The U.S. Army held an industry day Thursday at the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental facility in Silicon Valley as part of a challenge that aims to evaluate and buy prototypes of cyber platforms from small businesses, the Army reported Friday. Claire Heininger writes at least 60 companies participated in the third Cyber …
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Terry Halvorsen, chief information officer of the Defense Department, has said DoD aims to implement a two-tier wireless network service for agency employees and visitors by January 2016, DoD News reported Wednesday. Cheryl Pellerin writes Halvorsen told a DoD CIO Mobility Industry Day audience July 9 in Washington that his office wants …
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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has unveiled a predictive intelligence work in progress during an unclassified industry event, FCW reported Thursday. Sean Lyngaas writes IARPA highlighted a crowd-sourced aggregative contingent estimation program as a tool to predict world events. IARPA also held a tournament in which five teams combined predictions from thousands …
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The General Services Administration will hold an industry day on Nov. 13 at its Washington headquarters to introduce the federal government’s solar challenge program to potential participants. The White House has directed federal agencies and military installations to deploy solar renewable energy at federal sites across the national capital region under the Capital Solar …
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The General Services Administration will host Alliant 2 industry day events for governmentwide acquisition contracts and another for small business GWACs to gather feedback from industry partners on the Alliant 2 request for information. According to a notice posted on FedBizOpps on Oct. 2, GSA requires participants to preregister by Oct. 24 …
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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to contract a vendor to help the agency implement measures mandated by the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014. VA said Friday on the FedBizOpps website it wants information on potential third-party administrators that can facilitate and manage a program aimed at …
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The Defense Department has been using the Web to interact and exchange information with industry on needed technology and ongoing research and development work, Defense News reported Tuesday. Marcus Weisgerber writes that the Defense Innovation Marketplace website works to help Pentagon officials and contractors securely discuss potential technology opportunities. “We’re trying to take a …
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a request for information on strategies for building a computational environment to develop, test and host mobile applications for multiple operating systems. In a Friday FedBizOpps notice, DISA asks industry to make recommendations about how the Pentagon should mobilize its legacy enterprise platforms …
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The Department of Homeland Security will hold an Industry Day on May 1 to determine the feasibility of an asset buyback program initiative, according to a FedBizOpps.gov post Tuesday. DHS hopes to earn product credits from excess or surplus information technology equipment such as scrap laptops, desktops and printers in …
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The U.S. Army Research Laboratory wants to acquire a surveillance technology that can detect and identify improvised explosive devices in highway culverts and tunnels. ARL and the Joint Improvised Explosive Devices Defeat Organization will co-host an industry day Tuesday in Adelphi, Md. to discuss the program’s requirements, the Army said …
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