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  • POC 2017 Army Forum, Steffanie Easter Addresses Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    POC 2017 Army Forum, Steffanie Easter Addresses Modernization

    “Readiness is our Number 1 priority–there is no other Number 1–Readiness is what deters and wins wars.” POC 2017 ARMY FORUM, AUG. 30–Among the current issues facing our nation’s military, the U.S. Army is taking a closer look at modernization, especially that of information technology capabilities on and off the battlefield. With new developments in […] More

  • DXC's Earl Matthews: Agencies Should Implement 'Holistic' Strategy to Avoid Cyber Attacks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DXC’s Earl Matthews: Agencies Should Implement ‘Holistic’ Strategy to Avoid Cyber Attacks

    Earl Matthews, vice president of DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has said government agencies should create and implement a “holistic” cybersecurity approach to prevent large-scale ransomware attacks such as WannaCry. He wrote in a guest piece for Signal Magazine he believes the use of a holistic security strategy will help agencies shift resources to end-user education, infrastructure […] More

  • Former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James Elected to Textron Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James Elected to Textron Board

    Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force, will officially join Textron on July 1 as a member of the board of directors. Textron said Thursday she will bring three decades of homeland and national security experience in the public and private sectors to the company. “Deborah’s deep expertise in national security, government procurement, strategic planning, cybersecurity, logistics […] More

  • AWS to Support Govt Service Modernization Efforts in Chile, Honduras - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS to Support Govt Service Modernization Efforts in Chile, Honduras

    Amazon Web Services has entered into agreements with the administrations of Chile and Honduras to support the two countries’ efforts to modernize government services. The company said Wednesday it will support Honduras and Chile’s open data initiatives and update various internal systems in a push to facilitate transparency and efficiency in citizen services. Jeff Kratz, AWS worldwide public […] More

  • Unisys to Build Customer Service Facility for Philippines' Civil Registry Modernization Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys to Build Customer Service Facility for Philippines’ Civil Registry Modernization Project

    Unysis has begun construction of a customer service facility for the Philippines’ statistics authority as part of a 12-year contract to modernize the country’s civil registry system. The information technology company said Monday it also hired approximately 1,100 former contractors of the statistics agency. Unisys was awarded a contract in 2016 to provide digital government services in support of the modernization […] More

  • Rob Davies on ViON's Industry Partnership Outlook & Cloud Acquisition Methods at Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rob Davies on ViON’s Industry Partnership Outlook & Cloud Acquisition Methods at Agencies

    Rob Davies oversees areas such as cloud computing and professional services for ViON Corp. in his role as executive vice president of operations for the Herndon, Va.-based technology services contractor. Davies first joined ViON in May 2014 as a vice president after three years at CA Technologies, which he transitioned to in 2011 through CA’s acquisition of […] More

  • Octo Consulting to Support GSA Award Mgmt Platform Modernization Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting to Support GSA Award Mgmt Platform Modernization Effort

    The General Services Administration has awarded Octo Consulting a potential five-year, multimillion dollar task order to help GSA modernize a technology platform for agency personnel to manage federal financial assistance services, contracts and intergovernmental transactions. Octo Consulting said Wednesday it will provide development, testing, information security, training, and user support services for the Integrated Award Environment  program. The […] More

  • BAE to Repair, Maintain Navy's USS New Orleans Transport Dock Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Repair, Maintain Navy’s USS New Orleans Transport Dock Ship

    The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a potential $51.5 million contract to perform repair and maintenance work on the USS New Orleans amphibious transport dock ship. BAE said Thursday it will repair the USS New Orleans’ structural, tank, ventilation and auxiliary systems as well as preserve crew habitability systems and spaces of the vessel at the company’s dry dock facility in San Diego, […] More

  • Cray, SGI Federal to Modernize DoD High-Performance Computing Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cray, SGI Federal to Modernize DoD High-Performance Computing Systems

    The U.S. Army has awarded Cray and Silicon Graphics International‘s federal business contract modifications worth $26.6 million each to support the Defense Department‘s high-performance computing modernization program. DoD said Wednesday Cray and SGI Federal will provide HPC systems as well as administration and maintenance services. Work will occur through Apr. 24, 2021 in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland for SGI Federal […] More

  • Unisys to Support Philippine Civil Registry System Modernization Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys to Support Philippine Civil Registry System Modernization Project

    Unisys has received a 12-year contract from the Philippines’ statistics authority to provide digital government services intended to help modernize the country’s civil registry system. The company said Wednesday it will manage a process to originate, authenticate, secure and issue civil registry documents to citizens as well as lead a public-private partnership to design, develop, operate and maintain the modernized […] More

  • Unisys to Help CBP Modernize US Border Security Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys to Help CBP Modernize US Border Security Systems

    Unisys has secured a potential five-year contract from the Customs and Border Protection to update systems that CBP uses to identify people and vehicles that enter and exit the U.S. The Integrated Traveler Initiatives contract was awarded as a task order under the Department of Homeland Security-run EAGLE II procurement vehicle and represents an iteration of CBP’s Land Border Integration project awarded to […] More

  • Joshua Newman: Salesforce Health Cloud Meets FedRAMP Security Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joshua Newman: Salesforce Health Cloud Meets FedRAMP Security Standards

    Salesforce.com‘s health cloud platform has met FedRAMP security standards requirements and has been included on the company’s moderate Authority-to-Operate for the Government Cloud platform, Salesforce said in a post published Monday. Joshua Newman, Salesforce chief medical officer and general medical officer of healthcare and life sciences, wrote the Health Cloud platform has been authorized for deployment on […] More