The story of the Wash100 Award popular vote contest this week remains the staggering vote count. In the last month, we have seen our first-ever contestant cross the threshold of 1,000 votes—Booz Allen Hamilton’s Judi Dotson. Shortly thereafter, another competitor, IBM’s Susan Wedge, an early favorite this year and currently the number three...
The General Services Administration has released an update to its draft request for proposals for the unrestricted pool of the third iteration of its Alliant government governmentwide acquisition contract covering information technology products and services. GSA said Thursday it intends to select 76 potential offerors for the Alliant 3 contract and...
Thunderdome is a new, modernized cybersecurity and technology architecture for the Department of Defense, spearheaded by the Defense Information Systems Agency. It is part of the Pentagon’s official zero trust strategy, as mandated by President Biden’s Executive Order and concretized in the DOD’s Nov. 2022 zero trust strategy. Thunderdome gai...
Artificial intelligence advancements have made major waves across government and industry in the last year. While AI holds great promise and potential for technological innovation, it can also be extremely risky, especially in the hands of our adversaries and competitors. Digital Science President Stephen Leicht explored the benefits, risks, threat...
Thomas Bell, CEO of Leidos, has made his debut on Executive Mosaic’s most prestigious 2024 Wash100 list for his leadership and dedication to driving the development of next-generation technologies for defense, intelligence and national security sectors. Vote for Bell as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popular vote compe...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rose 0.46% to $4,896.02 Friday as 22 of its constituents advanced. However, the index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, still ended 1.35% lower week-on-week due to the weak start in April. Wall Street’s major indexes closed the week with losses despite bouncing back from thei...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded basic ordering agreements to 37 companies as part of the second pool of the STRATUS program for cloud integration and development support services. USDA issued a request for quotes in late September and received 122 quotes for STRATUS Cloud BOA Pool 2, according to a special notice published...
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to honor Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, with a 2024 Wash100 Award in recognition of her commitment to cybersecurity and her exploration of the role it plays in the adoption of advanced technologies. You have the opportunity to choose your favorite 2024 Wash100 awardees ...
With the U.S. fitting into a larger interconnected web of allies and mutually beneficial geopolitical relationships, anything the country does has ripple effects. Its maneuvers thus require negotiations with partners, which are enabled by technologies that are not just customized for one Department of Defense component, but accessible and usable by ...
In its 10th week, Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 popular vote race has officially become a clash of the titans — a race between executives from the powerhouse organizations at the forefront of the government contracting industry. The top 10 is comprised of leaders from influential enterprises like Google, Booz Allen Hamilton, the Department of Defe...
