On Wednesday, April 10th, GovCon leaders from public and private sectors gathered at the 2941 Restaurant in Falls Church, Va. for Potomac Officers Club™s 2019 Data Management Forum. The forum featured a panel discussion about augmented data management, and Michael Conlin, chief data officer for the U.S. Department of Defense, opened the forum w...
In his debut column, Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel of the Professional Services Council, analyzes two recent cases involving the government contracting selection process. In each case contractors protested what they considered were flawed methods in the government™s source selection and filed a protest. Chvotkin reviews th...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Mac Curtis, president and chief executive officer of Perspecta, with his fifth consecutive Wash100 Award on Wednesday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Curtis for addressing digital transformation needs in healthcare, defense and intelligence. We are honored to present the most coveted award ...
Jeff Puffenberger, formerly senior director of the state, local and education practice at Riverbed, has been promoted to vice president for the U.S. public sector group of the digital performance software provider. The 25-year enterprise technology veteran will oversee work with Riverbed’s work with federal, state and local government cus...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential $3.2B contract modification to manufacture lots 7 to 11 of early warning aircraft for the U.S. Navy. The company will deliver 24 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye units through the modification, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The Navy definitized a $99.7M contract action issued last year for lot...
EverWatch has purchased information technology services contractor Northwood Global Solutions for an undisclosed sum. œThe partnership with the Northwood team helps EverWatch expand its technical capabilities and broadens our relationships and mission expertise within the Intelligence Community, EverWatch CEO John Hillen said in a statement rel...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Jim McAleese, principal and owner of McAleese and Associates, with his third Wash100 Award on Tuesday. Executive Mosaic recognizes McAleese for his work providing consulting and legal services to government contracting businesses. We are pleased to present the most coveted award i...
Ed Meehan, formerly chief operating officer at Accenture™s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business, has joined management consulting services provider Guidehouse as aerospace and defense segment leader. He will oversee the company™s growth strategy and introduce innovative measures, commercial practices and new capabilities to the custo...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from a Government Accountability Office study on the U.S. Navy’s cost estimate for the Columbia-class submarine acquisition program. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates, wrote in the report that GAO challenged the technological ma...
AM General received a $185M order to provide 648 military Humvee ambulance vehicles to the U.S. Army as part of a five-year requirements contract. The company said Tuesday it will deliver an initial batch of chassis systems to the Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center in the spring. JMTC is located at Rock Island Arsenal and will...
