Posts from GovConDaily for 02/03/2016

Denise Turner Roth, GSA Administrator, Inducted Into 2016 Wash100 for Federal Acqusition Mgmt Leadership

Executive Mosaic is glad to announce Denise Turner Roth, head of the General Services Administration, as an inductee into the 2016 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting industry…

February 3 Market Close: GovCon Index Holds in Correction Despite Gain, US Stocks Turnaround AM Decline

The GovCon Index turned around steep losses from morning trade Wednesday to end at a gain of 0.425 points to 70.769, a close that keeps the Index in a correction, or 10 percent off its most recent high…

Cambridge International to Update CBP’s Cargo Processing Systems; Julie Partridge Comments

Cambridge International Systems has received a five-year, $36 million contract to maintain and update the Customs and Border Protection agency’s cargo processing systems in an effort to help secure the nation’s border…

Report: Defense Threat Reduction Agency to Absorb JIDA By Sept. 30

The Defense Department will integrate the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency into the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to comply with a provision in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, Defense News reported Tuesday…

Boeing’s Allen Adler, Corning’s Waguih Ishak Join NIST’s Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has appointed Boeing‘s Allen Adler and Corning‘s Waguih Ishak to serve three-year terms as new members of its Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology…

Navy Unveils Mobile App to Provide Credentialing, Career Development Info

The U.S. Naval Education and Training Command has launched a new mobile application designed to provide uniformed personnel information on career development, credentialing and civilian career opportunities, the Navy reported Jan…

Protection of Federal Employees’ Due Process Rights Pushed in New Bill

Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) have proposed a measure to protect the due process rights of federal employees who hold sensitive roles in government. Norton said Monday the bill would repeal a federal court decision in 2013 that prevented federal employees from appealing an agency’s decision removing them from service based on national security reasons…

Meggitt to Build Virtual Firearms Training System for Marine Corps

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Meggitt Training Systems a $7.19 million delivery order to build a virtual small-arms training platform to USMC’s systems command. Meggitt said Tuesday it will produce Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer systems in an effort to help Marines hone their marksmanship, judgment and collective skills…