Department of Defense Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer Leslie Beavers has joined the Wash100 ranks for the first time in recognition of her work driving information technology modernization and cybersecurity efforts across the DOD. Vote for Beavers as your favorite Wash100 winner at Wash100.com! The Wash100 popular vote competition is o...
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law an appropriations package that includes the $825 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2024. The consolidated appropriations measure would provide funding for federal agencies through the end of September, the White House said Saturday. Defense News reported the House passed the bipartisan pack...
Project Maven was launched in 2017 to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence across the U.S. military. The initiative has made tremendous strides in its efforts to explore new AI technologies, and in November, it became a program of record at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Rachael Martin, director of NGA’s Maven Office a...
While artificial intelligence is still a growing technology and comes with its share of risks and unknowns, some experts feel that the U.S. government is being too conservative about releasing information to the public regarding AI. “I think we all recognize we do not want to put out and jeopardize information that’s important to the...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as an inductee into the 2024 Wash100 — an annual list of public and private sector leaders who are at the forefront of trends and events shaping the government contracting activity. Vote for Brown as your favorite GovCon...
Lockheed Martin is a multinational aerospace, defense, and technology corporation well-known for its state-of-the-art contributions to space exploration and national security. With more than a century of experience, it has made a name as a pioneer in cutting-edge technological solutions that influence the direction of the aerospace and defense indus...
Open source intelligence encompasses any publicly or commercially available information, and with today’s vast catalog of data from news websites, social media, broadcast television and more, it has grown into a prominent force in U.S. intelligence missions. The Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Intel Summit in September will cover a wide ran...
The appropriations committees of the House and Senate on Thursday released the $825 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2024. The FY 2024 Defense Appropriations Act reflects a $27 billion increase from the FY 2023 enacted funding level, the House Appropriations Committee said Wednesday. The appropriations measure would provide $3.72 billio...
It’s hard to believe, but we are now officially two months into the 2024 Wash100 popular vote contest. That’s two thirds of the way through this intense, respectful yet very competitive tradition, which is held amongst the winners of government contracting’s highest honor: the Wash100 Award. Executive Mosaic annually recognizes GovCon’s bes...
The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office is set to release its first maturity model for large language models this year, according to CDAO Chief Technology Officer William Streilein. LLMs are deep learning models that are trained on mass amounts of data and can respond to prompts from a human. They are a major...
