Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification The association representing 1,000 technology companies in Washington named two new members to is Global Public Sector policy team. TechAmerica name Pam Walker as Senior Director for Homeland Security and Erica McCann as the Manager of Procurement Policy. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post…
Joint exercise tests UAV sense-and-avoid technology
Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_security Image Caption: NASA Cirrus SR-22 The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), a not-for-profit research and development organization and a university completed two weeks of flight testing “sense and avoid” technology that could help unmanned aircraft better integrate into the national air transportation system some day….
GSA hires Jacobs Technology to oversee move into new Coast Guard HQ
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: state_local_security Image Caption: Rendering of new U.S.Coast Guard HQ As the new U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, DC, moves toward completion, the General Services Administration awarded a contract on Sept. 27 to Jacobs Technology Inc., a provider of professional technical…
AS&E’s advanced imaging technology contract from TSA could reach $245 million
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_security Image Caption: Another vendor’sAIT system in use TSA has awarded an indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to American Science and Engineering Inc., of Billerica, MA, to deliver an unspecified number of “second generation” Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) screening systems for use at…
Good Technology will acquire Copiun, Inc.
Top Priority Sector: communications Good Technology, a provider of secure enterprise mobility solutions, announced on Sept. 5 that it has signed an agreement to acquire Copiun, Inc., a privately-held innovator in secure mobile collaboration. Copiun solutions allow mobile users to directly and securely access file shares, Microsoft SharePoint or other…
Global Security Technology TV channel to promote two-way communication between the public and private sectors
Top Priority Sector: education_training Tom Cellucci, former Chief Commercialization Officer for the U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Ann-Christine Langselius, former marketing and sales vice president for the Swedish Defense & Security Government Agency, are joining forces with Henninger Media Services, Inc. (HMS) and Brightline Interactive (BLI) to…
Pender named executive assistant director of FBI information and technology branch
Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Jerome Pender was named executive assistant director of the FBI’s Information and Technology Branch by FBI director Robert Mueller on Aug. 22. Pender most recently served as deputy assistant director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division. “Under Jerry’s leadership and expertise, the Information and Technology…
DARPA looking to develop ultra-fast laser technology for detection and communications
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: communications The Defense Department’s technology developers want help in developing laser technology that could exponentially amp up radar scanning, secure communications, supercharge explosives and chemical detection systems, as well as provide extremely detailed medical images. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said on Aug….
Astrix Technology Group awarded DHS BioWatch lab staffing contract
Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Astrix Technology Group announced on August 10 that it has been awarded the Laboratory Staffing Contract to support the DHS office of health affairs (OHA) BioWatch program. The award is a five-year contract consisting of a base period and four option years with the total amount…
IT spending at DHS: High technology meets budget realities
Stephanie Sullivan Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Image Caption: Stephanie Sullivan Government agencies are standing on the edge of a financial cliff. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken that to heart, requesting less in the FY2013 budget than in previous years. Despite the dip, DHS will still make inroads…