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  • USDA Taps Attain for Agricultural System Modernization Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USDA Taps Attain for Agricultural System Modernization Support Contract

    Attain has secured a contract to help the Agriculture Department‘s Farm Service Agency develop enterprise system applications for the agency to manage agricultural programs in the country. The company said Wednesday it will implement an SAP platform in efforts to help optimize FSA business operations and apply agile methodology to develop applications under the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Agriculture […] More

  • DRT to Support USDA Cybersecurity Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRT to Support USDA Cybersecurity Program

    DRT Strategies has received a potential three-year, $4 million contract to help the Agriculture Department‘s Office of Information Security to manage a cybersecurity program. The company said Monday it aims to help USDA comply with Executive Order 13800: Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure and Executive Order Memorandum M-17-25: Reporting Guidance for Executive Order 13800 through […] More

  • SAIC Lands USDA Web App Devt Task Order; Bob Genter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Lands USDA Web App Devt Task Order; Bob Genter Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has received a potential five-year, $43 million task order from the Agriculture Department to provide web application maintenance and development support services for USDA’s Farm Service Agency. SAIC said Tuesday it will perform work in Kansas City, Missouri, under the task order that has a base term of one year and […] More

  • ASRC Federal, Xentity Secure Forest Service Geospatial Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ASRC Federal, Xentity Secure Forest Service Geospatial Support IDIQ

    An ASRC Federal subsidiary and Xentity have won spots on a potential five-year, $25 million contract to provide geospatial support services for the Agriculture Department’s Forest Service. A contract award notice posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps says ASRC Federal Data Networx and Xentity will provide vector and imagery-based data analysis, geospatial training, remote sensing and services related to the […] More

  • Knight Point Systems Promotes GovCon Vet Darin Stolte to Service Delivery VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Knight Point Systems Promotes GovCon Vet Darin Stolte to Service Delivery VP

    Darin Stolte, formerly a general manager at Knight Point Systems, has been promoted to vice president of service delivery at the Reston, Virginia-based information technology services contractor. Stolte will oversee contracts staff and general managers as he works to monitor project metrics on a monthly basis and facilitate service delivery across the company’s contracts, Knight […] More

  • ViON EVP Rob Davies to Speak at MeriTalk’s Federal Big Data Webinar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON EVP Rob Davies to Speak at MeriTalk’s Federal Big Data Webinar

    Rob Davies, executive vice president of operations at ViON, will participate in a MeriTalk-hosted webcast on federal big data management to be held on Wednesday. He will discuss with federal and industry executives big data leadership, strategies related to big data management and the impact of big data on agencies’ modernization programs, MeriTalk said Thursday. Davies, an […] More

  • FedBid Lands Reverse Auction Contract With USDA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedBid Lands Reverse Auction Contract With USDA

    FedBid has secured a contract to help the Agriculture Department utilize a reverse auction system to procure goods and services. The company said Thursday the contract was awarded through the U.S. Forest Service and can be used by procurement staff across all USDA agencies. FedBid CEO Joe Jordan said the company facilitates competition in a marketplace of more than 90,000 […] More

  • InquisIT to Help USDA-APHIS Manage IT Systems; Mike McDermott Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    InquisIT to Help USDA-APHIS Manage IT Systems; Mike McDermott Comments

    InquisIT has secured a five-year, $17.1 million contract to provide information technology management support for a U.S. Agriculture Department organization that works to protect the health of plant and animal resources. The company said Wednesday it will support hardware, software and systems at USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the firm-fixed-price contract. Mike McDermott, president of InquisIT, […] More

  • BlackBerry's Crisis Comm Platform Gets FedRAMP Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry’s Crisis Comm Platform Gets FedRAMP Certification

    BlackBerry has obtained certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to provide its cloud-based crisis communication service to federal agencies. The company said Tuesday its AtHoc software-as-a-service offering received FedRAMP authorization through the sponsorship of the Federal Aviation Administration. The U.S. Army also granted AtHoc a certificate of networthiness and authority to operate  in August 2016 to support the […] More

  • USDA Taps Salesforce to Deploy Cloud Tech at Farm Service Agency; Dave Rey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USDA Taps Salesforce to Deploy Cloud Tech at Farm Service Agency; Dave Rey Comments

    The Agriculture Department‘s Farm Service Agency will use Salesforce‘s cloud service platform to support a new program designed to inform FSA customers about non-USDA initiatives that could bring growth opportunities. The company said Wednesday the Bridges to Opportunity program will utilize the Salesforce Service Cloud to distribute information among 10,000 FSA employees as well as monitor trends […] More

  • SAP Adds CSRA to PartnerEdge Program; Yogesh Khanna Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Adds CSRA to PartnerEdge Program; Yogesh Khanna Comments

    CSRA has joined a SAP-run program that offers a range of resources and tools designed to help foster mutual business development among participating information technology companies. CSRA said Friday it seeks to offer a portfolio of enterprise business services via SAP’s PartnerEdge program as well as support the customization and deployment of SAP platforms for government clients such as the Customs and Border Protection, Agriculture Department […] More

  • Agriculture Department Invests $5M in Cyber Physical Systems Research; Sonny Ramaswamy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Agriculture Department Invests $5M in Cyber Physical Systems Research; Sonny Ramaswamy Comments

    The Agriculture Department’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has invested up to $5 million in a research program that aims to mature the technology behind internet-connected agricultural resources. The investment is part of NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative and is intended to coordinate other agencies to update complex cyber-physical systems, USDA said Friday. […] More