Anne Neuberger, who directs the National Security Agency’s (NSA) new Cybersecurity Directorate, revealed that the NSA will launch a directorate in October to focus on ransomware attacks that could make our upcoming elections vulnerable during Billington CyberSecurity’s 10th Annual Summit last week. Neuberger also discussed NSA&...
Leidos agreed to purchase IMX Medical Management Services, a consulting firm that offers independent medical evaluation, case management and record review services to state and local government agencies. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the company expects to close the transaction in the third quarter, pending customary approv...
The U.S. Army has awarded eight companies positions on a potential 10-year, $5B contract to provide desktop computers and other mobile computing systems for the service branch....
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has issued a request for proposals for a potential $487.5M basic ordering agreement covering information technology infrastructure support services over an ordering period of seven and a half years....
On Wednesday, it was reported that Vice Adm. Michael Gilday, director of the Joint Staff, was the frontrunner to assume the role due to his experience in cyber warfare. That report was confirmed on Thursday with President Trump approving Gilday’s nomination during a meeting with Navy officials at the White House on Wednesday. The...
Health care services contractor DLH Holdings (Nasdaq: DLHC) has purchased Silver Spring, Md.-based public health research organization Social & Scientific Systems for $70M in cash....
Twenty-two companies won spots on a General Services Administration blanket purchase agreement to help agencies identify and address information technology challenges....
Ten companies won positions on two separate contracts worth up to $126M combined to provide architectural and engineering services to various U.S. Army civil works projects. Five companies will compete for A-E task orders under the $90M unrestricted contract and five small businesses will vie for orders under a separate $36M firm-fixed-price c...
Andrew Borene, a certified information systems security professional and former IBM (NYSE: IBM) executive, has been appointed senior director of the federal national security group at Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC). He will lead a team that offers integrated technology platforms and services meant to help government clients defend against cyber thre...
The Institute for Defense Analyses, which currently operates three federally funded research and development centers, has received a potential $950.6M contract to provide various support services to the Department of Defense. Washington Headquarters Services awarded the contract covering research, analyses, test and evaluation support to the Office ...
