Noblis has promoted Mile Corrigan to senior vice president and corporate officer of Noblis Federal Civilian Solutions (FCS), the company reported on Tuesday. Corrigan served as vice president and corporate officer, prior to her promotion. “She excels at customer engagement and has led FCS to deliver outstanding results including receiving ‘exceptional’ ratings on numerous prime contracts,” said Amr ElSawy, president and CEO of Noblis and two-time Wash100 Award recipient.
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Raytheon has introduced an application designed to help agencies communicate with their employees during emergencies using Android and iOS smartphones.
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A mobile application created by Vencore‘s research arm has been included on the National Security Agency‘s list of approved commercial products designed to manage and secure classified data. Vencore Labs‘ SecureIO app is designed to help agencies install Android apps on mobile devices that are configured for use under NSA’s Commercial Solutions for Classified …
Read More »Progeny to Help DHS Create Mobile App Development Security Framework
Progeny Systems has received a $749,928 grant from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to craft a framework to secure mobile application development and deployment processes. DHS said Wednesday Progeny will collaborate with Microsoft‘s Xamarin subsidiary to produce the framework for enterprise organizations to safeguard iOS, Windows and Android mobile …
Read More »Lockheed to Integrate Blue Cedar Security Platform With Comms Mobile App
Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Blue Cedar to incorporate the latter’s mobile security tool into its Universal Communications Platform mobile application in an effort to facilitate secure communications among app users, military personnel and first responders. The partnership seeks to enable users to download to their smartphones, table computers …
Read More »Red Hat-Kryptowire Team to Support DHS’ Mobile App Security Project; Paul Smith Comments
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Prescient has released its mobile application for traveler safety on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s GEOINT app store. The company said Wednesday Defense Department and Intelligence Community personnel with common access cards can now download the Prescient Traveler app directly to approved mobile devices for free use across the globe. Prescient Traveler offers cultural information and …
Read More »CrowdOptic, SOFWERX Partner to Develop Target-Locating Mobile App for USSOCOM
CrowdOptic has entered into an alliance with SOFWERX to deploy a mobile application that will work to help U.S. Special Operations Command field operatives relay data on specified targets to central command. The app will utilize CrowdOptic’s focal clustering technology and proprietary algorithms to deliver live-streams of targets and their GPS location, CrowdOptic said Thursday. “SOF partner forces …
Read More »VA Seeks Clinical Psychology Support Sources for Mobile Application Devt Project
The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun its search for potential industry sources of clinical psychology services to support the development of mobile applications. VA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Aug. 9 the sources sought notice is part of the agency’s market research effort for a potential one-year contract …
Read More »Accela Unveils Mobile App for Construction Project Management
San Ramon, California-based cloud-based civic engagement platforms provider Accela has launched a mobile application that works to help contractors manage construction projects across various agencies and locations. The Accela Contractor Central is available on the Accela Civic Platform as a free Android and iOS mobile app designed to help construction …
Read More »Military.com, Citi Unveil Mobile App for Soldiers’ Transition Processes
Military.com and Citi have partnered to launch a free mobile application that works to assist members of the U.S. armed forces through their transition into civilian life. Military.com said Thursday the Transition app is designed to feature an interactive checklist and a notification system that works to alert users on upcoming tasks and …
Read More »IBA Unveils Cloud-Based Mobile App Delivery Platform for Federal Gov’t
Irving Burton Associates has unveiled a cloud-based service that is built on open source technology and designed to accelerate the delivery of native, hybrid and web-based mobile applications. The Federal Mobile Services Platform works to supply rapid prototypes to Android, iOS, Windows and BlackBerry devices and comply with federal customer security requirements and policies, IBA …
Read More »DHS Solicits White Papers for Security Tool R&D Program for Mobile Apps
The Department of Homeland Security has solicited white papers for a five-year contract that aims to conduct research and develop security tools for mobile applications, Federal Times reported Friday. Aaron Boyd writes DHS said in a broad agency announcement posted on FedBizOpps that the Mobile Application Security R&D project seeks …
Read More »DMI Develops Mobile App for DoD Cemetery Maintenance, Operations
DMI will deploy a mobile application meant to help cemetery operations teams manage catalogs and assign location tags at Defense Department national military cemeteries. The company will provide the Enterprise Interment Services System app and build a common virtual database and network environment for more than 42 military cemeteries across the U.S., DMI said May 24. …
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