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    GSA Seeks Industry Ideas for Water Heating & Cooling System Optimization

    The General Services Administration has posted a request for information on potential alternatives for a Washington, D.C.-based complex that provides water heating and cooling services to GSA and non-GSA facilities. The agency said Friday interested parties can submit ideas and concepts on how GSA could update, expand and reposition the Heating Operations and Transmission District complex. HOTD was built in 1933 […] More

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    Army Seeks Info on Technical Tools for Joint Cyber Training Platform

    The U.S. Army wants information on potential technical tools and cost or schedule drivers for the modernization of a platform that works to help the Defense Department train cyber mission forces in emulated network environments. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday that previous analysis on the Persistent Cyber Training Environment platform revealed gaps in event planning and […] More

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    White House Science Office Seeks Input on Increased Data Portability

    The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a request for information in search of ideas on how it can understand potential advantages and disadvantages of data portability. Alexander Macgillivray, OSTP’s deputy chief technology officer, and Council of Economic Advisers member Jay Shambaugh wrote in a blog post published Friday that the move aims to […] More

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    GSA, DOE Seek Info on Building Tech Platform Sources

    The General Services Administration and Energy Department have started to seek information on potential industry sources that can provide building technology platforms designed to build up the environmental and economic performance of federal and commercial facilities. Both agencies will evaluate potential building technologies through measurement and verification performance studies as part of the Green Proving […] More

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    DISA Seeks Industry Feedback on IT Platforms for National Background Investigation System

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has asked industry to provide inputs on information technology platforms for the National Background Investigation System. DISA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday NBIS will cover all IT applications, security, storage and other services in support of the operations of the National Background Investigation Bureau that will replace the Office […] More

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    DHS Seeks Industry Info on Updated Cyber Research Infrastructure

    The Department of Homeland Security has posted a request for information in search for a new infrastructure for efforts to help meet future cyber research and experimentation requirements. A notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps stated the RFI is based on a 2015 National Science Foundation-funded report that called for new research infrastructure that could help develop and deploy future cybersecurity technologies. DHS is interested in […] More

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    DARPA to Brief Proposers on Microelectronic Tech Programs

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day on Sept. 20 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss the microsystems technology office’s mission and three technical areas that MTO aims to address in the field of microelectronics. DARPA said Friday those areas of interest include the need to control and exploit the electromagnetic spectrum, development […] More

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    DARPA Requests Info on Counter-UAS Platforms for Mobile Force Protection

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked vendors to provide information on mobile layered defense platforms and related components designed to defend mobile and fixed naval and land-based forces against threats posed by small unmanned aircraft systems. DARPA said in a request for information posted Aug. 11 on FedBizOpps it is interested in scalable systems, […] More

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    DARPA Seeks Tech Ideas to Protect US Forces Against Small Airborne Threats

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to suggest ideas on how to protect U.S. warfighters from airborne threats with technology. DARPA said Thursday it published a request for information on deployable systems that can help fixed and mobile ground and naval forces to identify, track and neutralize small unmanned air systems. Jean-Charles Lede, DARPA program manager, said the agency seeks “novel, flexible […] More

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    NIST Seeks Industry, Govt Input on Cyber Trends, Challenges

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has asked government agencies and industry to provide information on the current and future cybersecurity challenges and trends as well as novel approaches to address such challenges. NIST said in a Federal Register notice posted Wednesday the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity will use the responses from the request for […] More

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    CMS Posts Collaborative Web Platform RFI

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants information from vendors that can provide and operate a website to facilitate collaboration between CMS contractors, healthcare providers, beneficiaries and taxpayers. A notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps stated CMS seeks a contractor-run website designed with collaboration and communication tools that work to help users find, store, retrieve and share media files. The agency looks […] More