On Wednesday, April 10th, GovCon leaders from public and private sectors gathered at the 2941 Restaurant in Falls Church, Va. for Potomac Officers Club™s 2019 Data Management Forum. The forum featured a panel discussion about augmented data management, and Michael Conlin, chief data officer for the U.S. Department of Defense, opened the forum w...
Ed Meehan, formerly chief operating officer at Accenture™s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business, has joined management consulting services provider Guidehouse as aerospace and defense segment leader. He will oversee the company™s growth strategy and introduce innovative measures, commercial practices and new capabilities to the custo...
Vertex Aerospace secured a potential five-year, $175.5M contract to help manage and maintain the Drug Enforcement Administration’s worldwide aircraft fleet. DEA announced the Total Aviation Support Services contract award in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday. The presolicitation notice stated that the selected contractor would support program ...
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Office of National Laboratories awarded LMI a $25 million task order with options for multiple years to provide program management and technical support services with two additional one-year options to extend the task order, LMI announced on Tuesday. LMI will provide ONL wi...
Twist Bioscience Corporation (TWST) became the first to implement Battelle™s ThreatSEQ web service DNA screening platform to detect and characterize sequences of concern in genomic data, supplementing its internal biosecurity efforts, TWST announced on Tuesday. œWe have spent decades working with and characterizing biothreats to support gl...
Deloitte US has appointed three executives to new leadership positions, effective June 2. Lara Abrash, deputy CEO of Deloitte™s U.S. audit and assurance practice, will transition to the role of chair and CEO of Deloitte & Touche and succeed Joe Ucuzoglu, who will serve as CEO of Deloitte US starting June, the company said Monday. Abras...
Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday stepped down from her post as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, CBS News reported Sunday. President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that Kevin McAleenan, commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection, will serve as interim DHS secretary. The report said Nielsen™s resignation comes amid Trump™...
Global Ordnance has finalized its acquisition of Chemring Military Products for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand its presence in the non-standard ammunition and weapons market. Global Ordnance said Friday it will integrate CMP™s personnel and contracts into its organization and expects the transaction to help build up the compan...
Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC) secured a potential six-year, $292M contract to provide safety, mission assurance and engineering services to multiple NASA programs and projects. SAIC will work with the agency on the International Space Station, Extravehicular Activity Project Office, Orion and Commercial Crew Programs un...
Teresa Shea, formerly executive vice president of technology at In-Q-Tel, has joined Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) as VP of cyber warfare and mission innovations within the intelligence, information and services business. She will report to John DeSimone, VP of cybersecurity and special missions at Raytheon IIS, and lead the integration of the company™s...
