Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware™s (NYSE: VMW), has said software-defined networking platforms are designed to help agencies build and compartmentalize networks without shutting down the entire infrastructure in the event of a cybersecurity breach. Rowan wrote that SDN tools could help agencies manage workloads in publ...
Weekly Roundup June 19 – June 23 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Although the phrase œSpace Race brings to mind the Cold War-era struggle between the United States and Soviet Union for supremacy in spaceflight capabilities, it may begin to develop ...
Trevor DeLew, head of federal at Qualtrics, and Bobbie Browning, chief federal strategist at the company, have said federal agencies should know and understand citizen experiences to change the way they deliver services to the public. DeLew and Browning wrote that agencies should œrecognize the role their reputation plays in mission achievement...
The General Services Administration has added approximately 500 small businesses to a list of contractors that won positions on the agency’s 8(a)Â Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services II open season contract. GSA said Thursday 8(a) STARS II is a governmentwide acquisition contract designed to provide federal agencies acc...
Parsons has secured a five-year contract to continue to help the National Nuclear Security Administration plan and manage construction projects. The company said Thursday it will conduct project planning, budgeting, design, construction, procurement, commissioning and closeout efforts under the follow-on Enterprise...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 24, 2017 ” Parsons has received recognition from the American Planning Association for the company’s West Pond environmental assessment project in New York, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. APA’s federal planning division gave Parsons the Honor Award for Outstanding Environmental Planning...
John Landwehr, a vice president and public sector chief technology officer at Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE), has said government agencies should leverage analytics and open standards to change the way they deliver information and services to citizens. Landwehr wrote that analytics tools, for instance, work to facilitate access to data that citizens n...
Kevin Paschuck, chief operating officer and senior vice president of public sector and aerospace and defense business unit at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has said agencies should deploy cloud technology platforms to facilitate interactions with citizens and advance delivery of services. Paschuck wrote cloud platforms work to help agencies direct resourc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2017 ” Carey Smith, federal group president at Parsons, will deliver the industry keynote speech at the 14th Annual Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference on May 2, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday Smith, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, will ...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plays a starring role in President Donald Trump™s new executive orders, and CBP chief Ronald Vitiello spoke Wednesday morning at the Potomac Officers Club about the new opportunities and challenges ahead. Since Trump™s election, CBP has seen a œdramatic change in the flow of people coming to th...
