Former immixGroup CFO Noel Samuel Joins Abt Associates as Finance Chief Noel Samuel, former chief financial officer at immixGroup and a two-decade veteran of the commercial and government contracting sectors, has joined Bethesda, Md.-based public sector services contractor Abt Associates as CFO…

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CenturyLink Adds Cybersecurity Services to GSA Schedule; Tim Meehan Comments CenturyLink has included a suite of cybersecurity services in its General Services Administration Schedule contract as the company aims to help customer agencies protect their information technology systems…

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Exide Receives DoD Grant to Expand Submarine Batteries Production at Fort Smith Exide Technologies has signed a five-year, $30.7 million cost-sharing agreement with the U.S. government under the Defense Production Act Title III program to automate and modernize submarine batteries manufacturing processes at a company facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas…

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Andrew Mayock Eyes Focus on Cyber, Background Investigations as OMB Nominee Andrew Mayock, nominee for the deputy management director post at the Office of Management and Budget, has said he would prioritize federal cybersecurity and background investigation efforts if he is confirmed by the Senate, Government Executive reported Wednesday…

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Jim Soltys: Noblis to Support GSA’s Federal Telecoms Acquisition Programs Noblis has received two task orders to help the General Services Administration identify pricing strategies and analyze costs of telecommunication services that the agency provides to federal customers…

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Jonathan Couch Named ThreatQuotient Strategy VP; John Czupak Comments Jonathan Couch, co-founder and former vice president of iSIGHT Partners, has joined ThreatQuotient as vice president for strategy at the Reston, Virginia-based enterprise security technology company…

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DHS Sets $1.6B for FY 2016 Preparedness Grant Initiatives; Jeh Johnson Comments The Department of Homeland Security has allocated more than $1.6 billion in fiscal 2016 funds to both competitive and non-competitive preparedness grant programs that seek to help state, local, territorial and tribal agencies respond to disasters and other emergencies…

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Ed Zoiss: Harris, Securus Partner on Contraband Cellphone Control Tech Offering Harris Corp. and Securus Technologies have formed a partnership under which Securus will distribute, install and maintain a Harris technology product designed to control contraband cellular and wireless devices in U…

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Carahsoft to Offer Agencies Samsung Mobile Security Platform via 2 Govt Contracts Carahsoft Technology and Samsung Electronics America have signed a distribution agreement to offer a Samsung-made mobile security software to government agencies through Carahsoft’s contracts with the General Services Administration and NASA…

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Todd Wright Appointed AECOM Nuclear & Environment Strategic Unit GM, EVP Todd Wright, formerly executive vice president for operations at AECOM’s (NYSE: ACM) nuclear and environment strategic business unit, has been named general manager and EVP of the business unit. Wright will be in charge of the unit’s business development, strategic programs and daily operations, AECOM said Wednesday…

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Textron Systems’ AAI Subsidiary Lands SOCOM Drone ISR Services IDIQ A Textron Systems subsidiary has received a potential one-year, $35 million contract to continue to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support services for the U.S. Special Operations Command through mid-endurance unmanned aerial systems…

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