Posts from GovConWire for 05/18/2016

KeyLogic-Led Team Lands $112M Energy Research Lab Support Contract with DOE

A team led by KeyLogic Systems has received a five-year, $112 million prime contract to provide mission execution and strategic analysis services to a U.S. Energy Department-run national laboratory that conducts research on energy and environmental technologies…

Larry Hollingsworth Joins MIL Corp. as Corporate Business Development VP; Marisa Daley Comments

Larry Hollingsworth, formerly a director of the Naval Air Systems Command, has joined MIL Corp. as vice president of the corporate business development sector. He will oversee the company’s effort to expand its warfighter programs and pursue business opportunities in the intelligence community, MIL said Monday…

Senate OKs $1B in Emergency Funds to Support Efforts Against Zika Virus

The Senate voted 68-29 Tuesday to pass a bipartisan bill that would authorize $1.1 billion in emergency funds to support efforts that seek to prevent the spread of Zika virus, the New York Times reported Tuesday…

By Light Secures Potential 10-Year DISA Contract for O&M Support

Veteran-owned small business By Light Professional IT Services has landed a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency potentially worth $15 million for indefeasible right-of-use dark fiber, equipment and operations and maintenance support over 10 years…

Army Taps CSRA Subsidiary for Biomedical Research Contract

CSRA subsidiary SRA International has won a potential five-year, $34.6 million contract to support biomedical research programs of the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Tuesday SRA will perform work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through May 16, 2021…

FEMA Taps UltiSat to Support Contingency Satellite Services Project; Moe Abutaleb Comments

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a task order to UltiSat for services to support the agency’s Contingency Satellite Services Project. The company will deliver satellite services that work to meet operational communications requirements for FEMA response and recovery missions along with network support for training, testing and operations, UltiSat said Monday…

BAE, CSC Sign $600M IT Outsourcing Contract

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide a range of information technology services for BAE Systems‘ U.K. and Saudi Arabia businesses under a $600 million agreement between the two companies. CSC said Tuesday the outsourcing deal covers supply contact center, end user compute, mainframe, physical/virtual servers, storage and networking, project services and application maintenance support services…

Senate Unanimously Approves Eric Fanning as Army Secretary

The Senate confirmed Eric Fanning as secretary of the U.S. Army through a unanimous voice vote Tuesday, Reuters reported Tuesday. Patricia Zengerle writes Fanning, a former undersecretary of the Air Force and chief of staff to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, received Senate confirmation to take the Army’s no…

Reports: White House Opposes House Committee’s Contingency Funding Strategy for Defense

The White House has threatened to veto the House Armed Services Committee’s fiscal 2017 defense policy bill for using overseas contingency operations fund to supplement the Defense Department‘s base budget, The Hill newspaper reported Monday…

DoD, NASA, GSA Issue Final Rule on Federal Contractor Data System Protection

The Defense Department, NASA and the General Services Administration have released a final rule that lists 15 security control measures that seek to protect contractors’ data systems as part of amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the National Law Review reported Monday…

May 17 Market Close: GovCon Index Swings Negative on Investor Rate Hike Sentiment

The GovCon Index mirrored losses by U.S. stocks Tuesday with a decline of 0.669 point to 77.421 as investors weighed the prospects of more than one interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this year…