Posts from GovConWire for 09/14/2015

Three Companies Win $86M US Air Force Healthcare Billing Contract

Business Enabled Acquisition & Technology LLC, BRSI LP and Signature Performance have won an $85,616,802 contract to provide healthcare billing services for various U.S. Air Force bases. The companies will work to collect healthcare cost from third party payers under the Third Party Collection Program, the Defense Department said Friday…

US Air Force Awards $100M Construction IDIQ to Four Firms

The U.S. Air Force has picked four companies to perform construction services at its Dyess Air Force Base, Texas-based real property under a $100 million contract. FARR Builders, Tejas Premier Building Contractor, All Phase Solutions and Journey Construction will provide maintenance and repair support to the facility through Sept…

Pivotal Adds Novetta Analytics to Big Data Suite; Jim Cushman Comments

Pivotal has added Novetta’s analytics offering to the company’s big data suite in a move to help customers sift through large volumes of data from various sources. Novetta Entity Analytics will be integrated into the Pivotal big data suite analytic database and Hadoop components under the Pivotal Partner Program, Novetta said Wednesday…

NY Post: Blackstone Eyes New NCR Corp. Bid

A consortium that includes Blackstone Group is considering a bid to acquire self-service technology developer NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR), the New York Post reported Friday. Josh Kosmon writes Duluth, Georgia-based NCR reopened an auction sale nearly two months after the company did not close a deal with several potential acquirers…

Charles Schumer to Congress: Prioritize Notification Standards After Latest Data Breach

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has called on Congress to take up the proposed cybersecurity legislation and prioritize breach notification standards following reports of an Excellus BlueCross BlueShield data breach in December 2013…

September 14 Morning Report: GovCon Index Opens at 72.702 After Friday Gains

The GovCon Index closed at a gain of 0.434 points to 72.702 inFriday trading. All three major indices in the U.S. recorded modest gains as investors continued to anticipate the Federal Reserve‘s meeting later this week, Bloomberg reported…