The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has indicated its intent to procure unclassified cloud services from the commercial sector through a blanket purchase agreement. AOUSC is looking for a contractor to develop, test and produce an integrated government cloud environment for the U.S. Judiciary, according to a presolicitation notice posted on...
Chad Sweet, former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security and co-founder of advisory firm The Chertoff Group, has been appointed to the board of directors of Bethesda, Maryland-based digital services provider DMI. DMI said Monday Sweet also serves as CEO of Chertoff, a member of DHS’ Homeland Security Advisory Council and an...
The Financial Stability Oversight Council has released its annual report recommending that state and federal regulators continue to assess risks posed by new uses of digital assets to the financial system and facilitate coordination to address potential issues related to such assets. FSOC said Friday member agencies should consider the recommendatio...
Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been appointed chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association’s board of governors for 2022. He will also serve on the association’s executive committee along with Spirit AeroSystems President and CEO Tom Gentile, who is set...
Winston Beauchamp and Jay Bonci, respectively the deputy chief information officer and chief technology officer at the Department of the Air Force, will deliver keynote speeches at a Dec. 15 virtual forum hosted by the Potomac Officers Club to discuss IT programs at the Air Force and Space Force. The “AF IT Modernization and Digital...
Chris Fall, former director at the Department of Energy’s science office, has joined Mitre as vice president of applied sciences for the nonprofit corporation’s research and development organization. He will oversee Mitre Labs’ R&D programs that explore quantum computing, synthetic biology, space, material science and other eme...
Leaders from the Defense Information Systems Agency and the departments of the Navy and the Air Force are scheduled to discuss the military’s current technology acquisition environment at a Dec. 7 panel discussion hosted by Executive Mosaic’s flagship Government Contracting Wire (GovCon Wire). Douglas Packard, director of DISA’s procur...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has asked vendors to submit information about space weather data offerings as the agency looks to expand its information-gathering platforms. NOAA said Wednesday it will use input from the commercial sector to plan future pilot studies and acquisition programs. The agency is interested in learning ...
Tom McCaffery, former assistant secretary for health affairs at the Department of Defense, has joined research and consulting firm Health Management Associates as a principal. He will work from HMA’s office in Washington, D.C. and brings military health care program experience to his new position, the company said Wednesday. McCaffery noted th...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has won a potential five-year, $785 million task order to develop information and electronic warfare platforms for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command to address emerging threats. The single-award task order would expand mission support services the company provides to USASOC and the command’s strategic par...
