Chris Smith, vice president and general manager of North America Public Sector at Red Hat, has been presented with the 2025 Wash100 Award during a recent visit by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Smith won his first Wash100 Award in recognition of his efforts in promoting the use of open-source software in the public sector....
Scott Kawalek, sales director of payment solutions at Dell Technologies, said government agencies that intend to adopt a multicloud approach as part of their IT modernization efforts should plan well in advance before making transformational decisions and optimize multicloud capacity. In an article published on Carahsoft.com, Kawalek wrote that agen...
After four decades in the federal government—seven years on active duty as a naval officer and 27 years as a civil servant—Pat Tamburrino was looking for a way he could still serve the mission. He found the perfect balance in his role as chief administrative officer at the NobleReach Foundation, which was born to unite...
An organization based on the U.S. east coast has committed itself to constructing and delivering nearly one home a week for a veteran in need. And they’re only growing more ambitious. Building Homes for Heroes was founded nearly 20 years ago by entrepreneur Andrew Pujol and has “gifted over 400 mortgage-free homes to wounded vets and...
Lockheed Martin recorded a 4 percent year-over-year increase in fiscal 2025 first-quarter sales to $18 billion, a total backlog of $173 billion and Q1 net earnings of $1.7 billion, or $7.28 per share. In an earnings release published Tuesday, the Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace and defense contractor said its cash from operations was $1.4 billion...
Agentic AI is catching a lot of attention among government officials for its potential to streamline services and improve how bureaucracies do business. But what exactly is agentic AI and how does it work? Think of agentic AI as digital agents working on one’s behalf. Instead of relying on humans to constantly issue instructions, agentic ...
By Kim Koster, Vice President of Industry Marketing at Unanet Government contractors face mounting pressure to deliver more with less. With increasingly complex requirements and shrinking margins for error, resource management has become more than a strategic function. It’s now an operational necessity. But many companies still operate wi...
General Dynamics NASSCO has secured a potential $138.7 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide maintenance, modernization and repair services to the USS Oak Hill, or LSD 51, dock landing ship. Maintaining USS Oak Hill Mission Readiness The Department of Defense said Friday the company will deliver services associated with labor, supervisio...
Private equity firm Turn/River Capital has acquired SolarWinds through a $4.4 billion transaction that turns the IT management software provider into a privately held company. In a joint release published Wednesday, the companies said SolarWinds shareholders received $18.50 in cash per share under the transaction. Upon the deal’s closing, Sola...
The book “The Strategy Dialogues,” by Dr. John Hillen, a member of Enlightenment Capital‘s advisory board and a previous Wash100 awardee, has reached the top of several Amazon best-seller lists, according to Hillen’s post on LinkedIn Tuesday. The book ranked number one on Amazon.com in the management, strategic management and...
