Kim Koster, vice president of GovCon Strategy at Unanet, co-author of the company’’s 2021 GovCon Success Guide and GovCon Expert, published her latest article on Tuesday as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. After exploring the challenges facing supply chain and GovCon executives as the compliance requirements, such as CMMC...
Kale Fluharty, director of federal at Liferay, said government agencies looking to create better digital experiences for users should adopt a platform that allows them to update external- and internal-facing websites that comply with mandates like the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act. Fluharty wrote how Liferay implemented the principl...
General Atomics has acquired Synopta, a Switzerland-based developer of opto-electronic instrumentation for terrestrial and space applications, for an undisclosed sum. Scott Forney, president of General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems group, said in a statement published Monday the acquired company will operate as General Atomics Synopta, establis...
The General Services Administration issued in May its second draft policy that would allow federal agencies to buy commercial cloud services on a consumption basis under the Federal Supply Schedule program, Federal News Network reported Monday. Jeff Koses, senior procurement officer at GSA’s office of acquisition policy, wrote in the draft policy ...
As the Department of Defense moves forward with its phased implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, several studies have offered insights within the defense industry about contractor preparations and expectations on the department’s CMMC process. A DOD interim rule, released in September 2020, provided a five-y...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) helped the U.S. Space Force send a payload into orbit Sunday using an air-launched rocket to demonstrate a rapid response mission for emerging military requirements. A Pegasus XL carried the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 mission to low Earth orbit as part of the branch’s technology demonstration satellite program ...
Mark Vandroff, senior vice president of business development at Fincantieri’s U.S. subsidiary, has been named CEO of the Fincantieri Marinette Marine business in a move that takes effect July 7. He will succeed Jan Allman, who has led the FMM organization over the past seven years and will transition to a new role as SVP...
A Bloomberg Government report says the federal government’s total contract spending reached $682 billion in fiscal year 2020, a 14 percent increase from FY 2019 spending of $599 billion. BGOV said Thursday FY 2020 marks the fifth consecutive year of increase in contract spending and federal agencies primarily used $1.6 trillion in enacted FY 2020...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2021 — Shaun Bierweiler, senior vice president and general manager of the public sector business at Riverbed Technology, said federal information technology modernization efforts need a holistic strategy that encompasses “security, visibility, realiability and access,” ExecutiveBiz reported May 21. In a Link...
During Potomac Officers Club’s Trusted Workforce Forum, elite private and public sector executives will discuss the future of Trusted Workforce 2.0, major initiatives and policies to accommodate future technology-driven Trusted Workforce capabilities and how private industry can assist with reducing the security clearance backlog. William Lietza...
