The Trump administration’s 2018 budget calls for $640 billion in military spending, $52 billion over current year spending and breaking the current budget caps. Nevertheless, the Pentagon claims it has found “efficiency” savings of $1.2 billion in savings for fiscal year 2018, reports Federal News Radio, and that this will res...
https://audioboom.com/posts/5839480-navigating-cloud-choices-in-government Information technology approaches in the public sector are changing fast. Cloud computing is driving much of that change. More enterprise applications are going to the cloud. But because they must continue to operate legacy applications, agencies are creating hybrid infrastru...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 24, 2017 ” Inmarsat has chosen Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) as a value-added reseller of Global Xpress satellite broadband services to government aviation customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Rockwell Collins said Monday it will offer Ka-band connectivity for government aircraft through ...
The Trump administration revealed its budget Tuesday, which would add almost half a trillion dollars to defense spending while cutting $1.5 trillion from nondefense spending and $1.4 trillion in Medicaid over the course of a decade. Trump’s plan, titled œA New Foundation for American Greatness, leaves Medicare and the retir...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 23, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has entered into a partnership with state-owned Saudi Arabia Military Industries Company to pursue joint defense and technology development projects in areas such as smart munitions and defense systems cybersecurity, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The U.S. defense contractor said Saturd...
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work announced the creation of the Algorithmic Warfare Cross Functional Team (AWCFT) which will manage the masses of data currently collected by drone surveillance. Known as Project Maven, the team will accelerate the Defense Department™s integration of big data and machine learning, reports GCN. Mass...
John Mengucci, chief operating officer and president of U.S. operations at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), will assume additional responsibilities as COO in an effort to advance the company™s strategic growth initiatives. Mengucci will continue to report to CACI President and CEO Ken Asbury and will oversee the company™s mergers and ...
Through fiscal year 2018, Federal agencies have $3.3 billion in savings yet to accrue from promised consolidations and data center closures and consolidations pledged in the Federal Information Technology Acquisition and Reform Act. Agencies were required to find $4 billion in savings from fiscal year 2016 to fiscal 2018 as part of the Office of...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 22, 2017 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has called the launch of the Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) Inmarsat-5 F4 satellite last week works to support the company’s resilience efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. She wrote in a blog post published T...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 22, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received recognition in LinkedIn‘s list of 50 Top Companies in 2017 for its employee recruitment and retention programs, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday it climbed in the rankings from 36 in 2016 to 31 this year as it continues to support workforce...
