Weekly Roundup December 4 – December 8 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson In recent weeks the GovCon industry has experienced multiple significant executive shifts that are sure to leave an impact on the industry as a whole. Recent executive moves include:...
CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has agreed to purchase Annapolis Junction, Maryland-based Praxis Engineering Technologies for approximately $235 million in cash in a move to expand its capabilities in mission applications development and broaden its market presence in the intelligence community. Both companies expect to complete the acquisition by the t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 2, 2017 ” Noblis has added Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force, to the nonprofit science and technology organization’s board of trustees, GovCon Executive reported Friday. James brings more than three decades of experience in the homeland and national security sectors covering legislative...
In this episode of Voices from DARPA, get inside the full-spectrum engineering head of Dr. Troy Olsson, a program manager since 2014 in the Agency™s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). Listen in as Olsson describes progress toward vanishing materials that can keep sensitive electronic components out of adversaries™ hands; unmanned air ve...
Weekly Roundup June 19 – June 23 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Although the phrase œSpace Race brings to mind the Cold War-era struggle between the United States and Soviet Union for supremacy in spaceflight capabilities, it may begin to develop ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2017 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has entered into a partnership with ThreatConnect for the integration of their managed security service and threat defense technology to build on clients’ cybersecurity posture, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. ThreatConnect said Monday its SAP HANA-powered security p...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 23, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) seeks to connect with potential subcontractors for several projects under the National Science Foundation‘s Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science program through two upcoming events, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. NSF said Thursday the company’s Leidos ...
Over 200,000 devices in at least 150 countries had been infected with WannaCry by Sunday, a piece of ransomware that holds your computer hostage until you pay hackers $300 in bitcoin. WannaCry is the largest cyberextortion scheme ever, reports CNet, and experts are warning that many governments are susceptible due to outdated technolo...
Employment rates in April rebounded better than expected, as employers added a solid 211,000 jobs. Unemployment dipped to 4.4 percent, its lowest rate in a decade, the Labor Department said Friday. The market added an average of 185,000 jobs a month this year, matching last year’s pace, reports CBS. Hiring was strongest in lower...
Weekly Roundup April 17 – April 21 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson We™re rapidly approaching the middle of FY 2017, and amidst all of the news surrounding President Trump™s FY 2018 budget plan, the border wall, and attempts at healthcare refor...
