Eric Shander, formerly acting chief financial officer, vice president and chief accounting officer of Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), has been promoted to serve as executive VP and CFO at the Raleigh, North Carolina-based software company. Shander will report directly to Jim Whitehurst, president and CEO of Red Hat, and oversee the company™s finance ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index retreated to close down 0.407 percent to 90.431 giving back one-half of yesterday’s gains. Advancing and declining stocks were pretty well split on the day. U.S. markets all closed down with a disappointing earning report from Goldman Sachs. Leading the decline were healthcare companies, energy produ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 18, 2017 ” Sam Gordy, general manager of IBM™s (NYSE: IBM) federal business and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, has said advanced analytics, cognitive intelligence and other artificial intelligence components will work to help agencies process data in real time, ExecutiveBiz reporte...
Vern Kuehn, formerly a senior vice president at Omaha, Nebraska-based construction, mining and engineering services contractor Kiewit, has been appointed executive VP and general manager of AECOM‘s (NYSE: ACM) newly created federal construction business. He will be based at AECOM’s office in Arlington, Virginia, and lead the ne...
The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a request for proposals on a potential five-year, $350 million contract vehicle that covers professional support services. DISA said in a FedBizOpps solicitation notice published Friday it seeks bids from service-disabled, veteran- and women-owned small businesses for the Agency P...
URS Federal Services, an AECOM (NYSE: ACM) subsidiary, has secured a potential $75 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide warehousing and distribution support services. The Defense Department said Friday URS Federal Services won the five-year, hybrid contract through a competitive acquisition program that drew three ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2017 ” NTT Group‘s specialized security company has created a Global Threat Intelligence Center that will serve as a platform for the company’s intelligence resources to coordinate efforts to address security challenges, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday GTIC will r...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2017 ” Parsons is hosting a National Security Agency exercise at its cyber center in Columbia, Maryland, in support of information assurance and network security training for military participants, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the five-day Cyber Defense Exercise will run ...
Weekly Roundup April 10 – April 13 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Since the election of President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has been a topic of much discussion, particularly the Customs and Border Protection agency. Trump’s camp...
The State Department has approved Iraq’s request to procure pilot and maintenance training, base support and contractor logistical support for C-172, C-208 and T-6 trainer aircraft under a potential $1.06 billion foreign military sales agreement. Iraq requested contractor aircraft modification services, repair and spar...
