In today’s federal contracting landscape, data is one of the most important and useful assets an organization can leverage. Data coming from multiple endpoints, sources and sensors can provide agencies with critical insights into business processes, IT environments, security and more — if harnessed properly. Top-level government and industry exe...
Heather Young, a sales professional with more than 15 years of government market experience, has been appointed regional vice president of public sector sales at cyberecurity company Claroty. In her new role, Young will lead public sector engagements focused on critical infrastructure security and help introduce Claroty’s secure remote acces...
GovCon Expert David Egts, chief technologist and senior director of the Office of the Chief Technologist for Red Hat’s North America Public Sector, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the current administration’s Executive Order on transforming the federal customer experience and what it means for government agencies and the systems int...
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...
Fourteen companies have won positions on a potential $203.6 million multiple-award contract to help the Federal Communications Commission implement information technology systems and services. FCC named the winning vendors for the Application Development Support Services contract in a notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov. Services cover the areas of pro...
The National Security Agency is shifting more and more of its core business and functions to commercial platforms as part of the agency’s larger modernization effort, officials say. Ryan Agee, technical director for NSA’s capabilities directorate, said the agency is currently running a data fusion and analytics environment called the IC GovCloud...
Adam “AJ” Jarnagin, CEO and founding partner of EXPANSIA, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the company’s mission to drive technology advancement and digital transformation efforts at the edge for federal and intelligence agencies. In addition, Jarnagin also discussed EXPANSIA’s recent contract award to provide the AGORA Di...
The Intelligence Community’s acquisition processes — and ultimately, its ability to partner with industry — are known for being slowed down by bureaucratic hurdles, restrictions and stringent security requirements. Top officials say they have their hands around the problem, which is the first step towards improvement. “Acquisition is the vit...
Technology industry veterans Michael Miller, Jim Keenan, Anna Levine and Cindy Brent have joined Red Hat’s public sector team as the software provider focuses on helping government customers navigate their transition to hybrid and multicloud environments. Miller, formerly head of the federal team at Veeam Government Solutions, has been named vice ...
The countdown clock has officially begun – there is just one month remaining until voting closes for the user-generated ranking of the 2022 Wash100 Award! For two months now, the most popular executives in government contracting, the federal sector and adjacent industries have battled it out, powered by your votes. Out of the complete list of...
