Operationalizing data and achieving AI/ML readiness are two of the Department of the Air Force’s most urgent “must-pay bills,” according to Brig. Gen. John Olson, DAF’s chief data and artificial intelligence officer. Within DAF and across the entire Department of Defense enterprise, data centricity is the new “North Star.” Data — ...
Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, published his latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. Previously, GovCon Expert Kevin Plexico provided a look into the four key stages of the government contracting (GovCon) lifecycle process and ...
Alan Chvotkin, a partner at government contracts law firm Nichols Liu, published his latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. In his latest featured article, GovCon Expert Alan Chvotkin explores the conflicts of interest that continue to be involved in the federal acquisition regulation process as well as...
The U.S. Air Force is increasingly focused on surmounting big data issues as the service pursues enterprise modernization and data-driven decision making capabilities. Problems like lack of ownership over telemetry data, an inability to easily develop software using data and widespread compartmentalization are inhibiting the Air Force from being abl...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been at the center of many of the White House’s cyber initiatives, policies and executive orders within the past few years. Now, just after the one year anniversary of President Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity, CISA is focusing on zero trust, modernization and workforce developmen...
(The opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Executive Mosaic, its newsroom, or any of its affiliates) NO T.S.P. FOR THE C.C.P. By Lieutenant General William “Jerry” Boykin, (U.S. Army, Ret.) As things stand now, the people who manage our federal retirement funds will mark Memorial...
In today’s digital era, and since the onset of the pandemic, more and more of our personal lives — and our professional brands — are online. Social media can be a huge asset for executives and organizations looking to partner with the federal government, but it can also be a detriment to those who don’t...
Phishing attempts and cyber attacks are growing increasingly more sophisticated, and organizations must adapt to survive. However, there are some notable hurdles to overcome in successfully implementing cybersecurity best practices. John Zangardi, CEO of Redhorse Corporation and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said a key component of the cybersecurit...
The U.S. government is a behemoth, sprawling across a myriad of agencies, departments and organizations. The government contracting (GovCon) community, by comparison, is a relatively small segment of that. The big players within that narrow segment are well-known. The smaller businesses, on the other hand, face intense competition to prove themselve...
The United States’ near-peer adversaries have the same technologies that we do, but on a much larger scale. The only way to be survivable in the near-peer fight of the future is to “be able to be networked, agile and lethal,” according to Greg Wenzel, executive vice president and a leader in Booz Allen Hamilton’s global defense...
