The Office of Management and Budget has issued a draft federal strategy to help U.S. government agencies implement zero trust principles in their enterprise security architecture in accordance with President Joe Biden’s cybersecurity executive order. OMB said Tuesday the draft Federal Zero Trust Strategy establishes baseline technical and policy r...
Five companies secured spots on a potential $556 million U.S. Navy contract with a ceiling value of $800 million to deliver technical support for the Office of Chief of Naval Operations’ information technology department. Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), CACI International (NYSE: CACI), Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2021 — BlueHalo aims to expand its technology offerings for national security customers with artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities through its acquisition of Intelligent Automation Inc., ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 19. Commenting on the deal between the Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2021 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency update and maintain a web-based map data crowdsourcing platform under a five-year, $26.4 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 20. Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar and a five-time...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its IT Modernization and Transformation Forum on Wednesday featuring Ann Dunkin, chief information officer of the Department of Energy (DOE), as the keynote speaker to discuss her goals, strategies and priorities for the DOE. “We want to advance, as always, the use of technology. One of the things we do in...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Building the Future Battle: The Keys to JADC2 on Tuesday to showcase the key executives’ efforts as they work to develop the first phase of Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) and address the speed and timing challenges of technology development for our military branches and systems. Following an...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its IT Modernization and Transformation Forum on Wednesday to bring together a handful of the most significant members of the federal landscape as well as those who want to learn more about the current set of challenges surrounding our cybersecurity systems, data modernization goals and IT transformation strategies. As the ...
Government Executive Media Group has acquired 1105 Media’s Public Sector 360 group for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of decision-support tools and insights to defense, federal, state and local government markets. Troy Schneider, general manager of Public Sector 360, will join GovExec as GM of government technology b...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug 30, 2021 — Kevin Coggins, a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), urged U.S. space companies to consider incorporating the zero trust security model into space-based networks as more organizations increasingly rely on the domain, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 17. Breaking Defense reported Aug. 16 that Coggins links...
Preston Dunlap, chief architect for the Air Force and Space Force, recently spoke with GovConWire for an exclusive Q&A session regarding the first phase of delivery for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), the speed and timing challenges of technology development, the future of network modernization and a lot more. Dunlap will also be f...
