While the world continues to navigate the “new normal” brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, another inevitable environmental concern that can cause droughts, among other challenges, is emerging. But scientists say mitigation measures can still help reduce its severity and damages. Notwithstanding the future levels of greenhouse gas em...
President Joe Biden has nominated John Sherman, acting chief information officer at the Department of Defense, to serve as full-time CIO at DOD. Sherman has nearly 25 years of innovation and national security experience across DOD and the intelligence community leading modernization efforts in the areas of collaboration, cybersecurity and cloud comp...
SOS International has opened a facility that will offer information support to the public and private sectors on international security-related topics such as intellectual property, foreign military affairs and cybersecurity. The Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis uses open-source technology, software and data-as-a-service platforms from ...
The U.S. Cyber Command is planning to collaborate with different agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Cyber Information Security Agency to strengthen cybersecurity initiatives for the upcoming 2022 elections, Signal reported Wednesday. Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of the Cybercom who serves concurrently as the director of the Na...
Neural Investments and Island Empire Community Development have jointly acquired Fairfax, Virginia-based information technology and consulting services provider DigitalSpec for an undisclosed sum. DigitalSpec said Thursday the deal provides the company growth capital and access to government contracts as it looks to expand its digital services offe...
Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services subsidiary has named Stephanie O’Sullivan, a U.S. intelligence community veteran and previous Wash100 awardee, as the newest member of its board of managers. “Her expertise within the intelligence community will help us continue to invest in and deliver services that meet the government’s ...
SAP Concur has received a sole-source contract worth potentially $374.35 million from the Defense Human Resources Activity to produce and deploy a travel-as-a-service platform for the Department of Defense. The company will build the web-based MyTravel system with a subscription pricing model for DOD personnel to book trips and manage travel-relate...
Renee McPherson, director of the South Central Climate Adaptation Science at University of Oklahoma, will keynote a Sept. 22 virtual event hosted by the Potomac Officers Club to discuss one of the most important environmental issues facing our planet. Aside from her role at the SC CASC, McPherson also serves as associate professor of geography...
Patrick Shanahan, former deputy secretary of the Department of Defense and senior vice president at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has joined the board of directors of Zanite Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ZNTEU) as an independent Class III director. The special purpose acquisition company said Wednesday Shanahan, a previous Wash100 awardee, will become a member of...
KeyLogic has officially launched as a fully integrated company after years of acquisitions and strategic investments to further build up its capabilities to support clients’ missions in the energy, defense, federal civilian and commerce sectors. KeyLogic emerges from the combination of KeyLogic Systems, Information International Associates, R2...
