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  • Deltek’s Alex Rossino: VA Spent $153M on Cloud Via T4 Vehicle
    in Government Cloud, News

    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: VA Spent $153M on Cloud Via T4 Vehicle

    Cloud computing has dominated the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ information technology spending via the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology contract vehicle, totaling an estimated $153 million spread across several projects, according to Deltek‘s Alex Rossino. Rossino, a principal research analyst, writes Tuesday that VA’s cloud spending mainly focuses on mobile and health IT capabilities and services. “In this sense, the […] More

  • Verizon Offers QR Code Login With Universal ID Services; Tracy Hulver Comments
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Verizon Offers QR Code Login With Universal ID Services; Tracy Hulver Comments

    Verizon has unveiled a new QR code login service the company designed to ease mobile access to participating websites without the need to enter  a username and password as part of efforts to avoid potential data breaches. Janet Brumfield, a corporate communications director at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, writes in a Tuesday post that the service will be offered […] More

  • David McCurley: Accenture Updates Human Services Software Suite for Federal Data Interoperability
    in Healthcare IT, News

    David McCurley: Accenture Updates Human Services Software Suite for Federal Data Interoperability

    Accenture has released a new version of its software kit to aid government agencies in processing eligibility and service renewal in online benefits applications, such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The company said Tuesday that Human Services Software Suite version 6.1 includes the Public Service Platform, Citizen Self-Service Portal and Benefits Management System products and leverages […] More

  • Lockheed, EOS Subsidiary Forge Space-Tracking Service Partnership; Rick Ambrose Comments
    in C4ISR News, News

    Lockheed, EOS Subsidiary Forge Space-Tracking Service Partnership; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has signed a cooperation agreement with EOS Space Systems to jointly develop, deploy and operate space-tracking sensor technology that they will house at a future site in Western Australia. The companies said Tuesday they want the planned facility to increase the tracking service’s capacity and commercial coverage to meet the demand for such data across the space […] More

  • John Reeher, Chris Jackson: Choose Certified Vendors, Cost-Security Balance in Cloud Adoption
    in Government Cloud, News

    John Reeher, Chris Jackson: Choose Certified Vendors, Cost-Security Balance in Cloud Adoption

    Systems Made Simple‘s John Reeher and Chris Jackson have outlined several tactics they believe can help government agencies move their IT systems into a cloud environment in a guest column for GCN published Thursday. Reeher, a system architect, and Jackson, a subject-matter expert on infrastructure services, write that agencies should plan ahead by determining the right technology, security controls […] More

  • Chris Petersen: LogRhythm Launches Threat Intell Ecosystem to Expand Security Coverage
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Chris Petersen: LogRhythm Launches Threat Intell Ecosystem to Expand Security Coverage

    Symantec has joined CrowdStrike, Norse, ThreatStream and Webroot as partners in LogRhythm‘s threat intelligence vendor consortium that aims to provide a platform for security analytics and intelligence services against cyber threats. The Threat Intelligence Ecosystem is intended to help customers use threat data from any of the ecosystem partners via LogRhythm’s Security Intelligence Platform, LogRhythm said Aug. 19. “Our ecosystem approach ensures that […] More

  • Executive Profile: Jennifer Smith, SAIC SVP of Corporate Development
    in Executive Spotlight

    Executive Profile: Jennifer Smith, SAIC SVP of Corporate Development

    Jennifer Smith serves as senior vice president of corporate development at SAIC, where she is responsible for coordinating the company’s enterprise strategy & development and mergers & acquisitions. Prior to her current role, she served as SAIC’s senior vice president of strategic business development for the global markets and missions sector and senior vice president […] More

  • Charlie Plummer: General Dynamics to Add New Comm Modes in Massachusetts’ 911 System
    in News, Products & Service

    Charlie Plummer: General Dynamics to Add New Comm Modes in Massachusetts’ 911 System

    General Dynamics Information Technology will build, install and operate the state of Massachusetts’ next 911 system that the company will design to integrate geographical information system data into emergency service requests. The company intends to help emergency response personnel both map a caller’s location and then route calls and corresponding information to public answering points through the […] More

  • DynCorp-NASA Team Rebuilds WB-57 Aircraft to Carry New Payloads
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    DynCorp-NASA Team Rebuilds WB-57 Aircraft to Carry New Payloads

    DynCorp International has helped NASA rebuild the WB-57 aircraft as part of the agency’s Aircraft Maintenance Operational Support program in a move to revive the plane 40 years of extended storage at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. DynCorp said Thursday that the team worked with mechanics, engineers, logisticians and other specialists as they reconstructed the aircraft – now known as N927 – and addressed issues […] More

  • Deltek’s John Slye: USAID, State to Lead Gov’t IT Spending in September
    in Industry News, News

    Deltek’s John Slye: USAID, State to Lead Gov’t IT Spending in September

    John Slye, an advisory research analyst at Deltek, projects USAID and the State Department to respectively spend 38 percent and 35 percent of their IT contracting budgets in September as the fiscal year closes. Slye writes Thursday that the above two agencies lead the 25 federal organizations that are likely to spend a total of $17.3 billion on IT […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan: Tech Procurement, Fleet Renewals to Steer Defense Spending in 10 Countries
    in Industry News, News

    Frost & Sullivan: Tech Procurement, Fleet Renewals to Steer Defense Spending in 10 Countries

    A recent Frost & Sullivan report on defense markets projects military spending across 10 selected countries to reach $3.41 trillion by 2022 due to military reorganization, increased threat perceptions, penetrable borders and territorial disputes. The study covers defense budgets in Algeria, Brazil, Chile, India, Indonesia, Japan, Oman, Poland, Russia and the United Arab Emirates, the firm said Wednesday. […] More

  • NetApp’s Kirk Kern: Feds Should Plan Strategy Before Moving IT Systems to Cloud
    in Government Cloud, News

    NetApp’s Kirk Kern: Feds Should Plan Strategy Before Moving IT Systems to Cloud

    Kirk Kern, chief technology officer for cloud at NetApp‘s U.S. public sector practice, has outlined five strategies that federal agencies can adopt when restructuring their IT systems for a cloud environment, FCW reported Wednesday. According to Kern, agencies are increasingly turning to the cloud and other IT re-architecture solutions to address concerns with operational costs, […] More