Katherine Arrington, chief information security officer (CISO) for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (OUSDA) of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), will serve as a keynote speaker during Potomac Officers Club’s CMMC Forum 2020 on Wednesday, June 24th. ...
Eric Chewning, a former official at the Department of Defense, has returned to management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. as a partner, Defense News reported Monday....
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will inform companies next month about a contract bidding opportunity to analyze changes on target military bases using data sources such as satellite imagery, airborne sensors and geolocation technology, Breaking Defense reported Friday....
NASA has announced the return of the “worm” logo to mark the launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft atop the SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to transport astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the Demo-2 mission. SpaceX’s first manned flight to the ISS is scheduled to occur by mid- or late-May, NASA said Thursday....
Raytheon Technologies started trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RTX” after United Technologies Corp. and Raytheon completed their all-stock merger that was first announced in June 2019. The Waltham, Mass.-based publicly traded combined company has approximately $74B in pro forma 2019 net sales and operates w...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to present Susan Penfield, executive vice president and chief innovation officer of Booz Allen Hamilton, as an inductee into the 2020 Wash100 Award for leading the firm’s innovation strategy and spearheading philanthropic initiatives. This marks Penfield’s third Wash100 Award....
Katie Arrington Offers Updates on Pentagon’s CMMC Program Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for acquisition with DoD and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, elaborated to Government Matters during an interview about the creation of standards that third-party assessment organizations will use to evaluate and certify contractors unde...
An alert from K2 Intelligence-Financial Integrity Network says the Financial Action Task Force has upgraded the U.S. from “partially compliant” to “largely compliant” with Recommendation 10 after it implemented the U.S. Treasury’s requirements for customer due diligence....
The Professional Services Council (PSC), in conjunction with the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), sent a letter to Congress that has requested a six-month extension of the deadline of Section 889(a)(1)(B) Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, the agency announced on Thursday....
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Scott McIntryre, chief executive officer (CEO) of Guidehouse, as an inductee into the 2020 Wash100 Award for growing the company’s revenue and consulting services through securing major contract awards, closing valuable acquisitions and forging new partnerships....
