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  • QTS Gets FISMA Authorization for Dallas-Fort Worth Data Center; Oliver Schmidt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Gets FISMA Authorization for Dallas-Fort Worth Data Center; Oliver Schmidt Comments

    QTS has received a government authorization to operate its Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metropolitan region data center in recognition of the company’s compliance with data security requirements set by the Federal Information Security Management Act. FISMA third-party party assessment organization Coalfire conducted an audit of the colocation and data center services QTS offers through the DFW facility based on the act’s latest version, QTS […] More

  • Harris Gets Contract to Update Radio System for First Responders in Rockwall County, Texas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Gets Contract to Update Radio System for First Responders in Rockwall County, Texas

    Harris Corp. has secured a contract to supply 900 mobile digital radios to Rockwall County, Texas in support of the jurisdiction’s efforts to update its radio platform for public safety operations. The contract is for the second phase of the APCO P25 project and covers the Harris-built XL-200P LTE-based radio, Symphony dispatch console platform and BeOn […] More

  • Jacobs to Support Highway Improvements Project in Texas; Randy Pierce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs to Support Highway Improvements Project in Texas; Randy Pierce Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group will provide construction, engineering and inspection services over a three-year period for the Texas Department of Transportation’s US 75/President George Bush Turnpike interchange improvements project in Collin County. The company said Tuesday it will support the improvement of two direct connectors, construction of new auxiliary lanes, extension of the railroad bridge and some demolition and reconstruction work. […] More

  • FEMA Taps Fluor for Engineering, Architectural Support Task Order; Bruce Stanski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FEMA Taps Fluor for Engineering, Architectural Support Task Order; Bruce Stanski Comments

    Fluor Corp. has received a potential one-year task order to carry out engineering and architectural support work for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in support of FEMA’s disaster recovery efforts in Texas. The task order has a base term of six months and a six-month option and was awarded by FEMA under the Architects and Engineers Technical […] More

  • Michael Donlan: Microsoft's Cloud to Support Texas WIC Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Donlan: Microsoft’s Cloud to Support Texas WIC Operations

    Microsoft will provide the Microsoft Cloud Solution for WIC to host the management information system of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children program in Texas. Michael Donlan, vice president of Microsoft’s U.S. state and local government business, wrote in a piece published Wednesday that the program’s move to cloud aims to eliminate […] More

  • SAIC to Support Toyota Information Systems End Users in North America - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Support Toyota Information Systems End Users in North America

    Science Applications International Corp. will provide support for information systems end users at Toyota Motor Corp. sales and manufacturing affiliates in North America under a five-year, $54 million contract. SAIC said Monday it will provide Toyota Motor North America with information systems services to support end user and dealer service desks, messaging and collaboration, and access administration. The contract also includes […] More

  • Tony Bardo: Hughes to Provide Digital Signage, Learning Mgmt System to Texas Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Bardo: Hughes to Provide Digital Signage, Learning Mgmt System to Texas Agency

    Hughes Network Systems will provide data communications and networking equipment and associated services to the Texas Department of Information Resources under a two-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Monday the contract includes digital signage utilized in emergency messaging and media distribution applications and the Hughes Learning Portal learning management system. “By leveraging digital signage in combination with learning management, […] More

  • Mary McLaughlin: Bechtel, Siemens Finish Work on Panda Sherman Power Plant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary McLaughlin: Bechtel, Siemens Finish Work on Panda Sherman Power Plant

    A Bechtel and Siemens alliance has completed work to build a 758-megawatt combined-cycle gas plant in Sherman, Texas, for Panda Power Funds. The companies finished commissioning of the Panda Sherman Power natural gas facility two weeks ahead of schedule, Bechtel said Thursday. Bechtel managed the overall project and led construction, procurement and engineering work, while […] More

  • Steve Meininger: CH2M Hill, Texas City Extend Partnership to 25 Years - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Meininger: CH2M Hill, Texas City Extend Partnership to 25 Years

    CH2M Hill will continue to provide operations and maintenance services to a sludge wastewater treatment plant and lift station in Stephenville, Texas, following an extension to their contract up to 2021. “This latest contract extension means our relationship with Stephenville will span 25 years,” Steve Meininger, CH2M Hill senior vice president and managing director for operations management services, said Friday. […] More

  • Nick Leontidis: CAE Expands Dallas Pilot Training Facility to Meet Client Demand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nick Leontidis: CAE Expands Dallas Pilot Training Facility to Meet Client Demand

    CAE has expanded its pilot training complex in Dallas with the addition of new training programs and a 60,000-square-foot business aviation training center near the Dallas Fort Worth Airport. The new CAE Dallas East facility brings CAE’s total training area in the region to 486,000 square feet that includes 114 classrooms, 80 briefing rooms and 40 flight simulators, the company said Tuesday. Nick Leontidis, group […] More

  • Texas City Adopts Dell Suite to Update IT Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Texas City Adopts Dell Suite to Update IT Infrastructure

    McKinney administrators in Texas have adopted Dell’s suite of database management and information technology monitoring systems as part of efforts to help modernize the city’s municipal services. The suite includes Foglight to monitor application performance, Toad Data Modeler to allow disparate databases to communicate with and understand one another, two PowerEdge M1000e enclosures for the […] More

  • Tony Bardo: Hughes to Expand Texas Satellite Internet Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Bardo: Hughes to Expand Texas Satellite Internet Services

    Hughes Network Systems has received a contract modification from the Texas Department of Information Resources to provide additional offerings in support of the Texas Agency Network Next Generation Communications Technology Services program. The company said Aug. 12 the expanded contract includes Internet bandwidth tokens for small or home offices, redeployable satellites for fixed satellite services and move/add/change services for […] More