machines. A blog post published Friday on Microsoft’s website says ArcGIS for Server offers a web GIS environment for mapping and spatial analytics functions that feature maps and apps designed to be used and shared […] More

  • IRS Extends Software Maintenance Contract With Cyber Armed Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Extends Software Maintenance Contract With Cyber Armed Security

    Cyber Armed Security will continue its software maintenance services to the Internal Revenue Service‘s sign-on system through a six-month performance period. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday states the IRS exercised an option to extend maintenance services for 100,500 licenses of Passlogix-built v-GO Single Sign-On system. v-GO SSO is an enterprise single sign-on platform that works to automate username and password entry […] More