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Deborah Sutton, a more than two-decade human resource veteran, has taken the role of vice president for HR at Reston, Virginia-based systems integrator iGov.

Amy Miller Feehery, founder and former principal of the Found Group, has been appointed director of business development at T-Rex Solutions, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday.

The incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden should build on executive actions implemented under the Defense Production Act amid the coronavirus pandemic and expand DPA authorities to further support the country's industrial base, Jerry McGinn, executive director of George Mason University's Center for Government Contracting, wrote in a joint commentary with Marsh and McLennan managing director Daniel Kaniewski.

The Defense Information Systems Agency has started to seek information on potential vendors that could help enhance and provide sustainment support for DISA’s Financial Accounting Management Information System for the Working Capital Funds platform.

During Potomac Officers Club’s Ensuring PNT Superiority on the Future Battlefield Virtual Event, an expert panel, comprised of notable leaders across the defense sector, took the stage to discuss how military PNT capabilities have become vital to the nation’s ability to shape the global environment, deter aggression, and fight and win wars, now and in the future. 

Joel Dillon, vice president of Global Defense and the leader of Booz Allen Hamilton’s portfolio for the U.S. Army, acted as the moderator for an impressive expert panel during the recent Artificial Intelligence for Maneuver Virtual Event as a part of Booz Allen's 'Future Battlefield Series with Potomac Officers Club (POC) on Oct. 29th. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a total of $23M in two-year contracts to GeoOptics and Spire Global for radio occultation data that the agency plans to use for operational weather forecasts. NOAA awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts on Nov. 20 under the Commercial Weather Data Pilot program for work that will run through 2022, the Department of Commerce's space commerce office said.

The Department of Defense transition team for President-elect Joe Biden will be led by Thomas Muir, director of Washington Headquarters Services, DoD News reported Wednesday. Muir told reporters at a press conference the department has a policy in place to guide its transition to the incoming administration.

A business unit of BAE Systems will drydock, maintain and modernize the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship for the U.S. Navy under a potential $237.7M contract. The company said Tuesday its Norfolk Ship Repair business in Virginia will commence work on the vessel's mechanical, tank and hull systems in February.

The U.S. Air Force plans to launch a competition for a potential $953M single-award contract to support the integration, maintenance and operations of air base air defense initiatives of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa.