Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 04/05/2016

DHS Posts RFP for $395M Cybersecurity Support Services Contract

The Department of Homeland Security seeks bids on a potential seven-year, $395 million contract for support services to a DHS facility that is built to monitor cyber threats and adversarial activities across the department’s enterprise…

FBI Starts Search for IT, Audio-Visual Services at Future HQ Campus

The FBI has started to search for information on potential information technology and audio-visual design and construction services for the bureau’s future headquarters site, a process currently in the source and site selection phase…

Indigo IT Secures IT Support Services BPA From Federal Housing Finance Agency OIG

Reston, Virginia-base software company Indigo IT has received a five-year blanket purchase agreement with two initial task orders from the Federal Housing Finance Agency‘s office of the inspector general…

Acquia Obtains FedRAMP Authority to Operate From Treasury Dept

Acquia has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authority-to-operate designation from the Treasury Department to offer two of the company’s cloud services in the public sector…

NY Times: White House Starts IT Infrastructure Updates

The White House has started to update its information technology systems following the appointment of former Facebook Engineering Director David Recordon as director of White House IT in 2015, the New York Times reported Sunday…

Nielsen, CDC Vet Michael Link Joins Abt Associates as SRBI Subsidiary CEO

Michael Link, a former senior vice president from global marketing research firm Nielsen, has joined Bethesda, Maryland-based services contractor Abt Associates as president and CEO of its public policy research subsidiary Abt SRBI, the parent company said Monday…

The Register: More Than 49M Turkish Citizens’ Data Leaked

Hackers appear to have leaked the personal data of more than 49 million Turkish citizens online, The Register reported Monday. John Leyden writes the compromised database contains Turkish citizenship or residency information, including names, addresses and identification numbers…

NIITEK Lands IED Tech Sales Contract in Gulf Region

A subsidiary of Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems has landed an estimated $10 million contract for the sale of buried threat detection devices from a country in the Persian Gulf region. NIITEK will deliver its Groundshark dual-sensor handheld system that works to detect buried objects and threats including mines and improvised explosive devices, the company said Monday…