Technology company Alpha Omega has appointed Gordon Boozer, a federal government veteran and cyber leader, as vice president of cybersecurity. Cyberthreats are escalating, and government data has become the new frontline of international conflict. Attend the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Cyber Summit on May 21, and engage with top decision-make...
Potomac Officers Club, the national capital region’s premier GovCon events, networking and media organization, is ecstatic to announce that Thomas Rondeau, the Department of War’s principal director for FutureG, will give a keynote address at the 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29 at the Hilton McLean in northern Virginia. The 202...
David Lee, field chief technology officer at Saviynt, said adopting a cloud-based, artificial intelligence-powered identity security platform could help government agencies mitigate risks by unifying a wide range of activities and tools in a single place. What Is Identity Governance & Administration? In an article published on Carahsoft.com, Lee...
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael — the Pentagon’s chief technology officer — will keynote the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29 at the Hilton McLean in Virginia. The event will be POC’s first major GovCon gathering of 2026 and is expected to draw senior defense lead...
Nokia’s 5G communications technology is transforming combat. From arctic operations to applications for the Marine Corps and teaming arrangements with leading defense contractors, Nokia is charting the path forward for secure, high-bandwidth and reliable 5G technology with allied armed services. In today’s complicated and challenging ope...
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement will recompete a cyber defense and intelligence support services contract valued at over $100 million. Accenture Federal Services is the incumbent on the firm-fixed-price contract under the National Institutes of Health IT Acquisition and Assessment Center Chief Information Officer–Solutions and Partners 3, ...
The big day for the Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 effort is almost here. Specifically, that’s Nov. 10, when contracting officers can start inserting stringent cybersecurity requirements into DOD contracts. The phased rollout takes place with four parts over three years. In the first year, DOD contrac...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Many defense contractors wonder if they can simply hire a provider to handle their CMMC compliance obligations from start to finish. It’s a natural question given the complexity of CMMC compliance and the fact that outsourcing has solved countless other business challenges. Howev...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, delivers an unprecedented $190.6 billion to the Department of Homeland Security and its components—doubling DHS’ near-term resources and creating one of the most expansive multi-year acquisition runways in its history. Most of the money is available through fiscal 2029, set...
Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, the former commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, is joining the advisory board of counter-drone technology company D-Fend Solutions, according to information received by GovCon Wire. “I am passionately committed to supporting and promoting the adoption of D-F...
