James Clapper Tenders Resignation to Make Way for Next DNI National Intelligence Director James Clapper has signed his letter of resignation that will take effect when President Barack Obama’s administration officially ends Jan. 20. Clapper tendered his resignation two months ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump as the country’s 45th president…

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Mark Scallion on SAP Public Services’ Analytics Work With Civilian Agencies, How Agencies Can ‘Re-Imagine’ IT Mark Scallion leads the federal civilian business as a vice president for SAP Public Services, a subsidiary of the global technology services conglomerate that focuses on work with government agencies in areas such as electronic government and shared services…

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GSA Selects Distributed Solutions for Contract Writing-as-a-Service BPA Distributed Solutions Inc. has secured a potential $10.5 million blanket purchase agreement from the integrated technology services branch of the General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service to develop a contract writing system-as-a-service platform for GSA and its customer agencies…

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18F Creates New Open Source Software Development Guide for State, Local Governments The General Services Administration’s 18F organization has produced a new guidebook that contains resources and instructions on how to develop agile software, open source software and modular contracting methods…

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Huntington Ingalls Deploys 31st Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer; Brian Cuccias Comments Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division on Saturday deployed the 31st Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer the company built for the U.S. Navy. The company said Wednesday it transported the USS Paul Ignatius to a floating dry dock using Ingall Shipbuilding’s rail car system, then moved the dock away from the pier and ballasted the structure to float the ship…

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Straightline Aviation to Utilize Lockheed Hybrid Airships for Rare Mineral Cargo Transportation Straightline Aviation has signed a memorandum of agreement with Quest Rare Minerals for the delivery of dedicated air services to transport ore concentrate, supplies and personnel via Lockheed Martin‘s hybrid airships…

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DHS, FAA Start UAS Detection Study Around Denver Airport The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Aviation Administration have kicked off a drone detection research around Denver as part of an effort to explore technologies the agencies believe could help detect unmanned aircraft systems near airports…

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PAE Business Devt VP Darryle Conway Elected to International Stability Operations Association Board Darryle Conway, vice president of business development for global logistics and stability operations business unit at PAE, has joined the International Stability Operations Association’s board of directors…

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Tom Sharpe Offers Updates on GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service Programs for FY 2016 The General Services Administration has provided updates on programs that the Federal Acquisition Service has launched during fiscal year 2016. Tom Sharpe, FAS commissioner at GSA, wrote in a blog post published Nov…

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Reports: EU Raises European Defense Agency’s Fiscal 2017 Budget, Considers New Defense & Security Commissioner Post The European Union on Tuesday decided to increase the fiscal 2017 budget of the European Defense Agency by 1.6 percent to approximately $33 million, Reuters reported Tuesday. Robin Emmott writes the decision marks the first time since 2010 that the U…

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