Posts from GovConWire for 06/17/2016

Army Taps Harris for $1.7B Radio FMS Contract With Afghanistan

Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has been awarded a potential five-year, $1.7 billion contract by the U.S. Army to produce military radio systems, ancillaries and spare parts for Afghanistan under a foreign military sales agreement…

PARC, DZYNE Technologies Land Contracts Under DARPA’s Vanishing Air Delivery R&D Program

Xerox’s PARC subsidiary and DZYNE Technologies have been awarded separate contracts under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at developing a “vanishing” air delivery platform…

Nimbis Services Secures Phase III SBIR Contract From USAF for R&D Support

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $9 million Small Business Innovation Research phase 3 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to Nimbis Services for continued research and development services on a cloud-based Defense Department silicon integrated circuit design environment…

GSA Taps LexisNexis Special Services for ID Intelligence Data, Tech & Analytics Strategies

LexisNexis Special Services Inc. has landed a position in a multiple-award General Services Administration Schedule contract for identity intelligence data, technology and analytics strategies to help government agencies address fraud, waste and abuse risks…

Parsons Appoints William Crosbie SVP & Transport Business Development Director

William Crosbie, former Amtrak chief operating officer, has been named Parsons‘ senior vice president and business development director for its transport division, which provides engineering and management support for aviation, rail transits and ports and harbors…

Rep. Elise Stefanik Introduces Bill to Create Online Legislative Process Tracking System

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) has introduced a bill that would instruct the Library of Congress to implement a web-based platform for the general public to view and track legislative changes on Congress…

Glenn Fogg Named DoD Prototyping, Experimentation Deputy Director

Glenn Fogg, a former program manager at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, has been appointed as deputy director of prototyping and experimentation for that office…

House Committee OKs Fiscal 2017 EPA, Interior Spending Bill

The House Appropriations Committee voted 31-18 Wednesday to approve a spending bill that would provide $32.1 billion in fiscal 2017 funds for the Interior Department, Environmental Protection Agency, Forest Service, Indian Health Service and related agencies…

Mike McCord: DoD Moving Toward Auditability Goals

Defense Department Comptroller Mike McCord said at a House Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday that DoD will continue to work toward achieving a clean audit opinion, DoD News reported Thursday…

Joint Committee Starts to Tackle Military Construction, Veterans Programs, Zika Response Funding Bill

A joint committee of House and Senate appropriators met Tuesday to begin discussions on a bill that would fund the Defense Department‘s military infrastructure projects and the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ quality-of-life programs for former service members in fiscal year 2017…

June 16 Market Close: GovCon Index Pares Losses in PM Trade, Markets Hedge on UK EU Exit Vote

The GovCon Index staged a recovery in afternoon trade after a limp open Thursday but closed at a loss of 0.059 points to 78.791 as Britain’s referendum on whether to exit the European Union continued to dominate global financial market activity…