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  • New Legislation Set to Curb Cyber Weapons Trade
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    New Legislation Set to Curb Cyber Weapons Trade

    New legislation that passed Congress last month will mandate federal agencies to collaborate on how to suppress the proliferation of cyber weapons trade in the black market, Nextgov reported Dec. 20. Aliya Sternstein writes the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act tells agencies to develop intelligence, law enforcement and financial guidelines for controlling the sale of cyberwar […] More

  • NASA TV to Air Orbital-Built Cargo Spacecraft’s Resupply Mission
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    NASA TV to Air Orbital-Built Cargo Spacecraft’s Resupply Mission

    NASA TV will show a live broadcast of an Orbital Sciences-built spacecraft’s launch on Tuesday as the vehicle starts a resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Cygnus cargo shuttle is scheduled to liftoff at 1:55 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday from the NASA flight range on Wallops Island, Va.  Tuesday and enter space onboard an Antares […] More

  • Carahsoft to Help DOJ Manage LinkedIn-Based Recruiting
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    Carahsoft to Help DOJ Manage LinkedIn-Based Recruiting

    Carahsoft has been awarded a $544,388 contract to help the U.S. Justice Department create a LinkedIn profile to find new talent with knowledge of federal criminal laws, the Washington Free Beacon reported Thursday. Elizabeth Harrington writes DOJ’s Criminal Division awarded Carahsoft the contract on Dec. 24 to administer recruitment efforts for that division through the social […] More

  • GSA Seeks Computer Games for Training Contracting Personnel
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    GSA Seeks Computer Games for Training Contracting Personnel

    The General Services Administration is seeking to acquire computer games for training government contracting personnel, Nextgov reported Friday. Joseph Marks writes the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service wants users to access the games through a mobile application and for contractors to experiment and make decisions in a risk-free environment. GSA intends for users to paths based […] More

  • Brian Krzanich: Intel to Unveil New ‘Wearable’ Devices at CES
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    Brian Krzanich: Intel to Unveil New ‘Wearable’ Devices at CES

    Intel Corp. is set to introduce new wearable devices at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 as part of the company’s efforts to focus on the mobile technologies market, IT Pro Portal reported Friday. Paul Cooper writes Intel CEO Brian Krzanich intends to shift the company’s core business from personal computers to mobile devices. “We did […] More

  • Canadian Regulators Set Start Date for CGI Filing System Contract
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    Canadian Regulators Set Start Date for CGI Filing System Contract

    CGI and Canadian regulators have finalized the details of a project to manage Canada’s document filing systems, clearing the way for a Jan. 13 launch of the securities databases under new management, the Globe and Mail reported Friday. Janet McFarland writes the Montreal-based information technology company won a potential eight-year deal in April but the scheduled […] More

  • Poland to Buy $76M in Exelis Air Traffic Mgmt Radars
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    Poland to Buy $76M in Exelis Air Traffic Mgmt Radars

    Exelis has been awarded a $76 million contract from Poland’s government covering air traffic navigation radars and services as the country seeks to facilitate standardization within its own armed forces and with NATO allies. Poland intends to have 14 Exelis-built radars upon completion of the contract and further build up its mobile ground control approach capabilities […] More

  • Dennis Boykin Joins Intercom Leadership Team as New COO
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    Dennis Boykin Joins Intercom Leadership Team as New COO

    Dennis Boykin, founder and manager of business development and capture management firm DB4 Consulting, has joined Intercom Federal Systems as the information technology contractor’s chief operating officer. Boykin has previously served as a senior consultant to Intercom, where he will directly to Chairman and CEO Randy Coppersmith and also work with President Mike Strich, Coppersmith said Sunday. […] More

  • Accenture Names Michael Sutcliff, Mark Knickrehm to Lead Digital Orgs; Pierre Nanterme Comments
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    Accenture Names Michael Sutcliff, Mark Knickrehm to Lead Digital Orgs; Pierre Nanterme Comments

    Accenture veterans Michael Sutcliff and Mark Knickrehm have been appointed to serve as CEOs of the company’s newly formed digital and strategic growth platforms. Sutcliff will lead a 23,000-employee team that will work to deliver Accenture’s mobility, analytics and interactive offerings and Knickrehm will oversee an organization designed to help customers implement technology, business and […] More

  • Tom Captain: Deloitte Sees GovCon A&D Vendors Moving to Satellite Comms, Electronic Commerce, Commercial Aircraft
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    Tom Captain: Deloitte Sees GovCon A&D Vendors Moving to Satellite Comms, Electronic Commerce, Commercial Aircraft

    Aerospace and defense firms can expect modest growth in 2014 due to continuing budget cuts in the U.S. and Europe, according to a report by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. DTTL’s annual Global Aerospace and Defense Outlook report forecasts the sector will grow five percent this year which is similar to growth levels recorded in the […] More

  • Steve Halligan, Dan Hushon: 2013 Challenged Federal IT Vendors
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    Steve Halligan, Dan Hushon: 2013 Challenged Federal IT Vendors

    Executives at some information technology contractors identified sequestration, tougher regulations and the government shutdown as factors affecting the industry in 2013, CRN reported Thursday. “The reality is the government contracting community [got it] harder than … federal employees,” Steve Halligan, chief operating officer at n2Grate Government Technology Solutions, told CRN. Sarah Kuranda writes that sequester cuts […] More