Posts from GovCon Daily for 12/30/2015

CBO: No Sequester Budget Cuts Needed in Fiscal 2016

The Congressional Budget Office has said sequestration is not necessary for the current fiscal year because defense and nondefense appropriations do not exceed budget limits set by law. CBO said Monday that fiscal 2016 defense and nondefense funding allocations are respectively equal to the estimated $606…

Ballard Power Systems Subsidiary Receives Army Power Mgmt Device Order; Paul Osenar Comments

Ballard Power Systems’ subsidiary Protonex has been awarded a $2.8 million contract to produce portable power management devices for the U.S. Army. The Army will deploy more than 400 squad power manager special operations kits with special operations Forces for battlefield operations, Ballard Power Systems said Tuesday…

Harris’ Dennis Moran: DoD Needs ‘Holistic Plan’ for Faster Internet of Things Adoption

Dennis Moran, vice president of government business development at Harris Corp., has said the Defense Department should craft a “holistic plan” in order to facilitate the adoption of Internet-of-Things-based devices by warfighters…

Inspector General: DoD Lacks Central Cloud Service Contracts List

The Defense Department inspector general has released a report that indicates the department has not maintained a list of cloud computing service contracts. DoD’s IG said Monday the absence of a cloud computing service contracts list resulted a lack of standardization in the definition for cloud computing and develop a repository for cloud computing service contracts…

Amit Yoran: Customer Service Key to RSA’s Transformation

Amit Yoran, president of EMC subsidiary RSA, told CRN in an interview published Tuesday that the security business implemented a transformation initiative earlier this year in an effort to drive sales and customer satisfaction…

PwC, India’s NIIT University to Launch Cybersecurity-Focused Master’s Degree Program

PwC and India-based NIIT University will offer a master’s degree program on cybersecurity in an effort to address the demand for professionals that will work to counter cyber threats in India, the Economic Times reported Monday…

Army Releases Mobile Reporting Application; Bryan Eisenhardt Comments

The U.S. Army Europe counterintelligence division has rolled out a new mobile application developed to help service members, civilians and contractors in Europe report incidents to authorities. “[The] iReport application is available for free download and we encourage everyone to download it for the Apple Store, Google Play or Microsoft Store,” Bryan Eisenhardt, a U…