Federal information technology and professional services firm IPTA has created a chief technology officer position and named Hector Collazo, former Sev1Tech and Agile Defense executive, to the new role. IPTA CEO Bill Williams said in a statement published Thursday that Collazo will be responsible for driving its innovation strategy to ensure that th...
By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet Preparing for an incurred cost submission audit can seem like quite a major challenge for any government contractor. The Defense Contract Audit Agency conducts these audits and can make even the most seasoned contractors feel overwhelmed. However, this process can be streamlined with the right pre...
On June 6, the Potomac Officers Club will host the 2024 Cyber Summit, bringing together the best and brightest cyber leaders from across the public and private sector landscapes to discuss the most urgent and consequential issues and opportunities in the cyber realm. Potomac Officers Club events offer attendees unparalleled networkin...
Daniel Carroll, field chief technology officer for cybersecurity at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said artificial intelligence could play a key role in helping federal agencies transform workforce training and customer service delivery and address complex government challenges. In an article published in Carahsoft.com, Carroll wrote that AI could ...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond To ensure adequate preparation for a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 assessment, the Cyber AB advises contractors to start preparing for it at least six months in advance, depending on their current cybersecurity readiness and resources. In OSIbeyond’s experience, most organiza...
By Warren Linscott, Senior Vice President & Chief Product Officer at Deltek Over my career, I’ve closely followed the growth paths of small businesses in the government contracting space. I’ve seen several behaviors and practices that contributed to successfully growing their business. The first may be a cliché but it holds true now more th...
Anthony Vultaggio, chief technology officer at SMX, said government agencies seeking to address the complexities of security compliance and data protection across multicloud and hybrid cloud environments should look for an industry partner that can perform the job of a managed service provider and a managed security service provider. “In a traditi...
Artificial intelligence has unlocked a myriad of threats and opportunities in the last two years with the acceleration of technological innovation in the AI space. Today, generative AI tools and large language models are still nascent and risky — but government leaders are seeing promise for the technology’s future. Defense Intelligence Agency C...
As a program manager and engineer in the U.S. Air Force, Rocky Thurston gained the skills he needed to transition smoothly into government contracting. His first work in the field was as a program manager for an intelligence community contract at Booz Allen Hamilton, after which point he took on more assignments and learned and...
For the past 20-plus years, Jason Adolf has helped government agencies identify and implement technologies that help them modernize for the present and the future. As vice president for global public sector at Appian, he works closely with defense and civilian agencies as well as state and local government and education institutions to help them...
