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Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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  • Roger Krone: Leidos Could Be Halfway Through IS&GS Business Integration by July
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    Roger Krone: Leidos Could Be Halfway Through IS&GS Business Integration by July

    Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, has estimated that the company will complete 50 percent of its integration with the information systems and global solutions business acquired from Lockheed Martin by July 1. Krone, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, told analysts during an earnings call Thursday that Leidos plans to “accelerate the backend of integration” as the […] More

  • Hughes Unveils Manpack Terminal for Multiband Satcom
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    Hughes Unveils Manpack Terminal for Multiband Satcom

    Hughes Network Systems has launched a new ruggedized manpack terminal designed to provide multiband communications services to deployed users. The Hughes HM500 terminal works to provide portable satellite communications support to users involved in military operations and disaster relief missions, the company said Monday. Rajeev Gopal, senior technical director at Hughes, said HM500 leverages the company’s […] More

  • PaxVax, Army Launch Phase I Clinical Trials of Updated Adenovirus Vaccine
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    PaxVax, Army Launch Phase I Clinical Trials of Updated Adenovirus Vaccine

    PaxVax has begun the initial phase of clinical trials of an updated version of a three-decade-old vaccine against Adenovirus Serotypes 4 and 7 that cause acute respiratory distress that leads to severe pneumonia and hospitalization and occurs in military training centers. The company said Monday it has collaborated with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development […] More

  • DARPA Eyes June Release of Draft RFP for $850M Technical, Analytical Support IDIQ
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    DARPA Eyes June Release of Draft RFP for $850M Technical, Analytical Support IDIQ

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to release a draft request for proposals on a potential five-year, $850 million contract for analytical and technical support services by early June. DARPA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday it also plans to conduct one-on-one meetings with potential vendors in mid-June before it issues the final RFP for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity […] More

  • ThreatMetrix: 130M Fraud Attacks Detected in Q1 2017
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    ThreatMetrix: 130M Fraud Attacks Detected in Q1 2017

    A new ThreatMetrix report says the security company has uncovered 130 million fraudulent attacks from January to March and found that the volume of digital wallet transactions increased 80 percent on a year-over-year basis. ThreatMetrix said Thursday it evaluated cyber crimes that the ThreatMetrix Digital Identity Network detected during the first quarter of 2017 and found that the number […] More

  • Maximus’ Tom Naughton: Agencies Should Adopt AI-Based Tools to Facilitate Citizen Engagement
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    Maximus’ Tom Naughton: Agencies Should Adopt AI-Based Tools to Facilitate Citizen Engagement

    Tom Naughton, president of citizen services at Maximus’ federal business, has said government agencies should work to build up citizen engagement through the implementation of new customer service platforms that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning. Naughton wrote in a Washington Technology commentary published Friday that agencies should provide citizens with self-service tools and customer […] More

  • VMware, Oracle Forge Mobile Business Application Management Partnership
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    VMware, Oracle Forge Mobile Business Application Management Partnership

    VMware and Oracle have agreed to streamline management and ensure security of Oracle’s portfolio of mobile business applications. Enterprise organizations with business apps built on the Oracle Mobile Cloud Service offering can leverage VMware’s AirWatch and Workspace ONE mobility management platforms under the partnership, Oracle said Thursday. VMware AirWatch works to help users manage and protect […] More

  • Leidos CEO Roger Krone: Slow Pace of Govt Appointments Delays Procurement Process
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    Leidos CEO Roger Krone: Slow Pace of Govt Appointments Delays Procurement Process

    Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, has said the slow pace of leadership appointments at the Defense Department and other federal agencies has pushed back acquisition decisions and deadlines, Inside Defense reported Thursday. Krone told analysts during the fiscal 2017 first-quarter earnings call that the company has “seen more slowness than we expected in […] More

  • DOE Taps SteelCloud to Provide Security Compliance Automation Tool
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    DOE Taps SteelCloud to Provide Security Compliance Automation Tool

    SteelCloud has received a contract from the Energy Department to provide a remediation platform designed to automate compliance of applications and deployed data infrastructure with the Security Technical Implementation Guide. The company said Thursday ConfigOS works to scan endpoint platforms against STIG controls within a minute and remediate endpoints within 90 seconds. Brian Hajost, SteelCloud president and CEO, […] More

  • AT&T to Migrate Databases, Apps to Oracle Cloud
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    AT&T to Migrate Databases, Apps to Oracle Cloud

    AT&T has agreed with Oracle to migrate thousands of databases and related applications workloads to the latter’s cloud platforms. Oracle said Thursday the strategic agreement with AT&T covers its portfolio of cloud offerings that include platform-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service, software-as-a-service and database-as-a-service. AT&T will also integrate its big data and machine learning capabilities with Oracle’s Field Service […] More

  • NASA Seeks Info on Payload Delivery Support Sources for Lunar Surface Missions
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    NASA Seeks Info on Payload Delivery Support Sources for Lunar Surface Missions

    NASA has begun its search for potential contractors that can help the agency deliver experiments, instruments and other payloads to the moon. The agency said in a FedBizOpps notice published Monday it will use the responses to plan for potential launch and payload opportunities in an effort to meet lunar exploration and technology demonstration objectives as […] More