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President Joe Biden has ordered federal agencies to work with the government’s COVID-19 response coordinator in efforts to collect, publish and share pandemic-related data and address disinformation or misinformation campaigns regarding the public health crisis. The executive order calls for the modernization of infrastructure that can support...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a campaign to promote the use of cybersecurity tools and best practices to increase ransomware threat awareness across the public and private sectors. CISA said Thursday it aims to bring together agencies and companies to cut the risk of ransomware to pandemic response and K-12 educat...
During Potomac Officers Club’s Future Battlefield Series: Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the Digital Battlespace Virtual Event on Jan. 26, notable leaders across the government contracting landscape will join together to discuss the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum, including spectrum competition in a contested and congested environment...
Kim Koster, vice president of GovCon Strategy at Unanet, co-author of the 2020 GAUGE Report and GovCon Expert, has published her latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Friday. In her most recent article, GovCon Expert Kim Koster shared her insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the influenc...
Jerry McGinn, executive director of George Mason University’s Center for Government Contracting, said he believes that reshoring production activities back to the U.S. will serve as the biggest challenge President Joe Biden must address. McGinn told Government Matters in an interview aired Tuesday that the incoming administration must work to iden...
Stephanie O’Sullivan, who served as principal deputy director in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from 2011 to 2017 and a previous Wash100 awardee, formally joined Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) board of directors Friday. She has worked as a business consultant since her retirement from federal service and supp...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $2.12 billion contract modification to produce the seventh batch of KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. The company will provide data, licenses, subscriptions and flat file to the service branch in addition to 15 tankers, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The Air Force will pay...
President Joe Biden, who took the oath of office Wednesday, has appointed individuals to lead 34 federal government organizations in acting capacities until his Cabinet choices complete confirmation procedures. Each agency leader will support the new administration in efforts to create a “whole-of-government” strategy to address national challen...
Qualtrics International, an experience management software vendor spinning out of SAP (NYSE: SAP), has increased the suggested price range for its initial public offering from between $20 and $24 to between $22 to $26 per share, with the goal of raising $1.28 billion, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The report said Qualtrics plans to trade under the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 21, 2021 — LMI has received a five-year, $18 million contract to continue helping the Air Force Materiel Command manage logistics processes and other supply chain functions across the Air Force Sustainment Center, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The nonprofit consulting firm said Jan. 13 it will apply readiness-based spari...
