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Raytheon Technologies Reports First Quarter 2020 Results; Greg Hayes Quoted
Raytheon Technologies has reported first quarter 2020 results for standalone United Technologies including Otis and Carrier. The separation of Otis and Carrier and merger with Raytheon Company occurred on April 3, after the quarter closed, the company reported on Thursday.
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Chenega Secures NRC Contract to Provide Tiered Screening Services; Timothy Lamb Comments
Chenega Global Protection, a Chenega Corp. subsidiary, has received a potential 18-month contract from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to provide tiered screening services specific to mitigative efforts of COVID-19, the company reported on Wednesday.Â
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ICE Partners With 6 Firms to Target COVID-19 Crimes
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations unit has launched an effort with six companies to mitigate fraud and other criminal activities that may result from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leidos Reports Q1 2020 Financial Results; Roger Krone Quoted
Leidos has reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, noting revenues for the quarter were $2.89B, operating income for the quarter was $192M and operating income margin decreased to 6.6 percent from 7.5 percent in the prior year quarter, due to COVID-19, the company announced on Tuesday.Â
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SBA Announces New Economic Injury Disaster Loans for US Agricultural Businesses; Jovita Carranza Quoted
Jovita Carranza, administrator for the Small Business Administration, said on Tuesday that agricultural businesses are now eligible for SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan and EIDL Advance programs.
Executive Spotlight: Will Jones, Carahsoft SVP, Discusses Emerging Tech, Federal Modernization
Will Jones, a senior vice president of Carahsoft, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about information technology modernization, government agility and business continuity.
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BGOV: Federal Civilian IT Contract Spending Up 15% in Q2 2020
Federal civilian agencies increased the amount of money spent on information technology products and services from $6.7B in the second quarter of the government's 2019 fiscal year to $7.7B during the same period in its current fiscal year, Bloomberg Government reported Monday.
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Wesley Hallman: NDIA Wants to See ‘Plus-Up’ in FY 2020 Appropriations in Next Stimulus Package
Wesley Hallman, senior vice president of policy at the National Defense Industrial Association, told Defense News in an interview published Saturday that NDIA believes there should be an increase in appropriations for fiscal year 2020 as Congress considers another economic stimulus bill in response to the coronavirus pandemic.