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  • Salient CRGT Subsidiary to Provide VA IT Configuration Mgmt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Salient CRGT Subsidiary to Provide VA IT Configuration Mgmt Support

    A Salient CRGT subsidiary has received a potential four-year, $17.4 million task order to provide information technology configuration management services to the enterprise program management office at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Information Innovators Inc. will help EPMO manage change control, configuration environment and build engineering efforts as well as modernize, standardize and virtualize the Veterans Information Systems […] More

  • Jacqueline Arends Receives ExecutiveBiz's 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiter Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacqueline Arends Receives ExecutiveBiz’s 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiter Award

    ExecutiveBiz announced its recent selection of the 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiters. ExecutiveBiz spoke to senior leaders at some of the GovCon sector’s most notable firms to find out whom they turn to when they need to fill an executive position. In our conversations, those GovCon leaders offered us the names of 10 executive recruiters they believe “you […] More

  • Maximus' Andy Beamon a Panelist at DGI's Govt Customer Experience Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus’ Andy Beamon a Panelist at DGI’s Govt Customer Experience Forum

    Andy Beamon, senior director of Maximus‘ federal business, will join a panel discussion on citizen engagement centers during the Digital Government Institute’s annual Government Customer Experience Conference on Wednesday. He will discuss the potential impact of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual assistants on the evolution of public services, Maximus said Tuesday. “Citizens’ […] More

  • VA Posts Sources Sought Notice for Software Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Posts Sources Sought Notice for Software Mgmt Platform

    The Department of Veterans Affairs wants information on potential industry sources of a software management platform that can aid VA’s use of the General Services Administration‘s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle. VA said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice that proposed software management tools system should be able to provide telecommunications asset management such as ordering, billing, […] 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

  • GSA Unveils First Task Order for CDM Program Phase 3 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Unveils First Task Order for CDM Program Phase 3

    The General Services Administration has begun to solicit proposals for the first task order under the third phase of a governmentwide effort to protect civilian government agency websites from cyber attacks, FCW reported Friday. The initial task order under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program Phase 3 will cover “Group B” agencies such as the […] More

  • VA Intends to Procure Rivera Group's Modeling Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Intends to Procure Rivera Group’s Modeling Software

    The Department of Veteran Affairs plans to award Rivera Group a sole-source contract on Sept. 6 to deliver and maintain a modeling software. VA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that Rivera Group will provide its Eagle6 software to help detect vulnerabilities in the department’s VistA electronic health record system. The software will support security remediation, standardization and virtualization efforts under an […] More

  • UL Aims to Help VA, DARPA Secure Internet of Things, Medical Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UL Aims to Help VA, DARPA Secure Internet of Things, Medical Devices

    Illinois-based consulting and safety certification firm UL collaborates with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in efforts to advance cybersecurity into internet-connected devices and medical devices that agencies procure, HealthcareInfoSecurity reported Tuesday. Anura Fernando, principal engineer for medical systems interoperability and security at UL, said the company has teamed up with VA […] More

  • VA Issues Mobile Cloud Services Infrastructure RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Issues Mobile Cloud Services Infrastructure RFI

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has released a request for information on potential contractors that can support the development of a mobile cloud services infrastructure for VA. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the VA MCS system will replace the department’s mobile infrastructure services platform that works to facilitate common controls sharing and management across […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Interview with Jones Tallent, CFO for Merlin International - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Jones Tallent, CFO for Merlin International

    “The goal of the government contracting world should be to provide goods and services to the federal government in the most convenient, cheapest, effective manner…That is a noble goal…” ExecutiveBiz: Please tell us about your background and previous experience and how it prepared you for your current position with Merlin. Jones Tallent: I’ve been fortunate […] More

  • VA to Adopt COTS Platform for EHR System Modernization; Leidos’ Jerry Hogge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA to Adopt COTS Platform for EHR System Modernization; Leidos’ Jerry Hogge Comments

    The Department of Veterans Affairs opted to adopt a commercial off-the-shelf platform to manage its electronic health records by awarding a sole-source contract to Cerner in June, E-Commerce Times reported Friday. The commercial EHR system from Cerner will replace VA’s current VistA platform and is designed to be interoperable with the Defense Dapartment’s EHR tool. DoD selected […] More

  • Roger Krone: Leidos Eyes Future VA EHR System Integration Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Roger Krone: Leidos Eyes Future VA EHR System Integration Support

    Leidos CEO Roger Krone has said he believes the company could help the Department of Veterans Affairs integrate a commercial electronic health records system with VA’s current VistA platform, FCW reported Tuesday. Krone, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, told investors June 14 that Leidos has engaged in “top-level conversations” with VA officials to […] More