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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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  • Intel Security’s Steve Grobman: US Sanctions Against Russia Over Election Interference Could Spark War
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    Intel Security’s Steve Grobman: US Sanctions Against Russia Over Election Interference Could Spark War

    Steve Grobman, chief technology officer at Intel Security, has said that sanctions against Russia for its interference in the U.S. elections through cyber hacking activities could potentially result in “kinetic, conventional shooting war,” VentureBeat.com reported Thursday. “Impacting digital infrastructure beyond the intended target opens the door to draw additional nation states into a conflict,” Grobman said. […] More

  • NIST Seeks to Advance Public Safety Broadband Tech R&D Through Grant Program; Dereck Orr Comments
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    NIST Seeks to Advance Public Safety Broadband Tech R&D Through Grant Program; Dereck Orr Comments

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has introduced a $30 million grant program in an effort to advance research and development work on broadband technology platforms for first responders. NIST’s public safety communications research division will accept applications from nonprofit organizations, higher education institutions and other non-federal entities for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator […] More

  • VA Seeks Proposals for Game-Based Training IDIQ
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    VA Seeks Proposals for Game-Based Training IDIQ

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for proposals for a potential five-year contract to provide gaming training products for the Veterans Health Administration. VA said in a FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Dec. 21 the Serious Educational Game Solutions contract will be a set-aside program for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses and will include consulting support […] More

  • Premier Asks Incoming Administration to Develop Incentives for Healthcare Delivery System Changes
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    Premier Asks Incoming Administration to Develop Incentives for Healthcare Delivery System Changes

    Charlotte, North Carolina-based healthcare firm Premier has called on the incoming administration to address healthcare challenges through the creation of incentives for changes in the care delivery process. The company said in a letter to President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to promote competition in the pharmaceutical market to reduce drug costs and […] More

  • Barbaricum to Provide IT, Administrative Support to DoD Office of Inspector General
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    Barbaricum to Provide IT, Administrative Support to DoD Office of Inspector General

    Barbaricum has received a potential five-year, $43.6 million contract to provide information technology, administrative and managerial support services for the Defense Department’s office of the inspector general. DoD Education Activity awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive acquisition process with three bids received, DoD said Tuesday. The fixed-price contract includes a one-year base period worth approximately […] More

  • State Dept OKs Boeing-Built Munitions Tail Kit Sale to Kuwait
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    State Dept OKs Boeing-Built Munitions Tail Kit Sale to Kuwait

    The State Department has given Kuwait the go-ahead to purchase 750 Joint Direct Attack Munitions tail kits and related components from the U.S. government under a potential $37 million foreign military sales agreement. Boeing will serve as the sole-source contractor for the FMS transaction that also covers spares of JDAM load build trainers, support tools, repair and return […] More

  • GSA Taps Hensel Phelps Construction to Build New Port Facility in New Mexico
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    GSA Taps Hensel Phelps Construction to Build New Port Facility in New Mexico

    Hensel Phelps Construction has received a contract from the General Services Administration to establish a new port facility in Columbus, New Mexico for the Department of Homeland Security. The new land port of entry in New Mexico will work to support DHS’ Customs and Border Protection’s efforts to ensure the security of U.S. borders, GSA said Friday. […] More

  • China Conducts FC-31 Fighter Jet Flight Test
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    China Conducts FC-31 Fighter Jet Flight Test

    China has performed a flight test of the Shenyang Aircraft-built FC-31 Gyrfalcon fighter jet, Business Standard reported Monday. The fifth-generation fighter jet, which costs approximately $70 million per aircraft, is a cheaper version of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II aircraft and is designed to carry weapons that weigh up to 8 tons. FC-31 is the updated […] More

  • Lockheed’s Sikorsky to Demonstrate Autonomous Copilot System Under DARPA’s ALIAS Program
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    Lockheed’s Sikorsky to Demonstrate Autonomous Copilot System Under DARPA’s ALIAS Program

    Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has received a potential one-year, $35.7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the third phase of a program that seeks to develop a removable kit prototype designed to automate aircraft’s co-piloting functions. Sikorsky will produce and install prototypes on various types of aircraft for flight demonstrations under DARPA’s Aircrew […] More

  • Japan’s Revised Cybersecurity Guidelines Cite Corporate Execs’ Role in Cyber Investments
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    Japan’s Revised Cybersecurity Guidelines Cite Corporate Execs’ Role in Cyber Investments

    Japan’s ministry of economy, trade and industry and the information-technology promotion agency have revised a set of guidelines in effort to highlight the responsibility of corporate executives in cybersecurity and include IPA’s supplementary cyber guidebook. The revised Cybersecurity Guidelines for Business Leadership calls for business executives to advance investments in cyber measures in an effort to […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Talks Govt’s Satcom Challenges, JSpOC Commercial Integration Cell
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Talks Govt’s Satcom Challenges, JSpOC Commercial Integration Cell

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said budget issues with regard to the recapitalization of federal satellite communications platforms and a “fragmented” procurement model are some of the satcom challenges the U.S. government currently faces. “The government should no longer follow a procurement model in which lowest price, rather […] More

  • Govini Predicts Increased Competition for IT Contracts Across Pentagon in 2017
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    Govini Predicts Increased Competition for IT Contracts Across Pentagon in 2017

    A Govini report predicts competition for information technology contracts across the Defense Department and service branches to increase in 2017 as $210 billion worth of DoD contracts approach expiration in the coming year, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Frank Konkel writes the analytics firm also estimates bids for each expiring IT contract to increase to an average of […] More