Global supply chain issues have significantly impacted the government contracting ecosystem in recent years, calling attention to the need for speed in federal acquisition, procurement and manufacturing processes. Kicking off GovCon Wire’s 3rd Annual Defense Digital Acquisition and Innovation Forum, Lt. Gen. David Bassett illustrated the...
Over the last couple of years, workforce shifts due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic have hastened the transition from hardware and software-based procurement processes to cloud-stored models. Since many government workers started to work from home in (relatively) recent times, agencies began to look toward doing business through cloud-based, ...
Across the globe, organizational leaders are facing a “deluge of data.” In the U.S. intelligence community, in particular, the ability to collect, analyze, understand and leverage this massive influx of data is the key to achieving information dominance and staying ahead of our close competitors — and our adversaries. La’Naia Jones, the Cent...
Sean Frazier, federal chief security officer at Okta (Nasdaq: OKTA), said government agencies should consider identity as critical infrastructure and modernize their identity and access management to provide better user experiences. “Agencies can assess the state of their identity infrastructure by continually asking whether they are delivering th...
Rich Wilkinson, senior director of industry marketing at Unanet, has published his latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program exploring the results from the 2022 GAUGE Report and how they’re directly impacting the state of how government contractors are driving their businesses in comparison to their comp...
Cybersecurity has become the latest frontier in national security with the expansion and proliferation of the digital environment in recent decades. Today, cyber is also an emerging and important component of warfighting, and the U.S. government has placed a high priority on better protecting our critical information, data and cyber assets as the th...
Vighter has received a potential five-year, $1 billion contract from the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection to provide medical screening and program management support at multiple CBP facilities on the Southwest border. The company said Tuesday it previously supported the CBP Medical Screening Services contract as a su...
Robert Lightfoot, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space, accepted his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most significant award of consequence in all of government contracting (GovCon), last Wednesday for his leadership and drive for innovation in space technology, including the advancement of space exploration and expanding Lockheed...
The continuous expansion of the global cyber environment has widened the United States’ attack surface and prompted the Federal Bureau of Investigation to reevaluate its role in the law enforcement of the digital world. Today, the FBI has embarked on a major cultural transformation and is implementing significant changes to meet new and emerging c...
Kevin Hansen, public sector chief technology officer at Micro Focus Government Solutions, said government agencies looking to implement cloud-based systems and manage mission-critical legacy information technology platforms should develop a strategy that takes agility, flexibility and governance into consideration. “To avoid legacy IT dependencies...
