Dr. Stephen Fuller, director of the George Mason University Center for Regional Analysis, recently caught up with Executive Mosaic, parent company of this website and the Potomac Officers Club, to offer his insights and analysis on the impact of federal spending and sequestration on the Washington regional economy. Fuller will expand upon this perspective... 

Cynthia Shelton General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has won 12-month task order from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to build and deploy cybersecurity for defending federal civilian networks from intrusion. The National Cybersecurity Protection System, managed byBudget Year DHS’ network security deployment division, contains technologies for analytics... 

Rajesh Natarajan AT&T aims to take its products and services from the commercial sector and make them repeatable for the federal space, Rajesh Natarajan recently told ExecutiveBiz in an interview. Natarajan spoke with ExecutiveBiz as part of its continuing series of executive spotlights, where GovCon thought leaders overview their current roles and... 

Parsons Corp. has acquired a provider of operations and maintenance services services to federal, state and local government agencies for an undisclosed amount. First Support Services, formerly a subsidiary of FirstGroup, holds the majority of its contracts with the U.S. Air Force and Navy, Parsons said Friday. Chuck Harrington, Parsons chairman and CEO,... 

Steven Picot, an eight year Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) veteran and its former operations director, has joined Vion Corp. as vice president of federal sales. The former U.S. Marine Corps captain will lead all federal sales activities for the Herndon, Va.-based storage and server provider, Vion said Wednesday. “We are elated to have Steve Picot join the... 

Richard Montoni Maximus (NYSE: MMS) has announced financial results for the first quarter of its 2013 fiscal year, ended Dec. 31, 2012. Total revenue for the quarter increased 19 percent to $286.3 million over the $239.6 million in thee prior year period. Growth on existing contracts, new work and the company’s April 2012 acquisition of PSI helped... 

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has won three contracts worth up to $102 million combined to help the Federal Highway Administration run technology- and policy-related programs, the company said Tuesday. The five-year, cost plus fixed-fee contracts cover 17 program areas within three FHWA operations offices such as the office of transportation operations,... 

Lloyd Howell Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has named Executive Vice President Lloyd Howell to succeed the retiring Jimmy Henry as head of the company’s civilian business, the Washington Business Journal reports. Jimmy Henry Henry is retiring from the company in April after a 26-year career there, where he also served on the board of directors... 

Anne Altman IBM (NYSE: IBM) has appointed Anne Altman, formerly general manager for the global public sector, to serve as GM for the U.S. federal government business. According to Washington Technology, she assumed leadership of the global public sector in 2009. The company says she was responsible for strategy, direction, development and sales for public... 

Private equity firm Altamont Capital Partners has acquired background investigations firm Omniplex World Services Corp. for an undisclosed amount, Washington Technology reports. This is Altamont’s second acquisition within a month as itInformation Technology bought window maker Cascade Windows in December 2012, according to the report. “PartneringA...