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David Young, senior vice president of strategic government at CenturyLink, has said he believes a delay in agencies’ issuance of solicitations under the $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract for telecommunications services due to the partial government shutdown does not affect the transition goal for the EIS vehicle, FCW reported Thursday. In December, the General Services Administration decided to extend until 2023 existing telecom support contracts, which are set to expire in 2020, to provide agencies enough time to transition to the EIS vehicle.

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Bloomberg has selected Leidos for the media company's 2019 Gender-Equality Index in recognition of its efforts to observe transparency in gender reporting and support for the female workforce. GEI evaluates corporate gender equality based on company statistics, employee policies, external community engagement and gender-conscious offerings, Leidos said Wednesday.

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Ravenswood Solutions, an SRI International subsidiary, has received a new International Organization for Standardization certificate for the firm's quality management system. The ISO 9001:2015 standard, built on business- and expert-based input, requires companies to observe greater senior management involvement, broader supply chain familiarity and boosted focus to meet stakeholder needs, Ravenswood said Wednesday.

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United Launch Alliance has begun final design evaluation for the Vulcan rocket as it transitions into full production ahead of an initial flight in 2021, Reuters reported Thursday.

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