Weekly Roundup Sept 7 – Sept 11 2015: PSC’s Impending Leadership Transition & more

Ross Wilkers September 11, 2015 News, Weekly Round-up

Weekly Roundup
Sept 7 – Sept 11 2015

Click here to see Real-Time
GovCon Sector Quotes

A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson

An association that represents the government services sector has previewed an impending leadership transition in the same year that the defense industry’s main trade group also announced its own change at the top.

Stan Soloway, who has led the Professional Services Council for 15 years as its president and CEO, said this week he plans to step down from both roles and will stay in them as the group works to identify and appoint his successor.

Soloway’s tenure at the PSC has included milestones such as the group’s acquisition of the TechAmerica Foundation that closed in February and merger with the Contract Services Association of America in 2008 to create what PSC calls “a single, unified voice representing the full range and diversity of the government services sector.”

PSC was founded in 1972 and represents more than 370 small-, medium- and large-sized contractors with regard to legislative and regulatory issues.

Anne Altman, general manager of IBM’s federal business and a member of the PSC’s executive committee, will lead the association’s search panel that will work to identify the group’s next CEO.

GovCon sector observers learned of PSC’s leadership change nearly three months after the Aerospace Industries Association — which represents defense contractors — appointed former Exelis CEO David Melcher to serve as the group’s next chief executive.

Melcher led Exelis through its 2011 initial public offering after the spinoff from ITT Corp. and sale to Harris Corp. for almost $5 billion that closed in May.

—–

Now is the time to reserve your seat at the Potomac Officers Club‘s next “CIO Speaker Series” event Sept. 24, which will feature the GSA’s Chris Hamm as the keynote and be followed by a panel discussion to include questions from attendees.

Hamm leads the agency’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center, which provides U.S. agencies acquisition support for information technology systems and services, plus professional services.

Additionally, we are looking forward to the POC’s 2015 Cybersecurity Summit on Oct. 15 with Navy Adm. Michael Rogers, head of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command, lined up as the headline speaker.

Click here to sign up for these events and view POC’s full calendar.

THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES

4 Firms Win $750M Special Operations ISR Hardware, Services IDIQ
Awardees will compete for orders over five years and the military received 13 bids for the contract.

General Dynamics Lands $450M DISA Contract for AFCENT Comm Systems
DISA received five proposals for the five-year single-award, IDIQ contract for installation and maintenance services to Air Forces Central Command.

DISA Taps Inmarsat’s Federal Arm for $450M Satcom Services Contract
Inmarsat Government will work to connect the military with satellite coverage across four frequency bands under the potential five-year program.

ASRC Federal to Help Air Force Operate Military Satcom Terminals; Mark Gray Comments
The company’s technical services unit will also help the Air Force’s 50th Space Wing run enterprise computing facilities.

Boeing Vet Jim Simpson Joins Aerojet Rocketdyne as Strategy, BD SVP
Simpson will start his new role on Sept. 21 and head the propulsion technology manufacturer’s efforts to capture new business opportunities.

Amy Kruse Appointed Cubic Global Defense CTO
Kruse is a former VP of innovation for the San Diego-based defense and transportation technology maker and has held a program manager role at DARPA’s defense sciences office.

John Pitsenberger Named EVP, CFO at Sotera
Pitsenberger has held the CFO on an acting basis since early summer and served as corporate controller for the past two years.

Sutherland Global Rolls Out Public Sector Arm, Teresa Weipert on Civilian Agency Focus
The Rochester, NY-based services firm is rolling out its new government solutions business that started operations in the summer.

Steve Harris on Dell’s ‘End-to-End’ Federal Market Footprint and Enterprise IT Trends at Agencies
The computer maker’s federal business leader also discusses data security partnerships with agencies in this interview with ExecutiveBiz.

President Obama Issues Sick-Leave Order for Federal Contractors
Approximately 300, 000 contractor employees will have access to as many as seven sick days per year.

Mac Thornberry: FY 2016 Defense Authorization Bill Deal Close
The House Armed Services Committee chairman says the legislation intends to help the Pentagon use overseas contingency funds for potential shortfalls.

GSA, DISA Eye Possible Govt-Wide Contracting Tool for Commercial Cloud Services
Both agencies are in discussions over a new vehicle all agencies would have access to in a similar manner to GSA’s Networx.

Frank Kendall: Pentagon’s Draft Acquisition Rule on Commercial Items Needs to be ‘More Specific’
The Pentagon’s lead acquisition official says he is working with his staff on how to further define the rule on commercial product acquisitions.

Teresa Carlson, AWS Worldwide Public Sector VP, Named to 2020 Wash100 for Cloud Innovation, Business Expansion and New Educational Platforms

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector business at Amazon Web Services, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for driving cloud innovation, expanding AWS' influence and advocating for cloud computing education within Virginia schools.

GovCon Wire Your Direct Source for Government Contracting News

Weekly Roundup Sept 7 – Sept 11 2015: PSC’s Impending Leadership Transition & more