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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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  • Serco’s US Arm Lands Support Services Contract for Marine Corps Reserve’s Psychological Health Initiative
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    Serco’s US Arm Lands Support Services Contract for Marine Corps Reserve’s Psychological Health Initiative

    Serco‘s North American subsidiary has been awarded a potential five-year, $16.3 million contract to provide behavioral-health screening and communications services in support of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Psychological Health Outreach Program. Serco Inc. will carry out work in Massachusetts, Washington, Missouri, Georgia, Louisiana and California, the subsidiary said Thursday. The award has a one-year base […] More

  • Capstone Wins Task Order for Navy Smart Card Program; John McNally Comments
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    Capstone Wins Task Order for Navy Smart Card Program; John McNally Comments

    Capstone has secured a task order to continue to provide technical support and program management services for the Commander, Navy Installations Command’s smart card technology program. The award also covers configuration management, evaluation and testing, systems design, lifecycle management-related documentation, training and other maintenance services for the common access card program across the service branch, […] More

  • Paul Christman: 2-Factor Authentication One Piece of Federal Cyber Puzzle
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    Paul Christman: 2-Factor Authentication One Piece of Federal Cyber Puzzle

    The General Services Administration and the Office of Personnel Management have achieved the highest scores in terms of their implementation of the two-factor authentication as part of a cybersecurity sprint launched by Federal CIO Tony Scott in April, FCW reported Wednesday. Zach Noble writes GSA hit a 99 percent score in authentication implementation for privileged […] More

  • BlackBerry Joins National Cyber Security Alliance; Edward Hearst, Michael Kaiser Comment
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    BlackBerry Joins National Cyber Security Alliance; Edward Hearst, Michael Kaiser Comment

    BlackBerry has joined the National Cyber Security Alliance, a nonprofit organization that collaborates with the Department of Homeland Security, corporate sponsors and nonprofit representatives to promote digital privacy and raise awareness on cybersecurity. Edward Hearst, vice president of U.S. government business development at BlackBerry, will represent the company on the NCSA board, the alliance said Wednesday. “Through […] More

  • Virginia Education Dept to Adopt IA’s Instructional Data Platform
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    Virginia Education Dept to Adopt IA’s Instructional Data Platform

    The Virginia Information Technologies Agency has contracted Interactive Achievement to supply an instructional data software platform to the Virginia Department of Education. IA said Monday its onTRAC Longitudinal Data System works to track and collect data points for school administrators to determine education trends. Teachers use the system to monitor students’ progress and craft instructional strategies tailored to the needs […] More

  • Citrix Poll: Majority of Employees Use Work Devices Without Security Software
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    Citrix Poll: Majority of Employees Use Work Devices Without Security Software

    A Citrix-commissioned survey says 88 percent of the American workforce use company-issued computers and mobile devices that are not equipped with corporate security software. Wakefield Research polled at least 1,000 people in July and found that more than 60 percent of them lack response plans to address possible data thefts, Citrix said Tuesday. “Educating the […] More

  • USAID Taps Tetra Tech for $49M Biodiversity Mgmt Support Contract
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    USAID Taps Tetra Tech for $49M Biodiversity Mgmt Support Contract

    Tetra Tech has secured a five-year, $49 million contract to support the U.S. Agency for International Development in its efforts to promote biodiversity programs and protect marine ecosystems in West Africa. The company will work to collect data sets related to climate change and biodiversity for resource agencies to make informed decisions and craft sustainable […] More

  • J.P. Donovan Awarded $46M Ground Support System Installation Contract for NASA Mars Mission
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    J.P. Donovan Awarded $46M Ground Support System Installation Contract for NASA Mars Mission

    J.P. Donovan Construction has been awarded a potential $45.8 million contract to install land-based support systems onto the Mobile Launcher for NASA’s rockets and space vehicles at the Florida-based Kennedy Space Center. NASA said Wednesday the integration of the ground systems with the launcher intends to facilitate efforts to assemble and launch the space agency’s […] More

  • Good Technology: Enterprises Adopt Various Mobile Apps for Secure Data Access
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    Good Technology: Enterprises Adopt Various Mobile Apps for Secure Data Access

    A new report by Good Technology says 67 percent of enterprises are increasing the usage of different mobile applications to secure corporate data. Good Technology said Tuesday its Mobility Index Report has found that custom apps, secure browser, document access, instant messaging and document editing are the top app categories among corporate organizations. “As the mobile […] More

  • CGI Awarded Call Center Support Contract for Colorado Health Marketplace
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    CGI Awarded Call Center Support Contract for Colorado Health Marketplace

    CGI has secured a five-year contract to assist Connect for Health Colorado in its efforts to further expand call center operations. CGI said Wednesday it will also help the Colorado-based health insurance marketplace develop an online site for health plan brokers and provide systems upgrade and maintenance services under the expanded contract. “A more efficient and […] More

  • Northrop Tests C2 Platform on RQ-4 Global Hawk; Michael Leahy Comments
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    Northrop Tests C2 Platform on RQ-4 Global Hawk; Michael Leahy Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed a series of flight tests for its command and control platform aboard an RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system. The flight test was carried out to assess the Control Mission Management System’s capability to connect to the U.S. Air Force’s Common Mission Control Center via the UAS CU Initiative message standard and respond to […] More

  • Navy Orders General Dynamics Digital Radios for Ships, Subs
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    Navy Orders General Dynamics Digital Radios for Ships, Subs

    General Dynamics has received a potential $29 million contract to supply digital modular radios and related tools to the U.S. Navy for new surface ships and submarines. The contract production of 56 units of AN/USC-61(C) DMRs with the Mobile User Objective System waveform that is designed to help place voice calls with the Defense Department’s MUOS narrowband satellite communications platform, the company said […] More