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Report: White House Eyes DoD to Handle Governmentwide Security Clearance Proces: President Donald Trump plans to authorize the Defense Department to oversee the governmentwide program for security clearances through an executive order, Federal News Network reported Tuesday.
UTC to Split Into Three Firms After Rockwell Collins Deal Completion; Greg Hayes Quoted: United Technologies Corp. has announced plans to divide into three independent companies after it completed its $30B purchase of Rockwell Collins.
E3, Sentinel Announce Merger; Andy Maner to Lead Combined Firm: E3 Federal Solutions and Washington, D.C.-based government services contractor The Sentinel Company have merged to form a combined firm that seeks to support clients in the federal services market.
Boeing Awarded $383M USAF Tactical Satcom Tech Contract: Boeing has won a potential seven-year, $383.4M contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide tactical warfighters with a joint ground platform designed to deliver anti-jam satellite communications capabilities.
Report: Federal Use of GSA’s IT Schedule 70 Vehicle to Rise in Fiscal 2019: The federal government’s use of the General Services Administration’s Information Technology Schedule 70 to buy IT platforms and services is expected to increase in fiscal 2019 as agencies intend to compete their contracts through the vehicle, Bloomberg Government reported Friday.
GSA Aims to Simplify Gov’t Buying Process Through Multiple Award Schedule Consolidation: The General Services Administration has announced plans to create a single governmentwide procurement vehicle that will integrate 24 existing government contract vehicles for products and service offerings.
Report: Pentagon Plans to Migrate 80% of Apps to JEDI Cloud: The Defense Department has announced plans to move up to 80 percent of its applications to the proposed Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud platform, Federal News Network reported Monday.
Parsons Gets $82M Contract to Help in California’s Largest Lead Cleanup Project: Parsons has received a potential two-year, $82M contract from the California Department of Toxic Substance Control to support the removal of lead-contaminated soil from more than 1.6K residential properties in Los Angeles.
DARPA Exploring ‘Mosaic Warfare’ Concept Amid Evolving Adversary Technologies: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is exploring a “mosaic warfare” concept to see how the military can combine a variety of weapons to perform a single mission in the domains of land, sea and air, National Defense Magazine reported Friday.