NV5 Global (Nasdaq: NVEE) has acquired location data analytics and mapping services provider Axim Geospatial for an undisclosed sum. Wisconsin-headquartered Axim has 340 employees across the globe and works with clients in the fields of enterprise GIS, survey and mapping and data analysis, NV5 said Thursday. The acquired company maintains over 200 g...
The CIA has been quickly adapting its practices to the global influx of artificial intelligence implementation over the last few years. In January 2022, the director of AI position was established to concentrate autonomy modernization efforts and galvanize the agency’s capabilities in light of pressing AI-related foreign threats. The first mandate...
The FBI has informed vendors it can now take over responsibility for the execution of the award phase for its follow-on Information Technology Supplies and Support Services blanket purchase agreement, as a result of increased bureau procurement staffing and experience. According to a notice published Tuesday, the FBI’s move comes 14 months aft...
Ilene Yarnoff, an information technology and cybersecurity executive with over two decades of industry experience, has been named vice president of business development and capture at Empower AI. “I am very excited to join the Empower AI Team in elevating federal agency missions by bringing the power of artificial intelligence,” Yarnoff wrote in...
Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly gaining traction and popularity, prompting government officials and commercial executives alike to sharpen their focus on harnessing the power of AI in a responsible, sustainable and safe way. According to Ted Kaouk, chief data officer for the Office of Personnel Management, the “disruptive nature...
Telos (Nasdaq: TLS) has named Josh Salmanson as senior vice president of technology solutions and appointed Lee Canterbury as vice president of corporate growth. The latest executive appointments were part of the company’s push to secure new business opportunities, build up technology offerings and increase win rates in the federal and commerc...
Blue Ivy Partners has secured a three-year, $148.6 million contract to license and deploy software applications for the U.S. Air Force’s Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center awarded the Software as a Service 2.0 contract on a sole-source acquisition basis and will obligate an initial $14.3 mi...
James Winnefeld, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, has been appointed chair of Acalvio Technologies‘ newly created board that will advise the cybersecurity company on federal business matters. Acalvio said Thursday the federal advisory board will offer their perspectives as the Santa Clara, California-based software provider aims to help government...
The Federal Trade Commission has established an office to support its policy and law enforcement work by building up its capability to understand the evolving technological challenges and trends in the digital marketplace. FTC Chief Technology Officer Stephanie Nguyen will lead the newly created office of technology, which will be equipped with staf...
Karen Dahut, CEO of Google’s public sector division, has been selected to receive a 2023 Wash100 Award for her strategic vision in cloud platform delivery to government customers. This marks the third time that Dahut has been recognized in Executive Mosaic’s yearly list of executives who have shown exemplary leadership, innovation, vis...
