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NNSA Establishes Committee to Advise on Nuclear Security Matters

The National Nuclear Security Administration has renewed an advisory committee tasked with providing recommendations on counterterrorism and counterproliferation programs, nuclear weapon modernization ...
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DOD Issues Final Rule on Commercial Item Contracting Amendment

The U.S. Department of Defense has amended the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to partially implement a portion of the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act to limit ...
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Systecon North America Enters New Predictive Model Partnership Phase With SAOC

Systecon North America will continue working with the Survivable Airborne Operations Center, or SAOC, to produce predictive models and data analytic services. In the new partnership phase, Systecon ...
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Commerce Department Launches $93.5M Grant Program to Support Underserved Businesses; Donald Cravins Jr. Quoted

The Department of Commerce is giving away $93.5 million in grants to support services for minority and other underserved businesses as part of its new Capital Readiness Program. DOC announced ...
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GAO: OMB, DHS Should Help Agencies Work on Intrusion Detection Capabilities

The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Homeland Security help federal agencies build up their capabilities to detect and ...
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Unanet ERP Offering Selected by Planate Management Group to Streamline Processes and Support Growth

Planate Management Group has selected Unanet’s government contracting enterprise resource planning offering to support its anticipated domestic and international growth in the next year. The ...
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FAA to Develop Drone Collision Risk Mitigation Requirements Based on ASSURE Report

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to establish new requirements for drones to help mitigate collision and operational risks based on the results of a study released by the Alliance for System ...
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Verizon Public Sector Wins $400M FBI Contract for Network, Communications Updates; Maggie Hallbach Quoted

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has awarded Verizon’s public sector business a task order exceeding $400 million in value for data bandwidth expansion and network services. Under the enterprise ...
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DISA Officials Say Cloud-Based Internet Isolation Could Help Block Malware, Reduce Bandwidth; Vice Adm. Nancy Norton Quoted

Officials with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) said implementing the Cloud-Based Internet Isolation (CBII) system for browsing the web could help the Department of Defense (DoD) improve ...
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MIT Grants DOD Workforce Access to AI Learning Assets; Craig Martell Quoted

The Department of Defense and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology teamed up to roll out a digital on-demand learning initiative to expand military and civilian personnel knowledge about ...
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L3Harris Allocates $100M in Accelerated Payments to Support Small Business Suppliers Through COVID-19 Challenges; William Brown, Evan Cramer Quoted

L3Harris Technologies announced that it will contribute more than $100 million in payments to small business suppliers nationwide to support the companies that play a critical role in sustaining ...
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Gen. Thomas Bussiere Sworn in as Leader of Air Force Global Strike Command

Gen. Thomas Bussiere has assumed leadership of Air Force Global Strike Command, the organization headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. Bussiere, who served as deputy commander of U.S ...