Posts from GovConDaily for 05/17/2016

Alan Bloodgood on Siemens’ Federal Energy Partnerships, White House’s Push for Renewable & Sustainable Sources

Alan Bloodgood oversees energy and infrastructure projects with responsibility over those with alternative financing models in his executive vice president role at Siemens Government Technologies — the German conglomerate’s federal business organization…

Executive Mosaic’s Top Human Resources Executives in Government Contracting

The government contracting industry and its agency customers are both grappling with questions to how they can keep pace with fast technology advancements as requirements and demands of users change with those trends…

US News-Raytheon Report Shows Rise in STEM Education, Employment for 2015; Brian Kelly, Dave Wajsgras Comment

A new report from Raytheon and U.S. News & World Report magazine indicates the country continues to experience a workforce shortage in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields and may have to rely on foreign-born employees to fill STEM positions…

DHS, NYC Police & Fire Depts Test New Tech at Active Shooter Exercise

The Department of Homeland Security and New York City’s police and fire departments engaged in an exercise to test new technologies the three entities believe could aid in efforts to contain and respond to shooting incidents…

Saab Unveils Unmanned Sea Wasp Underwater IED Removal Vehicle

Saab Group has unveiled its Sea Wasp remotely operated vehicle the company built to relocate, identify and neutralize underwater improvised explosive devices and support anti-terrorism operations below the surface…

Lockheed to Install Compass Systems on UK Navy Ships, Submarines

Lockheed Martin has received an estimated $25 million contract from Britain’s defense ministry to develop and install a new compass system for more than 30 U.K. navy ships and submarines. Lockheed said Tuesday the Navigation Compass Program‘s goal is to install a new solid-state, sensor-based compass system for the U…

US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Unveils New Certification Program

The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation has introduced a new certification program for U.S. and international GEOINT professionals across industry, military, academia and government. USGIF officially unveiled the the Universal GEOINT Certification Program during the general session at its GEOINT 2016 Symposium, USGIF said Monday…

House Committee Asks Census Bureau for Info on Decennial Count Tech Preparations

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has launched an inquiry into the Census Bureau‘s efforts to address information technology challenges for its next decennial count in 2020. Chairmen and ranking members of the committee and its subcommittees asked Census Bureau Director John Thompson in a letter published May 10 to submit documents that highlight the bureau’s progress toward meeting IT testing goals in preparation of its 2020 Decennial Census…

Deloitte Outlines Approach to Govt Benefits Programs Fraud Detection; Brien Lorenze Comments

Deloitte has released a new report that recommends a set of approaches the firm believes are needed to address $137 billion in losses to government benefits programs as reported by the Government Accountability Office…

Apprio Gets ISO Certifications for Management Systems, IT Security Mgmt, Support Services

Apprio has received certifications from the International Organization for Standardization for the company’s quality management systems, information technology security management and IT security support services…