Posts from GovConWire for 10/26/2015

FCC Proposes Usage Rules for Wireless Broadband Above 24 GHz; Tom Wheeler Comments

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed new rules for higher-frequency wireless broadband services in support of efforts to establish a regulatory environment for mobile technologies that operate in frequencies above 24 gigahertz…

DISA Seeks Development, Sustainment Support Sources for Data Discovery Platform

The Defense Information Systems Agency wants information on potential contractors that can provide development, engineering, infrastructure and sustainment support for a data discovery service that DISA uses to acquire open source-based information from content providers…

Raytheon Gets $129M Engineering Support Contract Modification for Navy Zumwalt-Class Destroyers

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential one-year, $129 million contract modification to provide additional engineering support services for the U.S. Navy’s fleet of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers…

Ashley Mahan Named FedRAMP Agency Evangelist

Ashley Mahan, a 10-year cybersecurity adviser to the federal government, has joined the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program team as an agency evangelist. Mahan will assist the FedRAMP team in consolidating FedRAMP and cloud computing into the information technology portfolios of the agency, FedRAMP said Wednesday…

Melody Barnes Joins Booz Allen Board of Directors; Ralph Shrader Comments

Melody Barnes, formerly a domestic policy strategist and vice provost and senior fellow at New York University, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton’s board of directors. Barnes will serve as a member of the compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees, Booz Allen said Friday…

Tiffany Hixson: GSA Aims to Help Federal Agencies Reduce Duplicate Service Contracts

The General Services Administration wants to collaborate with other agencies to consolidate duplicative government professional services contracts in an effort to increase the federal purchasing power, Federal News Radio reported Friday…

ASRC Federal Subsidiary Gets $130M Contract to Support NASA’s Education Programs

A subsidiary of ASRC Federal will provide research and development, education and program support services to NASA under the $130 million, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity NASA Research Education Support Service contract…

October 26 Morning Report: GovCon Index Rises as More 3Q Earnings Reports Loom

The GovCon Index closed Friday at a gain of 1.057 percent to 75.312 ahead of third-quarter earnings reports from more Index companies scheduled through the end of the week. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) reported 3Q earnings above Wall Street estimates, helping the Index record a weekly gain of 6…