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  • 3 Things Execs Need to Know about Social Selling in GovCon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    3 Things Execs Need to Know about Social Selling in GovCon

    By Mark Amtower There is a lot of buzz about social selling, as well as some misconceptions. Here’s three things to know: 1) What is social selling? It is the process of getting and staying on the radar of potential partners and prospects in a positive way via social media, of solidifying and expanding relationships with existing customers and […] More

  • BAE Unveils GEOINT Platform for Mission Planning Applications; Scott Murray Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unveils GEOINT Platform for Mission Planning Applications; Scott Murray Comments

    BAE Systems has introduced a new geospatial offering designed to support mission planning applications of military and civilian agencies. Dynamic Cartography works to generate geospatial content and analytics information from various sources such as commercial and military satellites, BAE said Wednesday. The platform uses comparative vector data and social media to develop constantly updated digital maps that feature human geography, […] More

  • Serco-Content Guru Alliance to Offer Contact Center Platform in Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco-Content Guru Alliance to Offer Contact Center Platform in Public Sector

    Serco has partnered with Content Guru to provide a cloud-based multichannel contact center platform to government customers. The two companies will offer Content Guru’s storm communications integration platform to support contact between government agencies and citizens regardless of channel, Serco said Monday. Storm is designed to provide a single central system that integrates communications made through various channels such as web, SMS, […] More

  • Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Agency Leaders Need to Recognize Millennials’ Career Expectations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Agency Leaders Need to Recognize Millennials’ Career Expectations

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems business, has said government agency leaders should work to build up a “modern and flexible workforce” by assessing the expectations of employees such as millennials. “The key is to recognize that millennials have high expectations of how they will progress through their careers and want to understand their […] More

  • BayFirst Solutions LLC Launches New Recruitment Effort: The BayFirst Difference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BayFirst Solutions LLC Launches New Recruitment Effort: The BayFirst Difference

    BayFirst Solutions LLC announced the commencement of its new recruitment effort, the BayFirst Difference, in early March. The BayFirst Difference is the climax of a five-year-long strategic planning initiative to affect record growth in the company. Despite being announced in early March, BayFirst had laid the groundwork for the BayFirst Difference over the past twelve […] More

  • Army Surveys Potential Tech Sources for Fake Social Media Account Removal Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Surveys Potential Tech Sources for Fake Social Media Account Removal Effort

    The U.S. Army has issued a request for information to gather input from potential vendors that can support the military branch in efforts to identify, report and mitigate imposter social media accounts. The Army Contracting Command will conduct the market research on behalf of the service branch’s Office of the Chief of Public Affairs to identify sources and resources that can […] More

  • Unisys’ PV Puvvada: 'Proactive' Risk Assessment of Federal IT Projects to Advance Under New Administration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ PV Puvvada: ‘Proactive’ Risk Assessment of Federal IT Projects to Advance Under New Administration

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems business, has said he predicts federal employees and contractors to “proactively” evaluate risks in information technology projects under President Donald Trump’s administration through implementation of DevOps and agile development processes. Puvvada wrote in an FCW article published Friday that such a move is part of the administration’s objective […] More

  • DARPA Launches Project to Help Identify Potential Terrorists Through Social Media - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Launches Project to Help Identify Potential Terrorists Through Social Media

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a project that looks to develop an automated software designed to monitor publicly available information on social media to identify potential terrorist threats, The National Interest reported Thursday. Michael Peck writes the Force Protection in the Online Information Environment project aims to examine social media content to determine within foreign […] More

  • ICF Secures CDC Public Health Communication Support Contracts; Kris Tremaine Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Secures CDC Public Health Communication Support Contracts; Kris Tremaine Comments

    ICF has secured nine contracts worth a combined $34.4 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support CDC’s public health campaigns. CDC will use the company’s campaign development, creative, digital advertising, social marketing and media, stakeholder and traditional engagement expertise to facilitate  multiple projects such as the National Diabetes Prevention Program, ICF said Friday. The first task order covers support for tobacco […] More

  • Avaya Completes Contact Center Project for Indian Police Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avaya Completes Contact Center Project for Indian Police Force

    Avaya has completed a project that is designed to help manage emergency calls, connectivity technologies and responses for the police force of Uttar Pradesh, India. The company said Thursday its team launched a centralized contact center in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh that works to support approximately 600 calls at a time as part of the UP 100 project. Avaya added the contact center is designed to […] More

  • LexisNexis Kicks Off Identity Fraud Awareness Campaign - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LexisNexis Kicks Off Identity Fraud Awareness Campaign

    LexisNexis Risk Solutions has launched an awareness campaign that aims to help organizations prevent identity fraud. The company said Monday the campaign is part of the International Fraud Awareness Week and led by LexisNexis’ Fraud Defense Network initiative that works to connect industry and government organizations through technology and resources. “While identity fraud has long been an issue, fraudsters […] More

  • BAE Expands Cyber Threat Assessment & Monitoring Service for Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Expands Cyber Threat Assessment & Monitoring Service for Businesses

    BAE Systems has expanded its service offering that works to provide real-time threat monitoring and assessment to help businesses identify and mitigate cyber risks. The company said Monday its updated Managed Security Service builds on BAE’s decade-long experience in providing network protection for corporate and government clients. “The cyber landscape is constantly evolving and the advanced tools and […] More