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Waltham, MA-based Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. has won a DHS / USCIS contract for over-the-phone interpretation services.  

The contract, which the company expects to be worth approximately $7 million, includes one base year with four option years.    

In recent weeks Clovis, CA-based Pelco Inc.’s management has announced several internal operational changes that, the company says, are part of an “invigorated” commitment to technology innovation, reduced time to market, customer satisfaction and product quality.

The changes, as described in a Pelco statement, follow:

Berkeley, CA-based Eutecus, Inc. has unveiled its new Bi-i V401X video analytics module, which implements Eutecus’ multi-core video analytics engine (MVE) on a single Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) chip.

The Bi-i V401X is a self-contained, small-form factor reference design for rapid incorporation into IP cameras and other video security devices, the company says.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has revised the paperwork accompanying its request to job applicants to identify their “ancestry and ethnicity,” in order to make it clear that the Intelligence Community needs this information, in aggregate form, to tailor its recruitment and retention policies, “not for equal employment opportunity business purposes.”

TSA is planning to ask about 1,000 random travelers at each of 25 U.S. airports to complete a customer satisfaction survey each year that will ask questions about screening equipment, procedures and personnel; wait times; stress levels; and separation from their belongings and companions.

Herndon, VA-based Guident, an integrator of business intelligence, management consulting and systems engineering services, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide an expanded level of management support for the agency’s Walk-In Development Center (WIDC). 

The contract, which includes WIDC development / maintenance services, is for five years (one base year, with four option years) and has a potential value of $6.8 million.

Vanguard Integrity Professionals, the Las Vegas-based provider of IBM mainframe security training, has announced that the company will offer up to 50 three-day training scholarships for unemployed cyber-security professionals.

The program will cover the cost of the upcoming 3-day Vanguard Security Conference, April 19-22, in Las Vegas, as well as round-trip airfare, conference meals and hotel accommodations.

i2, a provider of intelligence and investigation management software for law enforcement, defense and intelligence analysis, has unveiled its i2 Fusion Center Solution, which it says can connect fusion centers across America.  

The software suite will enhance the ability of regional intelligence fusion centers to gather, develop, analyze and share information across agency and state divides, i2 says.

Cisco Systems, Inc., a longtime pioneer in integrating disparate systems along an Internet Protocol (IP) backbone, is making a new push in the realm of physical security products to bring smoother integration to a government or law enforcement agency’s use of video surveillance, access control and notification systems.