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DHS and OMB says the continuous diagnostics and mitigation program will begin to show \'intrinsic value\' to the government as more and more agencies benefit from the cyber tools and services. GSA\'s $39 million award to Booz Allen is the second of six awards for tools and services under the program.
April 16, 2015 -
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Tracking munitions is a costly and time-consuming process for military units. They can\'t afford to waste cartridges, missiles or grenades. Lockheed Martin has developed a new system that works around many of the challenges of tracking RFID tags remotely. It\'s called the Rubee Weapon Shot Counter, and it could potentially save the Defense Department millions. Dr. Rob Smith, the vice president of C4ISR Systems for Lockheed Martin\'s Information Systems and Global Solutions, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to dive deeper into the Rubee\'s uses.
April 15, 2015 -
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Former DHS Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute discusses the difficulty of establishing a strong cybersecurity program within the federal government on this week\'s Women of Washington radio show.
April 15, 2015 -
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FITARA, the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, can help agencies save money. But what about contractors? They\'ve also got to live with the new law. Anthony Robbins, the vice president of federal at Brocade, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to provide one view of how FITARA is affecting them.
April 15, 2015 -
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Kevin Youel Page, deputy commissioner for the Federal Acquisition Service, joins host Roger Waldron, to discuss the impacts of category management, and the future of the Common Acquisition Platform. April 14, 2015
April 14, 2015 -
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The National Institutes of Health awarded its Chief Information Officer - Commodities and Solutions Governmentwide Acquisition Contract Tuesday to 65 vendors.
April 14, 2015 -
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The case of Neustar versus the federal government provides one of this year\'s most important cautionary tales. It\'s risky to become overly dependent on a single federal contract, even a long-term one. Eventually, everything comes up for recompete. Neustar, which manages cell phone number portability under an FCC contract, lost its recompete last year to Ericsson. It\'s been protesting ever since. Jonathan Aberman, the managing director of Amplifier Ventures, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain more about the Neustar case.
April 14, 2015 -
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Lisa Dezzutti and Monica Mayk of Market Connections join host Mark Amtower to discuss the top challenges that contractors face in marketing to the federal government, and how shrinking budgets are impacting marketing. April 13, 2015
April 13, 2015 -
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As much attention as the Veterans Affairs senior executive responsible for oversight of the debacle in Boulder, Colorado of the construction of a new hospital left, his replacement got strikingly little fanfare.
April 13, 2015 -
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Federal chief information officer Tony Scott, a growing number of lawmakers on Capitol Hill and industry associations are warming to the idea of new legislation to make it easier for agencies to buy cloud services.
April 13, 2015 -
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Pentagon is studying its existing use of open systems in preparation for a final report, due at the end of the year, on how to expand them. Officials insist they\'re not interested in wiping out Defense firms\' proprietary systems, but they need to own the data links between them.
April 13, 2015 -
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ForeSee Vice President Dave Lewan and Abby Herriman, senior vice president of Delivery and Innovation at HighPoint Global, join host Jason Briefel for a wide ranging discussion of customer service initiatives in the federal government. April 10, 2015
April 10, 2015 -
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The Defense Department published a 3.0 version of its Better Buying Power program Thursday, saying the overall plan represents \"more continuity than change.\" But there have been shifts in emphasis over the initiative\'s five-year lifespan, including a new focus on cybersecurity.
April 10, 2015 -
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Washington, D.C. is a great place to look for business deals with federal agencies. But it\'s not the only place. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners and publisher of the Week Ahead newsletter, has a top-three list for increasing federal business opportunities. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he says the first is to think outside of the capital city.
April 09, 2015
