With the prevailing and emerging cybersecurity threats to U.S. critical infrastructure, the public and private sectors work to fortify national security systems’ defense against malicious actors in the cyber domain. GovCon Wire’s Defense Cybersecurity Forum on May 12 will feature Morgan Adamski, chief of the National Security Agency̵...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Lauren Knausenberger, chief information officer of the U.S. Air Force, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, which marks the first time she has received the most coveted and prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). Knausenberger has been recognized as one of the most significant execut...
Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer of Parsons (NYSE: PSN) and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, has been elected by the board of directors to succeed the retiring Chuck Harrington as the company’s CEO, effective July 1. Harrington, who has been CEO and board chairman since 2008 and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, will...
AAR (NYSE: AIR) has appointed Ellen Lord, former undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, to the aviation services provider’s board of directors. Lord, a four-time recipient of the Wash100 Award, oversaw the Pentagon’s contracting, procurement, developmental testing, logistics and materiel-related func...
Executive Mosaic’s flagship Government Contracting Wire (GovCon Wire) hosted its Innovation and Modernization in Federal Acquisitions Forum on Thursday, April 15. If you missed it, visit the GovCon Wire Events page to view the virtual event on demand. The forum offered insights from notable federal and industry representatives on modernization...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has received a $376 million task order to help the Department of Agriculture migrate a web-based supply chain management system to cloud infrastructure. The company said Wednesday it will implement the SAP S/4HANA enterprise resource planning technology and update business processing functions in the department’...
The service chiefs of the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy emphasized the role technology and data would play in joint efforts to transform warfighting across multiple domains at their meeting last week about the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept, Army News Service reported Tuesday. Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville...
Federal acquisition processes must be on the cutting edge of technology to stay operable and efficient. Federal leaders have worked to modernize their acquisition systems to increase the adoption rate of innovative solutions, including information technology (IT), cloud and other critical emerging technologies. Agencies need to continue to implement...
GovCon Wire will feature Dave Zvenyach, deputy commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service and director of Technology Transformation Services at the General Services Administration, as the keynote speaker for an upcoming event about government procurement trends. Zvenyach will speak at the Innovation and Modernization in Federal Acquisitions For...
Sandra Hinzman, senior vice president of contracts and property at Science Applications International Corp., will moderate a panel discussion at GovCon Wire’s upcoming Innovation and Modernization in Federal Acquisitions Forum scheduled for Thursday, April 15. Hinzman has worked for SAIC since 1992 and oversees contractual aspects of the compa...
