Christopher Maynard, a former director and branch chief at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined LexisNexis subsidiary Reed Tech as chief information security officer, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday.  Horsham, Pa.-based Reed Tech aims to help government customers manage data programs with the use of technology.

Andrew Matuch, a professional with more than two decades of business development experience, has been named managing director of government, intellectual property and life sciences at LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ legal and professional practice.

Ethan Eisner, formerly a vice president and managing director of LexisNexis‘ Reed Tech subsidiary, has been promoted to president of the Horsham, Pennsylvania-based information services provider. He succeeds Sam Hardman, who has retired after a nearly three-decade career at the company, Reed Tech said Thursday. Eisner said he aims to ensure that Reed …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2017 — Robert Hahn, president of LexisNexis‘ Reed Tech subsidiary, has said the federal government should aim to adopt agile project cycles, streamline the procurement process and employ top technological talent in order to drive innovation. He told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published Tuesday that digital …

Robert Hahn, formerly vice president of citizen and defense services at Serco Group‘s subsidiary in North America, has been named president of government solutions at LexisNexis’ Reed Technology and Information Services subsidiary. Hahn will work to provide strategic direction for Reed Tech and help the company expand its business with …

Herndon, Virginia-based geospatial intelligence provider BlackSky and Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: SFTW) have agreed to join forces in a business combination deal worth potentially $1.5 billion, or $10 per share. Both parties expect to close the merger transaction in July and intend for the combined entity to trade under …

The departments of Health and Human Services and Defense have earmarked $3.65 billion to buy 100 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines each from Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (Nasdaq: MRNA), bringing the total number of vaccines bought from the companies to 600 million doses. The U.S. government agreed to pay $2 billion to Pfizer and its Germany-based partner BioNTech and $1.65 billion to Moderna for the additional doses.

Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL), a Plano, Texas-based provider of integrated software to the public sector, has agreed to acquire NIC (Nasdaq: EGOV) for approximately $2.3 billion, or $34 in cash per share, to expand the delivery of end-to-end platforms to federal, state and local governments. The all-cash transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of NIC and Tyler and is expected to be finalized in the second quarter of 2021, subject to approvals by NIC stockholders and regulators and other customary closing conditions.

During Potomac Officers Club’s Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the Digital Battlespace Virtual Event, leaders from the private and public sectors joined together to discuss the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum, including spectrum competition in a contested and congested environment. If you missed the Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the Digital Battlespace Virtual Event, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting Potomac Officers Club’s Event Archive. 

Global alternative asset firm TPG has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Centrify from Thoma Bravo for an undisclosed sum in a move to help Centrify expand its presence in the privileged access management and identity security market. Art Gilliland, formerly head of Symantec Enterprise, will succeed Flint Brenton as CEO of Centrify as part of the transaction.