Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Director William Lietzau received his 2023 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to DCSA headquarters. This marks Lietzau’s first Wash100 recognition, which he earned through his outstanding demonstration of leadership in reforming the country’s...
The government of Australia has selected Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) as the preferred bidder for a multibillion dollar project to develop the country’s next-generation military satellite communications system. Lockheed said Monday it will work with a team of Australian companies to build the control and ground segments for the JP9102 military satc...
Lori Marracino DCS has promoted government contracting industry veterans Lori Marracino and Michelle Nixon to vice president of proposal development and strategic communications and VP of business development, respectively. Marracino will help advance DCS’ growth strategy by overseeing proposal development and strategic communications initiatives,...
In the hotly contested space domain, U.S. government officials see two primary paths forward: strengthening partnerships with other nations and refining and retooling the processes at home. Though the U.S. has identified many foreign governments as direct competitors with regard to space, it has proved fruitful to ally itself with others to potentia...
Joseph Ritzel, senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Day & Zimmermann, will retire from the company on April 1 after four decades of service. Joseph Ritzel His position will be filled by Kathleen King, vice president of corporate development, the engineering and construction firm said Wednesday. Ritzel started his caree...
With advancements in new technologies, the amount of data federal agencies are able to collect is larger than ever before. These mass amounts of data, though indispensable to government operations, are also a target for adversaries who aim to compromise U.S. systems and exploit the nation’s data to gain an information advantage. According to exper...
Cybersecurity has become critically important to every organization across government and industry alike, especially as more and more systems, assets, data and infrastructure move to the cloud or undergo digital transformation. But cybersecurity is not a fixed concept; instead, as the threat landscape evolves and shifts, so must our country’s cybe...
Cybersecurity has taken the global stage with the prominence of electronic warfare tactics in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but cyber aggression isn’t only a symptom of major geopolitical conflict. It can and does happen with frequency in peacetime and other more unexpected windows as well. La Monte Yarborough “While events such as t...
Kevin Heald, lead for the emerging technology and cyber sector at Accenture Federal Services, has been named the next national security portfolio lead for the Arlington, Virginia-based government IT contractor. Tiffanny Gates He will assume the role held by Tiffanny Gates, who will step down May 1 and join AFS’ board of managers, the company...
Telos (Nasdaq: TLS) has named Josh Salmanson as senior vice president of technology solutions and appointed Lee Canterbury as vice president of corporate growth. The latest executive appointments were part of the company’s push to secure new business opportunities, build up technology offerings and increase win rates in the federal and commerc...
