Posts from GovConDaily for 05/09/2016

Bill Toti: Industry Team to Provide Warfighter Readiness, Training Research for Air Force Research Lab

A team of contractors led by an L-3 Communications division will deliver warfighter readiness and training research services to the U.S. Air Force under a seven-year, $200 million contract awarded in April…

DoD’s Marcel Lettre Calls for Integration Among Intell Agencies, Innovation With Industry

Defense intelligence undersecretary Marcel Lettre has called for intelligence agencies to increase their collaborations with goals that include increased agility and integration, GovExec reported Friday…

Lockheed-Backed Sandia Labs, Marine Corps Form Microgrid Planning Partnership; Nadine Miner Comments

Sandia National Laboratories has teamed up with the U.S. Marine Corps in an effort to help the service branch draft investment plans on microgrid and renewable energy projects through the use of the Microgrid Design Toolkit…

Raquel Bono: DHA Eyes Increased Patient Satisfaction Through Military Healthcare Transformation Efforts

Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, has said she will prioritize initiatives to implement a modernized electronic healthcare records system and reform the Tricare health plan for U…

FCW: State Dept Holds Global Cyber Training Course for Foreign Service Officers

The State Department has gathered 130 foreign service officers in Washington for a week-long cybersecurity training program, FCW reported Friday. Aisha Chowdhry writes the FSOs will receive briefings from officials at the State Department plus the departments of Homeland Security and Commerce, FBI and the White House on encryption, countering extremism, Internet of Things, digital economy and global cyberspace norms…

Lockheed Enters Investment Partnership on STEM Curriculum for Denver Public Schools

Lockheed Martin has invested $800,000 in partnership with Project Lead The Way and the Denver Public Schools Foundation to support the implementation of science, technology, engineering and math-based curriculum across public schools in Denver, Colorado…

Beth Cobert: OPM Prioritizes Federal Workforce Development as Administration Nears End

Acting Office of Personnel Management Director Beth Cobert said that the agency aims to continue its focus on the recruiting and developing the talent of the federal workforce as the current administration nears its end in January 2017, the Washington Post reported Wednesday…

Army, NSTA Name 20 Teams to Advance to National eCYBERMISSION STEM Competition

The U.S. Army and the National Science Teachers Association have announced 20 student teams in grade six to nine from five U.S. regions as finalists for the 2016 eCYBERMISSION national competition. The NSTA-run online contest is sponsored by the service branch and aims to encourage students to identify and address community challenges through projects based on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, NSTA said Friday…

US Army Active Force Size Declined 16K in 2015

The Defense Manpower Data Center has released new figures that show the U.S. Army’s number of active duty soldiers declined by 16,548 last year in a size roughly equivalent to three brigades, Army Times reported Saturday…