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Steve Plaugher: Competitive Intelligence and Market Research Associate Principal at Guidehouse

Steve Plaugher is the associate principal of competitive intelligence and market research at consulting company Guidehouse. At Guidehouse, Plaugher leads a team that performs market research and competitive intelligence. He also leads competitive intelligence and market research analysis for corporate priority programs and government contracts. Other responsibilities include account planning leadership for business development account […]
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Pentagon Launches New Organization Supporting Communications With Academic Institutions

The Department of Defense has launched the University Consortium for Cybersecurity, an organization that will facilitate two-way communications between the defense secretary and academic institutions. The event was hosted by the National Defense University’s College of Information and Cyberspace. Heidi Shyu, chief information officer of the Defense Department and the Pentagon undersecretary for research and […]
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Falconwood Secures Potential $240M Navy Engineering, Logistics Contract

The U.S. Navy has awarded Arlington, Virginia-based veteran and woman-owned small consultancy firm Faclonwood a potential five-year, $240 million task order for engineering and logistics contractor support services. Work will support the Program Executive Office for Digital and Enterprise Services. Under the task order, Falconwood will develop, deliver and sustain capabilities in digital transformation services, […]
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Pentagon Officials Believe Multiple Space Architectures Will Improve Resiliency

Officials from the Department of Defense said the organization will need various space architectures for its satellite communications. They issued the comments during a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies webcast in which a policy paper for the Joint All-Domain Command and Control was being discussed. The paper, titled “The Backbone of JADC2: Satellite Communications for […]
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US Forest Service, 908 Devices to Work on Pesticide-Tracking Spectrometer

The U.S. Forest Service has partnered with chemical and biological analysis device manufacturer 908 Devices to integrate additional capabilities into an existing handheld spectrometer. Under the collaborative research effort, the two entities will use the MX908 handheld, battery-powered spectrometer to look for marijuana fields on federal lands. The Forest Service and 908 Devices will add […]
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Lawmakers Want More Info on How DHS, DOT Handle Transportation Security

Democratic and Republican senators want to know more about the roles and responsibilities that the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Transportation have in detecting, preventing and responding to transportation system cyber threats. The lawmakers wrote a letter on Jan. 3 asking how the agencies are handling risk management and assessment, sector coordination, security […]
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