Well-versed in the defense and intelligence communities, Tom Lash spent almost two decades at SAIC in roles such as senior systems engineer, chief technology officer and vice president of operations. He then became a part of Leidos when it spun off from SAIC in 2013. At Leidos, he helped administer engineering integration for the storied...
In October, the Department of Defense announced its intent to publish its first National Defense Industrial Strategy to lay out its plans for investment in the defense industrial base. According to Laura-Taylor Kale, assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy, the strategy will center five key areas: creating resilient ...
The Potomac Officers Club is getting extraterrestrial: it will host the 2024 edition of its annual Space Summit on March 5. Registration is now open for the truly out-of-this-world event! Space is the fastest growing and most increasingly competitive domain in the defense realm. The Department of Defense is pulling out all of the stop...
In March 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order calling on federal organizations to strengthen their cyber practices to ensure the security of critical information. Since then, agencies have made strides in the adoption of modern cybersecurity practices, such as zero trust architecture, updated policies and more. For public sector heal...
Jon Rucker has occupied the CEO role at Ultra Intelligence and Communications for exactly a year now and he says the thing he’s proudest of so far is putting together a cohesive and collaborative team built for success. “We’ve had tremendous cultures at all the different locations, but this is now a team leading with one...
Homeland security officials are looking at ways to deploy artificial intelligence within the acquisition process — and within other aspects of their agencies — to drive efficiency and better protect the nation against evolving threats. Mario Wilson, assistant administrator for acquisition program management at the Transportation Security Adminis...
By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet Unanet and CohnReznick recently released the seventh annual GAUGE Report, a report that surveys top government contracting (GovCon) executives to identify industry trends and benchmarks. The 2023 GAUGE Report (which you can download for free), found that while GovCon executives ...
Across the public and private sectors, organizations are seeing a massive influx of data. As this data is processed, new information and insights are unlocked, paving the way for organizations to modernize, adapt and innovate faster and more effectively than ever before. The same is true for the U.S. healthcare sector, and today, healthcare leaders...
In its simplest form, citizen development is “enabling mission owners to code,” Mark Andress, global vice president of Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence, said during a panel discussion at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2023 Homeland Security Summit last week. In an era increasingly defined by data, he said, the ability to ana...
The United States’ homeland security efforts are harnessing the power of technologies like artificial intelligence, satellite communications and edge computing as the threat landscape continues to evolve. Rear Admiral Christopher Bartz, the U.S. Coast Guard’s CIO and assistant commandant for C4 and IT, said the service branch wants to...
