Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer of Parsons (NYSE: PSN) and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, has been elected by the board of directors to succeed the retiring Chuck Harrington as the company’s CEO, effective July 1. Harrington, who has been CEO and board chairman since 2008 and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, will...
McLean, Virginia-based information technology systems integrator B&A and the Natural Products Association have worked together to serve 250 meals and energy drinks for the U.S. Capitol Police as a gesture of appreciation for the federal law enforcement agency’s hardworking personnel. B&A said Thursday it turned to Italian deli Grazie G...
Federal acquisition processes must be on the cutting edge of technology to stay relevant and efficient. Federal leaders have worked to modernize their acquisition systems so as to increase the adoption rate of innovative solutions, including information technology (IT), cloud and other emerging technologies. Agencies must continue to implement new a...
General Atomics has acquired analytics and software engineering services provider Commonwealth Computer Research Inc. for an undisclosed sum in a move to help increase government customers’ access to situational awareness data. Charlottesville, Virginia-based CCRi works with public and private sector clients to help them adopt big data managem...
The U.S. Army has awarded $577 million in contract modifications to Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary and a team of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky business to perform work on the second phase of the competitive demonstration and risk reduction effort for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program. Army Contr...
Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said a platform for military personnel to create AI tools achieved initial operating capability status, FedScoop reported Tuesday. He told attendees at a National Defense Industry Association-hosted event that JAIC...
Mike Rosa and Alicia Rosenbaum of Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) said government agencies seeking to protect users and data in the cloud should adopt a zero trust framework. Under the zero trust model, an individual “seeking information is authenticated every step of the way, data is isolated and protected, and administrators have the ability to audit...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Sonny Hashmi, commissioner of the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for driving technology transformation, acquisitions and massive contract awards that support the administration’s key missions and the best interests of the U.S...
Garth Graham, director and global head of health care and public health partnerships at YouTube, has joined Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) as a member of the board of directors. He will serve on the human resources and compensation committee and his appointment increases the members of SAIC’s board to 10, the company said...
Bill Kalogeros, a 25-year sales veteran in the government market, has joined archTIS as director of federal and defense industry base. His appointment coincides with the launch of the Australian security technology provider’s sales and channel practice that will focus on insider threat protection and sensitive data protection offerings for the...
