Officials from the U.S. Air Force and Space Force are scheduled to deliver keynote addresses at GovCon Wire’s Space Acquisition Forum on Jan. 19 to give their perspectives on the importance of technology investments for the military to maintain dominance in the space domain. Brig. Gen. Steve Whitney One of the speakers is Brig. Gen....
David Egts, chief technologist and senior director of the Office of the Chief Technologist for Red Hat’s North America Public Sector, has published his first article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. In his first piece, GovCon Expert David Egts provided a breakdown looking into the impact that the COVID-19 pand...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has agreed to purchase Creative Systems and Consulting for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its federal information technology modernization capabilities. Creative has been delivering digital strategy, data analytics, cloud and infrastructure platforms and other digital transformation support to federal agencies sin...
A Bloomberg Intelligence analyst predicts the U.S. to further adopt cryptocurrencies in 2022 amid bullish price implications and implementation of proper government regulations. Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum stand to benefit from the declining bond yields, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mike McGlone wrote in a report published Dec. 6. “The...
On Tuesday, the Potomac Officers Club hosted its third Data-Driven 2021 Series event, The Cost of AI, during which eminent government agency and industry leaders joined together to discuss the budgetary implications, potential disruption scenarios, opportunities and challenges inherent in integrating innovative artificial intelligence solutions as...
Rich Wilkinson, director of product marketing for Unanet and a GovCon Expert, has published the latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. Previously, Wilkinson explored how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the professional services industry and how these firms will be able to adapt to the new “work f...
Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft‘s (Nasdaq: MSFT) federal arm and a four-time Wash100 Award winner, said the company is working to help customers meet their mission requirements and priorities by making investments to deliver cloud capabilities to the edge in support of mission operators. Wagner wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that...
John Hart, a more than 25-year GovCon industry veteran, has been named chief growth officer of Valiant Integrated Services in a string of leadership appointments at the Herndon, Virginia-based government services contractor. Hart previously worked at Peraton as vice president of business and capture for the company’s defense solutions business, Va...
Criterion Systems, a cybersecurity and information technology company, has acquired software engineering services provider SAGE Black Consulting and Contracting for an undisclosed amount. The new SAGE Black subsidiary will be led by Criterion Chief Financial Officer Steve Mast as its president and will join the company’s intelligence solutions...
B&A announced on Wednesday that the contributions of two of its executive leaders in their respective leadership communities were recently recognized, with Shana Hammond-Adler, VP of capture and proposal, winning Virginia Business Magazine’s Virginia Business Women in Leadership Award, and Kelly Baltz, VP of talent and operations, receivin...
