Posts from GovConDaily for 02/22/2016

Bruce Stanski, Fluor Govt Group President, Named to 2016 Wash100 for Infrastructure & Logistics Services Leadership

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Bruce Stanski, president of Fluor‘s government group, as an inductee into the 2016 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena…

CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske Inducted Into 2016 Wash100 for Screening & Border Security Tech Vision

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Gil Kerlikowske, commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection, as an inductee into the 2016 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena…

February 22 Market Close: GovCon Index Up — A Strong Day For All Markets

The GovCon Index climbed significantly today closing at 72.232 up 1.114% pulling itself out of correction. All three markets the Dow Jones Industrial, S&P500, and the NASDAQ Composite all showed robust gains approaching 1…

NIST Seeks 2 New Institutes for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a solicitation for proposals on two future institutes that will become part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. Each institute will receive up to $70 million in federal funds over five years through a cooperative agreement and has to meet any advanced manufacturing need that has not been previously addressed by nine other institutes under NNMI, NIST said Friday…

Intel-AT&T Team to Test LTE Network-Linked UAV at Mobile Trade Congress

Intel and AT&T have partnered to evaluate how an unmanned aircraft vehicle can stream video and transmit flight information and telematics through the Long-Term Evolution wireless communications network…

Renee Wynn Eyes Enterprise IT Infrastructure for NASA With Cloud, Collaboration Platforms

Renee Wynn, chief information officer at NASA, has said her office has begun to leverage cloud platforms in an effort to optimize operations and improve the space agency’s enterprise information technology infrastructure, FedTech magazine reported Thursday…

Ann Barron-DiCamillo, Partners to Form Cybersecurity Venture Firm

Ann Barron-DiCamillo, the retiring director of the Department of Homeland Security‘s U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, plans to establish a cybersecurity venture firm with partners to finance cyber technologies, FCW reported Friday…

GSA Program Adds 10 Agency-Specific Dashboards to Online Analytics Platform

The General Services Administration‘s Digital Analytics Program has introduced 10 agency-specific dashboards to an online tool that works to collect analytics data on Web traffic to government agencies’ websites…