Federal Government Collects Record Individual Income Taxes in FY 2018; Still Runs $779B Deficit

Copies of the US Federal Budget
The U.S. federal government set a record in individual income tax revenue in 2018, collecting more than $1.683 trillion from taxpayers, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released this month. The period reflects the government’s fiscal year, which runs from October 2017 to September 2018. However, while the government collected more revenue from taxpayers in history, it
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LeadersNest Announces the 2018 FedFem Awards Winners

FedFem Awards Honoring Women Owned Businesses in Government Contracting - LeadersNest
LeadersNest has announced the 2018 FedFem Award Winners, who will be honored at a special event on Thursday, October 25, 2018.  Here is what you need to know: FedFem Awards: The FedFem awards (www.fedfemawards.com) salute high-impact women-owned businesses (WOBs) and executives of the government contracting (govcon) industry. This is the first awards program in Washington, DC
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Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies To Merge Into L3 Harris Technologies

L3 Harris Technologies
In an all-stock merger, Harris and L-3 Technologies merged to create the sixth-largest defense contractor in the U.S. The new company will be known as L3 Harris Technologies. The deal, with a value of approximately $34 billion, passes the Boeing merger with McDonnell Douglas as the largest in the history of the defense industry. Once the deal
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Hurricane Michael Devastates Communities and Leaves +1 Million Without Power

Weather Channel Video Footage of Hurricane Michael Disaster
Hurricane Michael, a storm that quickly grew into a Category 4 Hurricane by the time it reached Florida, caused massive devastation across several states. The storm has moved out to sea. Over 1 million people are believed to lack electricity as of Friday morning (10/12/2018). Reports are that at least six people have died –
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Google Will Not Bid for Pentagon’s $10 Billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud, or JEDI

Pentagon - U.S. Department of Defense
Google has decided to not bid for the Pentagon’s $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract known as JEDI. According to published reports, a Google representative stated that the contract may violate principles or values the company recently set when taking on contracts that involve artificial intelligence (AI), and the contract scope may be
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Wake-up, It’s Your Health Calling: Telemedicine and CDCs National Diabetes Prevention Program

Telemedicine and CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP)
This article originally appeared on Health Team Network’s website. You can view the original article here: https://healthteamnetwork.com/2017/12/27/wake-up-its-your-health-calling-telemedicine-the-wave-of-the-future/ Way too many people are sick and they do even know it! FACT: More than 86 million Americans are pre-diabetic. 29 million Americans already have diabetes in a population that is 323 million. That means 1 in 3 persons are
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BidSync Leverages AI To Deliver Relevant Government Opportunities

BidSync from Periscope Holdings
Periscope Holdings, a leader in government procurement solutions, today introduced an entirely new government bid experience for suppliers, powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The completely rebuilt BidSync™ supplier application leverages machine-learning technology to deliver the most relevant, winnable government opportunities for each user. Smart enough to automatically filter out bids that are irrelevant to each supplier’s
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