Lawmakers should recognize the gravity of cyber-security threats the U.S. faces, and focus on legislation and regulations to properly address vulnerabilities, warned former CIA Director John Brennan Wednesday. œPeople frequently say it™s going to take a 9/11 in the cyber realm in order for us as a country to be able to come to terms...
Laurence Grayer, a former senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of DynCorp International, has been named VP, general counsel and chief compliance officer at Washington, D.C.-based professional services firm Creative Associates International. Grayer will oversee Creative’s legal affairs and corporate...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 13, 2017 ” Orbital ATK‘s (NYSE: OA) seventh mission to the International Space Station as part of a NASA Commercial Resupply Services-1 contract has concluded with the re-entry of the company’s S.S. John Glenn spacecraft to Earth, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Sunday the Cygnus...
The House passed the Financial Choice Act Thursday to eliminate Dodd-Frank, a massive set of banking regulations that were instituted in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. The bill, sponsored by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas,) passed on a near party-line vote. “Dodd-Frank represents th...
Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force, has joined Bain & Company as a special advisor in the consulting firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Bain said Thursday James will advise aerospace, defense and government services customers and work with the firm’s local leaders to establish relationships wit...
The first Japanese-assembled F-35A was unveiled at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Komaki South F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility June 5, 2017. http://lmt.co/2rsBw7A...
Beshenich Muir and Associates has won a potential $200 million contract for the provision of instructor and training support and development services to the U.S. Army. Twenty-five bids were submitted to the Army Contracting Command for the firm-fixed-price contract and work is scheduled to run through Oct. 27, 2021, the Defense Depart...
CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has agreed to purchase Alexandria, Virginia-based information technology services contractor NES Associates for an undisclosed amount. David Keffer, chief financial officer of CSRA, said Wednesday that the pending acquisition is in line with the Falls Church,Virginia-based company’s œlong-term approac...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgZH32edCN0 John Roth, performing the duties of Defense Department chief financial officer and comptroller, and Army Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Ierardi, Joint Staff director of force structure, resources and assessment, brief Pentagon reporters on the president’s fiscal year 2018 defense budget proposal, May 23, 2017....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2017 ” CGI (NYSE: GIB) will support the city of Los Angeles’ accounting, budgeting and financial reporting systems under a potential $43 million contract for cloud hosting and managed digital application services, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the contract wor...
