Posts from GovConWire for 02/13/2015

Doug Wagoner, SAIC Sector President, Selected to Wash100 for Tech and Employee Development Leadership

Executive Mosaic is honored to unveil Doug Wagoner, a sector president at Science Applications International Corp., as the newest inductee into the Wash100 — a group of influential leaders in the government contracting arena…

Mercedes Westcott, Cloudera Public Sector VP, Inducted Into Wash100 for Data Integration and Storage Leadership

Executive Mosaic is honored to unveil Mercedes Westcott, vice president of Cloudera‘s public sector business, as the newest inductee into the Wash100 — a group of influential leaders in the government contracting arena…

Obama Names Kathryn Brinsfield DHS Health Affairs Asst. Secretary, Chief Medical Officer

President Barack Obama has promoted Kathryn Brinsfield, associate chief medical officer and director for workforce health and medical support at the Department of Homeland Security, to assistant secretary for health affairs and chief medical officer…

US Army Awards $248M IDIQ for Medical Command Facilities Operation, Maintenance

Five vendors have received a $248 million task order from the U.S. Army to operate and maintain the service’s medical command facilities in various locations. ABM Government Services, Emcor Government Services (NYSE: EME), Facilities Services Management, J&J Worldwide Services and Jones Lang LaSalle will perform work through Feb…

Motorola Adds Public Safety Tech with Emergency CallWorks Buy

Motorola Solutions moved to grow its public safety communications portfolio with the acquisition of call-taking software maker Emergency CallWorks for an undisclosed amount. The purchase is intended to help Motorola’s government and commercial clients leverage a web-based emergency call answering system in their command centers, Motorola Solutions said Thursday…

Airbus Gets $221M Modification on Army Utility Helicopters Contract

An Airbus Group subsidiary has received a $220,564,993 contract modification to build 41 Lakota light utility helicopters for the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Thursday that Airbus Defense and Space will produce UH-72A helicopters equipped with airborne radio communication systems…

Army Picks 10 for $990M Health Facility Operations, Maintenance IDIQ

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded 10 companies positions on a potential five-year, $990 million contract to help run and maintain government-run healthcare facilities. The firm-fixed-price contract will run through Feb…

February 12 Market Close: GovCon Index Surges as Oil Price Jumps

The GovCon Index made a gain for a third consecutive trading day as it rose 0.69 points — or 0.986 percent — to 69.272 on Thursday. All but one company on the index saw their stock prices increase…

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