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AMAG Technology, Identity One announce GSA FICAM approval

November 29, 2022SSN Staff

HAWTHORNE, Calif.—AMAG Technology and Identity One announced that their joint access control solution has been approved by the Federal Identity Credential and Access Management (FICAM) conformance program. Now featuring Identity One’s FIPSlink software as a validation system, AMAG’s Symmetry Access Control platform has been added to the General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) approved product list (APL), making it available to all federal agencies for procurement....

AMAG Technology, David Smith, Federal Identity Credential and Access Management (FICAM), General Services Administration (GSA), Identity One, Thomas Moro


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Aeroturn turnstiles awarded five GSA sites

February 5, 2020SSN Staff

OXFORD, Conn.—Aeroturn LLC, a manufacturer offering 100 percent made-in-the-U.S.A. turnstiles, is currently manufacturing multiple types of turnstile lanes—all ADA compliant—for five different GSA sites on the northeast, west and east coasts. Nationwide security provider, eVigilant Security, that specializes in physical and cyber security for government clients, chose Aeroturn products for the GSA sites due to their past relationship, dating all the way back to 2008. Both companies...

Aeroturn LLC, eVigilant Security, General Services Administration (GSA), government security, turnstile


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SIA opposes proposed changes in GSA pricing policy

July 20, 2015Amy Canfield

WASHINGTON—A proposed fundamental change in GSA's pricing policy would adversely impact the security industry, especially its small businesses, according to Jake Parker, SIA's director of government relations. The proposed GSA Transactional Data Reporting Rule, the biggest change of its kind in 30 years, Parker said, would affect all GSA contract holders, he told Security Systems News. It's all about horizontal price comparison, and SIA is opposing this proposal in its current...

General Services Administration (GSA), Jake Parker


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SIA questions GSA pricing policy

October 8, 2014Amy Canfield

WASHINGTON—Uncertainties surrounding the General Service Administration's new schedule pricing policies for products and services need to be further examined, according to Jake Parker, government relations director at the Security Industry Association. SIA's procurement policy working group discussed the significant change for federal contractors at the recent ASIS show in Atlanta, Parker told Security Systems News. With this year's “Fair and Reasonable Pricing”...

CFATS, Fair and Reasonable Pricing Policy, General Services Administration (GSA), Jake Parker, Most Favored Customer Pricing, school security, Security Systems News (SSN)


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Brivo wins GSA Approved Products List status

November 7, 2013SSN Staff

BETHESDA, Md.—Brivo Systems' ACS OnSite Aparato has won General Services Administration approval as a FICAM-compliant solution, the company announced Nov. 7. Brivo provides cloud applications for security management. ACS OnSite Aparato is a pre-cloud, end-to-end physical access control system. It works with HID Global pivCLASS readers and validation software. “The fact that we are now one of the first end-to-end PACS solutions that meet these stringent requirements means we...

ACS OnSite Aparato, Brivo Systems, Federal Identity Credential and Access Management (FICAM), General Services Administration (GSA), John Szczygiel


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Tyco, HID Global systems win FICAM approval

November 1, 2013SSN Staff

WESTFORD, Mass.—The U.S. General Services commissions has approved an end-to-end physical access control system consisting of products from Tyco's Software House and HID Global as a fully compliant FICAM solution, the two companies announced Oct. 30. Software House's C-Cure 900 and HID Global's pivCLASS readers and validation software are the first products of their kind to meet testing requirements and comply with the FICAM requirements and GSA's realigned Approved Products...

c-cure 900, chi hickey, ficam solution, General Services Administration (GSA), HID Global, pivclass, Software House, stafford mahfouz


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Georgia integrator helps IP and cellular fire alarm communicator get OK for government building use

May 2, 2012Tess Nacelewicz

SUWANEE, Ga.—Brian Sheely, president of Innovative Life Safety Solutions, a Georgia-based integrator, was instrumental in getting Honeywell's IP and cellular fire alarm communicator evaluated and found compliant with Government Services Administration security policies. Because the GSA is the main purchasing agent for the federal government, the successful security evaluation means the IPGSM-DP is authorized for use in federal government facilities throughout the world, according to...

Brian Sheely, General Services Administration (GSA), Honeywell, Innovative Life Safety Solutions, Security Systems News (SSN)


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Gamewell-FCI makes government vendor list

December 8, 2010Tess Nacelewicz

NORTHFORD, Conn.—Gamewell-FCI by Honeywell is now an approved General Services Administration Schedule vendor. That's good news for Gamewell's authorized dealers because they now can provide Gamewell's fire alarm and mass notification systems to federal agencies and an increasing number of state and local government entities that now are allowed to take advantage of the favorable pricing ensured by the GSA schedule. “It opens the door to so many opportunities for our participating...

Beth Welch, General Services Administration (GSA), Honeywell, Steve Birdsall


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