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Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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  • CH2M-Hill International Team to Help Amtrak Manage Northeast Corridor Rail Improvement Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M-Hill International Team to Help Amtrak Manage Northeast Corridor Rail Improvement Project

    Intercity passenger rail operator Amtrak has selected a team comprised of CH2M and Hill International to support management of a project to renovate and expand the Northeast Corridor rail infrastructure. The CH2M-Hill International team will work with Amtrak to help increase the capacity of tracks, tunnels, bridges and stations between Newark in New Jersey and New York City’s Penn […] More

  • GSA Gives Navy, Marine Corps Access to OASIS Professional Services Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Gives Navy, Marine Corps Access to OASIS Professional Services Vehicle

    The Department of the Navy can buy professional services using the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services and OASIS Small Business contracts under a memorandum of understanding signed between GSA and DON’s Naval Supply Systems Command. GSA said Thursday the agreement offers the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps access to commercial and non-commercial program management, consulting, logistics, […] More

  • CAE Helps Australian, Canadian Airmen Conduct Joint Tactical Simulation Exercise; Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Helps Australian, Canadian Airmen Conduct Joint Tactical Simulation Exercise; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    CAE worked with the air forces of Australia and Canada to help them participate in a multinational integrated live-virtual-constructive exercise with their U.K and U.S. counterparts in mid-August. The Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force implemented CAE-built full-mission simulators during the Coalition Virtual Flag 16 event, the company said Wednesday. “These kinds of distributed mission training exercises… […] More

  • Mike Leff: GSA Extends AT&T's Network Support Services for Federal Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Leff: GSA Extends AT&T’s Network Support Services for Federal Sector

    AT&T will continue to provide integrated communications platforms to federal customers after the company received a pair of contract extensions under the General Services Administration‘s network services procurement vehicle. GSA extended the company’s Networx Universal contract through March 2020 and its Networx Enterprise contract through May 2020, AT&T said Tuesday. The government aims to launch the new Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions GWAC vehicle as […] More

  • Astronics-NI Alliance Releases New PXI-Based Rugged Test Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Astronics-NI Alliance Releases New PXI-Based Rugged Test Platforms

    Astronics Test Systems and National Instruments have rolled out a set of PXI-based technology platforms the companies jointly developed for aerospace and defense test programs. NI said Tuesday the PXIe-6943 digital test instrument, PXIe-3352 rubidium clock source and PXIe-1209 pulse pattern generator employ software compatible with current VXI testing equipment as well as legacy offerings from multiple instrument vendors. The PXIe-6943 tool is derived from Astronics’ T940 module that works to […] More

  • FCi to Help State Dept Process Diplomatic Mails; Michael Petrucelli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCi to Help State Dept Process Diplomatic Mails; Michael Petrucelli Comments

    The State Department has awarded FCi Federal a five-year, $25.5 million prime contract to support DOS diplomatic pouch and mail services. FCi said Thursday it will help the department incoming and outgoing mails at two government-run facilities located in Virginia under the contract. Michael Petrucelli, executive vice president of corporate development at FCi, said the company currently […] More

  • Deltek's Angie Petty: Pending Administration Change 'Unlikely' to Affect Federal IT Contract Spending - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Angie Petty: Pending Administration Change ‘Unlikely’ to Affect Federal IT Contract Spending

    Angie Petty, a principal research analyst at Deltek, has said she does not expect the pending change in U.S. administration to have a significant impact on federal information technology budgets and contract spending by agencies. She wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday that Deltek analysts have observed that governmental efforts to develop and implement new policies are […] More

  • Lockheed Receives Navy Delivery Order to Develop, Maintain Presidential Helicopter Avionics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Receives Navy Delivery Order to Develop, Maintain Presidential Helicopter Avionics

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a two-year, $8.2 million delivery order to design, build and maintain avionics systems for the Presidential Helicopter Program. The order falls under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and covers avionics hardware and software development, testing, fabrication, installation and maintenance services, the Defense Department said Monday. Lockheed’s logistics services unit will perform […] More

  • Whiting-Turner Contracting to Build Modular Clinics for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Whiting-Turner Contracting to Build Modular Clinics for Navy

    Whiting-Turner Contracting has won a $29.4 million contract to construct temporary modular medical or clinical facilities at a U.S. Navy base in Bethesda, Maryland. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will build the healthcare facilities at Naval Support Activity Bethesda to supplement space vacated by a demolition effort. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command received two offers for the […] More

  • SBA Issues Funding Awards to 68 Business Accelerators; Maria Contreras-Sweet Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SBA Issues Funding Awards to 68 Business Accelerators; Maria Contreras-Sweet Comments

    The Small Business Administration has awarded 68 business accelerators with a $50,000 grant each as winners of SBA’s third annual Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. SBA said Thursday that a panel of government and industry professionals chose the winning accelerators out of more than 400 grant applicants from across the U.S. The agency facilitated the competition in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, […] More

  • ManTech to Help Analyze Navy Aircraft Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Help Analyze Navy Aircraft Systems

    ManTech International has been awarded an $8 million contract to provide engineering and technical support services for all U.S. Navy aircraft platforms and associated systems. The company will conduct reliability, maintainability, testability, quality assurance, diagnostic and system safety analyses throughout the life cycle of naval aircraft systems, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will occur through May […] More

  • Sutherland’s Teresa Weipert: Govt, Industry Tech Collaboration Can Help Drive Citizen Service Transformation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sutherland’s Teresa Weipert: Govt, Industry Tech Collaboration Can Help Drive Citizen Service Transformation

    Teresa Weipert, senior vice president of Sutherland Global Services‘ government solutions business, has suggested federal agencies should collaborate with the private sector to deliver services with digital technology. She wrote in a guest piece published Friday on Nextgov that public-private partnerships are a good starting point for customer-focused innovation programs in the national security, transportation, education and healthcare sectors. “Customer service innovation […] More