The Census Bureau announced Tuesday that Director John Thompson will leave the agency next month. The 27 year agency veteran, who has led the agency since 2013, steps down amid costs about funding concerns. Though his five-year term expired in December, he had been expected to stay on through at least the end of this year, report...
AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has received a potential $177.5 million contract to maintain, repair and overhaul equipment at various U.S. Navy facilities. The company said Tuesday it will provide maintenance services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, which oversees launch-and-recovery equipment and other support equipment for the...
Former National Intelligence Director James Clapper has been named distinguished senior fellow for intelligence and national security and member of the board of advisers at the Center for a New American Security. CNAS said Tuesday he will mentor future national security leaders, contribute to research efforts and share his views on nationa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 9, 2017 ” Tom Naughton, president of citizen services at Maximus™ (NYSE: MMS) federal business, has said customer service platforms built on artificial intelligence and machine learning will work to drive citizen engagement with government, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Naughton wrote in a guest piece publi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 9, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) Chairman and CEO Roger Krone has said he believes acquisition programs have been affected by the delay in the appointment of leaders at federal agencies such as the Defense Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Inside Defense reported Thursday that Krone, an inductee i...
Austin, Texas-based cybersecurity firm Forcepoint has appointed two new executives to vice president positions as the company works to deliver cyber capabilities to government clients worldwide. Tim Solms, formerly VP for federal business and managing director of worldwide government at Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), will serve as se...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 8, 2017 ” The federal edition of Thales e-Security‘s 2017 Data Threat Report indicates that 96 percent of federal government employees feel vulnerable to potential data breaches and 71 percent think the adoption of new technologies may facilitate those vulnerabilities, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The compa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 8, 2017 ” CNSI‘s government services unit has achieved a CMMI Institute Capability Maturity Model Integration appraisal at Maturity Level 3 for its “defined” business processes, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday CUNIX Infotech performed an independent evaluation ...
Kevin Paschuck, chief operating officer and senior vice president of public sector and aerospace and defense business unit at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has said agencies should deploy cloud technology platforms to facilitate interactions with citizens and advance delivery of services. Paschuck wrote cloud platforms work to help agencies direct resourc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will supply Battlefield Airborne Communications Node units to update the U.S. Air Force‘s EQ-4B Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft under a $39.9 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will insta...
