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  • Shana Simmons: Engility Seeks to Help NGA Build ‘One-Stop’ GEOINT Shop
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    Shana Simmons: Engility Seeks to Help NGA Build ‘One-Stop’ GEOINT Shop

    Engility is acting as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s broker for the development and approval of mobile applications as NGA pushes to make geospatial data more widely available, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jason Miller writes Engility’s contract – awarded to its TASC subsidiary in September 2014 — is part of the Innovative GEOINT Application Provider Program that seeks t0 make a “one-stop shop” for GEOINT applications that utilize […] More

  • NASA Taps Harkins Contracting to Build New Wallops Mission Launch Command Center
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    NASA Taps Harkins Contracting to Build New Wallops Mission Launch Command Center

    Harkins Contracting has been awarded a $5.6 million contract to construct a single-story mission launch command center at NASA‘s Wallops Island, Virginia-based flight facility. NASA said Thursday it would use the center to manage and interface with rockets, payloads, launch pad support systems when the agency conducts spaceflight missions from the Wallops Flight Facility. The […] More

  • Semprius Awarded DOE Solar Tech Development Grant; Scott Burroughs Comments
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    Semprius Awarded DOE Solar Tech Development Grant; Scott Burroughs Comments

    The Energy Department has awarded Semprius a $2.9 million grant to develop photovoltaic solar modules through the use of small lenses and micro-solar cells. Semprius said Thursday it will collaborate with the Naval Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, George Washington University and Veeco for the Micro-scale Optimized Solar-cell Arrays with Integrated Concentration program. “We intend to drive down the […] More

  • SAP NS2 Vet Training Program Shifts Focus to Analytics; Mark Testoni Comments
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    SAP NS2 Vet Training Program Shifts Focus to Analytics; Mark Testoni Comments

    The SAP National Security Services training program for veterans is moving forward to its fourth session with an analytics-focused curriculum in response to feedback from prospective employers, FCW reported Thursday. Sean Lyngaas writes that the NS2 Serves-run program has shifted from enterprise resource planning courses to analytics in efforts to meet the growing demand for analytical skills. […] More

  • Oracle: 64% of Global Employees Consider Their Corporate Orgs ‘Agile’
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    Oracle: 64% of Global Employees Consider Their Corporate Orgs ‘Agile’

    Oracle has released a new study that says 64 percent of employees at large global companies think their organizations are agile in their approach to new business opportunities. Oracle said Thursday it polled 2,263 employees for the Oracle Cloud Agility study and found that at least 80 percent of respondents said the ability of their companies to quickly […] More

  • SAIC to Sustain US Navy MH-60 Weapon Systems
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    SAIC to Sustain US Navy MH-60 Weapon Systems

    Science Applications International Corp. has received an $11,838,878 contract from the U.S. Navy to maintain the military’s MH-60 weapon systems. SAIC will perform the contract in support of MH60R and MH60S helicopter productions for the Navy and overseas government customers Australia, Brazil, Denmark and  Saudi Arabia through the foreign military sales program, the Defense Department […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Lands US Air Force Common Ground Architecture Contract Modification
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    Lockheed Martin Lands US Air Force Common Ground Architecture Contract Modification

    Lockheed Martin has received a $10,071,486 contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to further the service’s common ground architecture implementation work. Lockheed Martin will assist the Air Force in surveillance tasking and space-based infrared systems refactoring to help extend the capabilities of the Naval Research Laboratory’s Neptune CGA, the Defense Department said Thursday. The company […] More

  • Day & Zimmermann Exec Robert Brooks Joins NSC Board of Delegates
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    Day & Zimmermann Exec Robert Brooks Joins NSC Board of Delegates

    The National Safety Council has appointed Robert Brooks, senior director of environmental health and safety at Day & Zimmermann, to serve on the nonprofit organization’s board of delegates. “I look forward to collaborating with the other delegates and the board of directors to serve the NSC’s mission to save lives by preventing injuries and deaths […] More

  • Relmond Van Daniker Named to National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers Hall of Fame; Hank Steininger Comments
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    Relmond Van Daniker Named to National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers Hall of Fame; Hank Steininger Comments

    Relmond Van Daniker, managing director of state and local government practice at H.J. Steininger PLLC, has been named to the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers Hall of Fame. NASACT will induct Van Daniker at its 100th Anniversary State Night Gala, H.J. Steininger said Wednesday. “Dr. Van Daniker is long known in the […] More

  • Timothy Romenesko Named Vice Chairman at AAR
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    Timothy Romenesko Named Vice Chairman at AAR

    Timothy J. Romenesko, chief operating officer of the expeditionary services segment at AAR, has been named vice chairman at the Illinois-based defense and aerospace company. AAR said Wednesday David P. Storch, chairman and CEO of AAR, will take over as president while Romenesko will continue to serve as COO of the business segment and strategic […] More

  • BLS Report: US Jobless Rate Holds at 5.3% for July
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    BLS Report: US Jobless Rate Holds at 5.3% for July

    A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report says that the July national unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.3 percent and about 0.9 percentage points lower than the jobless rate recorded during the same month last year. Nonfarm payrolls were up in 34 U.S. states and down in 16 states plus the District of Columbia for the month […] More

  • AT&T to Update FEMA’s Claims Center Communications System
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    AT&T to Update FEMA’s Claims Center Communications System

    AT&T Corp. has been selected to update the communications infrastructure of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s claims centers. The company will deploy interactive voice response and contact center services under a four-year contract, AT&T said Thursday. AT&T also selected Interactive Intelligence to provide software-based services for the project. The center is designed to collect, authenticate and process […] More