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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants information on small businesses that can assist USACE’s Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center in U.S. foreign transportation data collection efforts. USACE is interested in working with a contractor to collect and deliver comprehensive information  similar to manifest data gathered by the Customs Border and Protection or the bills of lading filed by shipping companies to CBP, the […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a four-year contract from London’s Heathrow Airport for engineering and planning services to aid the airport’s expansion efforts. Jacobs said Tuesday it will oversee design activities for the airfield, earthworks and highways along with support to the Heathrow Integrated Design Team composed of seven aviation design and planning organizations selected for […] More

Riverbed Technology has released a new survey that found nearly all of the 335 federal employee respondents believe latency issues from bandwidth-intensive applications have negatively impacted agency productivity. Riverbed said Tuesday one in three respondents reported that it takes more than 24 hours for an agency to address application failures and crash, freezes, speed and load time […] More

Public benefit corporation data.world and the Defense Department have partnered to launch an open data website that works to provide searchable, machine-readable and downloadable military datasets. Data.World said Thursday that DoD’s Defense Digital Service worked with data owners across the U.S. military to create the new Data.mil platform. The new website is designed to facilitate collaboration, analysis and discussion among journalists, subject […] More

The General Services Administration has posted a request for information to gather industry feedback on the agency’s plans to reopen an acquisition vehicle for office products and supplies. GSA said Wednesday RFI responses will inform the agency’s plans to accept new offers for Multiple Award Schedule 75 – Office Products and Supplies in fiscal year 2017. “This RFI […] More

Zenoss has been awarded multi-site software contract for information technology software and services to support the U.S. Air Force Distributed Common Ground System. Zenoss said Wednesday it will offer its Hybrid IT Monitoring Platform that offers visibility in cloud, physical and virtual environments to federal agencies and public sector organizations. The Air Force Distributed Common Ground System, also known […] More