The Department of Veterans Affairs is soliciting proposals for a potential five-year, $650 million contract vehicle intended to augment technology design, development and testing efforts within the Veterans Health Administration. A solicitation notice posted on SAM.gov states that the Accelerating VA Innovation and Learning program calls for subject...
Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, published his latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. Previously, GovCon Expert Kevin Plexico provided a look into the four key stages of the government contracting (GovCon) lifecycle process and ...
Raj Iyer, chief information officer of the U.S. Army, said the service intends to spend $1.4 billion by fiscal year 2023 on the modernization of its enterprise resource planning systems used to manage its financial, logistics, human resources and training activities, Breaking Defense reported Friday. He told reporters during a briefing Thursday the ...
Robert Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions, said he believes government agencies have made progress in using data as a strategic asset and connecting data securely to speed up decision-making processes and accelerate missions since they now have the tools that allow them to manage and command and control data. Federal agencies “are a...
In today’s U.S. health care market, speed is a top-ranking priority. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care organizations are looking at ways to get technologies, systems and capabilities to market faster than ever before. But as advancements in technology continue to accelerate, the industry can’t afford to lag behind. “The unfortu...
Alan Chvotkin, a partner at government contracts law firm Nichols Liu, published his latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. In his latest featured article, GovCon Expert Alan Chvotkin explores the conflicts of interest that continue to be involved in the federal acquisition regulation process as well as...
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has formed an advisory council to provide public sector organizations with insights in support of their cybersecurity efforts, and appointed Gary Locke, former secretary of the Department of Commerce, as its chairperson. The Public Sector Advisory Council will help local governments and other public institutions address cyber...
Amentum has named leaders who will lead the three businesses within the national security group that the company is forming as part of a restructuring move by CEO John Heller, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient who took the helm of the Germantown, Maryland-based defense contractor in late March, Defense Daily reported Monday. “Today, I am...
Rear Adm. Lorin Selby asserts that the U.S. Navy is positioned at a unique moment in history, a crucial turning point where technology is moving at a “breakneck pace” and many sectors, including the military, have arrived at a decisive fulcrum between the analog and the digital. “This is a win or lose decade. If we...
Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was named chair of the new chief information security officer advisory board at data security company Rubrik. He will lead the board consisting of top information security experts and practitioners from several industries in providing Rubrik with data security prod...
