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Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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  • Information Builders, IPSA Intl Form Financial Crime Risk Mgmt Alliance; Dan Wachtler Comments
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    Information Builders, IPSA Intl Form Financial Crime Risk Mgmt Alliance; Dan Wachtler Comments

    Information Builders has partnered with risk advisory firm IPSA International to offer a software application product for companies to manage risks in trade finance transactions. OmniTrade‘s goal is to help financial institutions comply with the U.S. Treasury Department‘s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing rules, IPSA said Thursday. The companies showcased the platform at the FIBA […] More

  • DOJ Taps By Light Professional IT Services for Wireless Net Project; Bob Donahue Comments
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    DOJ Taps By Light Professional IT Services for Wireless Net Project; Bob Donahue Comments

    By Light Professional IT Services has designed and installed an enterprise wireless network system for the Justice Department‘s U.S. attorneys executive office. DOJ awarded By Light a five-year blanket purchase agreement for the work to help build and deploy WLAN infrastructures for managing sensitive but unclassified data, By Light said Thursday. The firm completed WLAN installation […] More

  • Verizon’s 2013 Wireline Network Investments in Virginia Reached $711M; Christopher Childs Comments
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    Verizon’s 2013 Wireline Network Investments in Virginia Reached $711M; Christopher Childs Comments

    Verizon invested more than $711 million in Internet Protocol and fiber optic network services for businesses, government organizations and households across Virginia during 2013. The company’s spending on wireline infrastructure systems in the state has totaled approximately $3.7 billion over the past five years, Verizon said Friday. Christopher Childs, a regional president for Verizon’s consumer […] More

  • Cisco Invests $6M In Jordan Tech Venture Fund; Alan Chelko Comments
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    Cisco Invests $6M In Jordan Tech Venture Fund; Alan Chelko Comments

    Cisco has invested $6 million in a Jordan-based venture capital fund that backs entrepreneurs who are developing mobile, healthcare, digital media and e-commerce technologies. The Badia Impact Fund was established to provide capital and networking support to Jordanian technology startups, Cisco said Thursday. In May 2011, Cisco announced it would commit $10 million in funding […] More

  • Greg Wenzel: Booz Allen Research Highlights Gov’t Role in C4ISR Design
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    Greg Wenzel: Booz Allen Research Highlights Gov’t Role in C4ISR Design

    A study from Booz Allen Hamilton and the Government Business Council recommends government and industry align their expectations in order to meet the requirements of defense acquisition programs. The Booz Allen-backed study polled 340 federal and defense leaders to assess their views on military procurement and potential reform in the process, Booz Allen said Wednesday. Eighty-five […] More

  • Gilat to Build Terminals for Inmarsat Global Xpress Network; Rupert Pearce Comments
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    Gilat to Build Terminals for Inmarsat Global Xpress Network; Rupert Pearce Comments

    Gilat Satellite Networks will develop a portfolio of ground-based terminals and related services for enterprise customers of an Inmarsat global mobile satellite communications service. Inmarsat selected Gilat to build very small aperture terminals and network management services for the Global Xpress satellite value-added reseller program, Gilat said Wednesday. The partnership aims to drive adoption of the GX […] More

  • Materion Subsidiary Aims to Become a Lockheed F-35 Casting Tech Supplier; Jim Yurko Comments
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    Materion Subsidiary Aims to Become a Lockheed F-35 Casting Tech Supplier; Jim Yurko Comments

    A Materion Corp. subsidiary is collaborating with Lockheed Martin to become a qualified supplier of aluminum-beryllium casting technology for the F-35 fighter jet’s electro-optical targeting system. Materion Brush Beryllium & Composites produces aluminum-beryllium composites used in the F-35 EOTS and also seeks to offer its investment casting products to the Lockheed-led program, Materion said Thursday. […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit Transports 2nd MLP Auxiliary Ship to Navy; Fred Harris Comments
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    General Dynamics Unit Transports 2nd MLP Auxiliary Ship to Navy; Fred Harris Comments

    General Dynamics NASSCO has handed to the U.S. Navy a second mobile landing platform-class vessel that is designed for amphibious staging and vehicle transfer operations. The General Dynamics subsidiary began construction work on the USNS John Glenn in April 2012 and plans to undock the third MLP ship in November, NASSCO said Wednesday. Fred Harris, NASSCO […] More

  • Northrop Integrates Payload Antennas for Lockheed AEHF Satellite
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    Northrop Integrates Payload Antennas for Lockheed AEHF Satellite

    Northrop Grumman has started to integrate two downlink phased array antennas into the payload of a fourth advanced extremely high frequency military communications satellite being built by Lockheed Martin. The companies are working together to integrate the AEHF satellite payload under a hybrid integration framework, Northrop said Tuesday. Northrop designed the AEHF antennas to operate […] More

  • Piyush Patel: CGI to Help OpenText Bring Enterprise Data Mgmt Products in Marketplace
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    Piyush Patel: CGI to Help OpenText Bring Enterprise Data Mgmt Products in Marketplace

    CGI Group is supporting an OpenText-hosted annual innovation event that showcases enterprise-grade information management technologies globally. CGI has been working with OpenText for more than a decade and serves as a premier-level sponsor of this year’s OpenText Innovation Tour, CGI said Tuesday. “As one of our important global partners, CGI is helping OpenText take our innovations […] More

  • Deloitte, ACO Group Form Population Health Analytics Partnership; Jason Girzadas Comments
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    Deloitte, ACO Group Form Population Health Analytics Partnership; Jason Girzadas Comments

    Deloitte and the Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative have partnered to offer an analytics technology platform with the goal of addressing unwarranted variations in population-based care. Insight is built to integrate Deloitte unit ConvergeHealth‘s data management system with NNEACC’s predictive models and seeks to help providers manage clinical risks, health outcomes and care coordination, […] More