David McKeown, senior information security officer and deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity at the Department of Defense, became the latest government official to be inducted into the 2023 edition of the Wash100. McKeown’s first selection to receive the Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic reflects his leadership in DOD-wide effor...
Recent technological advancements have drastically altered the way the U.S. military operates in the modern battlespace, which holds a growing number of threats to the nation’s information advantage. To keep up with the rapid nature of modern technology transformation and maintain battlefield superiority, welcoming change and the opportunities it ...
Kathleen Featheringham, a nearly two-decade veteran of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has joined Maximus (NYSE: MMS) as vice president of artificial intelligence for federal technology consulting services, according to a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. She previously led Booz Allen’s AI practice as a director and helped the government consu...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a potential three-year, $94.8 million delivery order under a U.S. Navy contract to support the branch’s Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel and Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle platforms. The cost-plus-fixed-fee order has a $54.7 million base value for the performance of work through February 2024 and the award includes...
Lori Marracino DCS has promoted government contracting industry veterans Lori Marracino and Michelle Nixon to vice president of proposal development and strategic communications and VP of business development, respectively. Marracino will help advance DCS’ growth strategy by overseeing proposal development and strategic communications initiatives,...
As emerging technologies continue to transform the nature of conflict between the U.S. and its adversaries, the intelligence community has recognized the need to accelerate the adoption of these tools in order to stay at the forefront of the competition. According to intelligence experts who came together for a panel discussion at GovCon Wire’s&nb...
In recent years, the U.S. intelligence community has established new priorities as it continues to address an array of new challenges presented in the modern intelligence landscape. As technological needs evolve, the necessity of transforming traditional acquisition methods and mindsets toward the process has been highlighted. For the CIA to fu...
In the hotly contested space domain, U.S. government officials see two primary paths forward: strengthening partnerships with other nations and refining and retooling the processes at home. Though the U.S. has identified many foreign governments as direct competitors with regard to space, it has proved fruitful to ally itself with others to potentia...
Joseph Ritzel, senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Day & Zimmermann, will retire from the company on April 1 after four decades of service. Joseph Ritzel His position will be filled by Kathleen King, vice president of corporate development, the engineering and construction firm said Wednesday. Ritzel started his caree...
The U.S. federal government has sharpened its focus on cybersecurity in recent months; the Department of Defense released its zero trust strategy and roadmap at the close of 2022, and the Biden-Harris administration debuted a new national cybersecurity strategy just last week. In a statement published March 2, 2023 the White House said the...
