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    CrowdStrike Report Shows Surge in Identity, Cloud Security Threats

    Cybersecurity threats such as identity- and cloud-based attacks and foreign espionage activity have surged in the past year, according to the 2023 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report. The report released Tuesday showed a 95 percent increase in cloud exploitation and 50 percent rise in interactive intrusions in 2022, the company said Tuesday. For the 2022 report, […] More

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    Industry Partnership Launches NIST Framework-Based Cyber Workforce Training

    IT certification provider CompTIA is teaming up with By Light Professional IT Services and Infosec Learning to launch training courses compliant with the Cybersecurity Workforce Framework established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The collaborative effort looks to help professionals build a career in cybersecurity and will combine By Light’s Imerzi immersive cybersecurity […] More

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    Two Hana Independence OW to Perform Upgrades, Maintenance at NASA HQ

    Two Hana Independence Ocean West secured a sole-source blanket purchase agreement to perform repair, maintenance, alterations and facility assessments for the NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The five-year contract will involve electrical services and installing, reading and reporting sub-utility meters on NASA’s special supplemental equipment, the agency said Wednesday. In 2017, Ocean West Capital Partners and […] More

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    Radiant Digital Subsidiary to Help Modernize Florida’s Reemployment Assistance Info System; Shankar Rachakonda Quoted

    Beacon Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian software company Radiant Digital, has been chosen to provide a Florida state department with communications consulting services, Radiant announced in a LinkedIn post. The contract will support the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s modernization program for its Reemployment Assistance Claims and Benefits Information System. BeaconGov’s tasks will […] More

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    Delta-Cosworth Joins DOD’s Commercial Battery Prototyping Effort

    Delta-Cosworth became the latest company to be chosen by the Department of Defense’s innovation arm and its partner agencies in the Jumpstart for Advanced Battery Standardization project. The electric powertrain engineering company received a contract to use its cylindrical scalable module architecture in designing a high-performance modular battery system for potential military use, the Defense […] More

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    Valkyrie Secures 2nd Navy Maintenance Contract for EOD Team Boats, Equipment

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Valkyrie Enterprises a $13 million contract to perform maintenance and other technical services in support of its Explosive Ordnance Disposal Voyage Repair Team. The award is Valkyrie’s second contract from EOD and will also involve logistics and technical failure diagnosis for its Group Two small boats and supporting equipment, the […] More

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    Google to Help Modernize Digital Experience for Presidential Museum Visitors

    The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has tapped Google‘s public sector business arm for a multi-phase collaborative agreement to digitalize visitor experience at the library. The organizations have agreed to co-create interactive experiences using artificial intelligence as well as extended and augmented reality technologies available on Google Cloud, the tech firm said Monday. The […] More

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    Pamela Melroy, NASA Deputy Administrator, Recognized With 2023 Wash100 Award for Leadership in Advancing Space & Aeronautics Innovation

    Executive Mosaic is honored to unveil Pamela Melroy, deputy administrator of NASA, as the latest government official to be inducted into the 2023 edition of the Wash100 for her transformative representation in programs that drive the agency mission forward and encourage commercial innovation. Melroy is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel who received Senate confirmation […] More

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    EY Books 5-Year Contract to Upgrade AmeriCorps’ eGrants System

    AmeriCorps has tapped Ernst & Young‘s government and public sector practice to upgrade its grants application and management system under a new five-year, $8.9 million contract. EY will team up with RedSky to implement its Grants Accelerator platform as a replacement for AmeriCorps’ eGrants system, the professional services provider said Monday. EYGA works to enable […] More

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    Maxar to Deliver Environmental Monitoring Products to Guyana; Tony Frazier Quoted

    Maxar Technologies has secured a three-year contract with the natural resources ministry of the government of Guyana to provide access to its environmental monitoring and security products. The contract marks the launch of the Crow’s Nest product line in the Latin American and Caribbean regions, the company said Tuesday. Under the agreement, Guyana’s Environmental Protection […] More

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    DOE Allocates $68M in Small Business Grants for Clean Energy, Climate Research; Jennifer Granholm Quoted

    The Department of Energy has chosen 53 small businesses that will receive a total of $68 million in grants for conducting research and development efforts focused on climate change and renewable power. The projects were covered by the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer allocation, DOE said Wednesday. The awardees are working […] More

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    CYBERCOM Extends C4 & Capabilities Development Contract With Parsons

    Parsons has landed a $21 million contract to continue providing command, control, communications, computers and capabilities development to the U.S. Cyber Command. The one-year cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is a follow-on to a 2016 award granted by the General Services Administration, the company said Wednesday. Parsons’ High Consequence Missions business unit will perform services including research, development, […] More