Potomac Officers Club enters 2024 with a selection of can’t-miss events to start the government contracting community’s year off right. As usual for the organization, the conferences will provide opportunities for attendees to hear from top government officials in their fields, creating dialogues between industry and the federal sector. There is...
Wayne Reed has left his post as vice president of contracts at Arcfield to take on a similar post at government mission support services provider Aretum. Aretum said it added Reed to its leadership team to leverage his contractual expertise as well as over two decades of experience in serving the Department of Defense and...
Pragyansmita Nayak, chief data scientist at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said federal agencies should learn how to navigate the repository of artificial intelligence use cases as they work on strategies to incorporate AI into their workflows and align such strategies with their specific requirements. In an opinion piece published Thursday in Federal Tim...
Executive Mosaic, the industry-leading events, media and executive branding organization in the government contracting sector, is pleased to launch the first-ever GovCon stock market tracker, GovCon Index. GovCon Index is an aggregate index meticulously crafted and tracked in real-time using data from 30 leading publicly traded companies within the...
The CEOs of Amentum and DLH Corp. and president of CGI‘s (NYSE: GIB) federal subsidiary have been named officers of the board of directors at the Professional Services Council. Zachary Parker, president, CEO and director at DLH, will perform duties as PSC board chair and John Heller, president and CEO of Amentum, will serve as...
Heather Conigliaro, formerly the chief strategy officer of SkyePoint Decisions, has been promoted to the position of president. Conigliaro’s responsibilities in her new role include handling compliance initiatives, quality management systems and overall business operations, the cybersecurity architecture, engineering and critical infrastructur...
The audit process is distinct in the contracting industry as compared to private companies without government customers. There are extra rules and regulations by which government contracting organizations have to abide, such as the Cost Accounting Standards or the many expectations set by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. To help navigate this of...
Government services provider Unissant named Ian Graham, former vice president of NetImpact Strategies’ health business, to the role of VP and general manager for its federal civilian and healthcare sectors. The company said Thursday it also selected Maria Genar, former business development director at IT consulting firm RIVA Solutions, as seni...
Rodney Slater, former U.S. secretary of the Department of Transportation, and Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence and a two-time Wash100 awardee, have been elected to respectively serve as chairman and vice chairwoman of Mitre’s board of trustees. Slater most recently served as interim chairman and has been a memb...
Robert W. Baird & Co. will host the sixth edition of its annual Government and Defense Conference on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner. The event gives voice to leadership from many high-profile private sector entities in the government services industry as well as top federal officials. Speakers offer pedigreed perspectives...
