Jim Bottorff, formerly chief financial officer for North America at Idemia, has been appointed to the same role at citizen experience and federal information technology systems provider HighPoint Global. He will lead HighPoint™s financial and accounting operations and strategies in support of the company™s efforts to further develop and de...
Linda Rebrovick, a seasoned business leader, has joined the board of directors of management consulting services provider Guidehouse. Rebrovick’s œsuccess building healthcare and technology services is unmatched, and her understanding of both the public sector and commercial markets adds strength to our expansion strategies, Guidehouse CE...
Charles Clancy, who most recently served as executive director at Virginia Tech’s Hume Center for National Security and Technology, will serve as vice president of intelligence programs at Mitre, effective July 8. Clancy oversaw research initiatives at the National Security Agency and is a renowned expert in wireless security, machine learning...
Accenture announced on Tuesday that the company has expanded the Accenture Federal Digital Studio in Washington D.C. to double the studio™s size to over 20,000 square feet and adding new members to its diverse team of designers, developers, data scientists and other digital experts. œOur newly expanded Studio will help government leaders g...
Since the enactment of the Competition in Contracting Act in 1984, price has been an essential element of every contract awarded by the Federal Government under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, along with technical capability and (more recently) past performance. In addition, before making an award, every contracting officer must determine that t...
NASA has awarded $106M in total contract funds to 129 small businesses to further develop technology platforms that may help sustain human presence on the moon and Mars. The companies submitted 142 innovation proposals to develop, demonstrate and deliver space-based systems for planetary missions under the second phase of NASA’s Small Business...
David Egts, chief technologist for the North American public sector at Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), has said there are several tools that could help government agencies facilitate the adoption of artificial intelligence. Those include AI toolkits such as TensorFlow open-source software, predictive analytics tools like Red Hat Insights and AI-based digital a...
The Potomac Officers Club hosted the 2019 Cybersecurity Summit on Wednesday to join GovCon leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss new cyber programs, initiatives technologies and ways that both sectors can better collaborate to achieve common goals. Following an enlightening keynote address from David Luber, executive director of the...
Martin Amen, former senior director of secure network operations at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined Cubic (NYSE: CUB) as vice president of strategy and business development for the Nuvotronics business. He will report to Mike Twyman, president of Cubic Mission Solutions, and help define and implement the growth strategy for Nuvotronics™...
LiteFighter System has won a potential four-year, $200M contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide commercial-off-the-shelf shelters and tents to the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. The service-disabled veteran-owned company will perform work at various locations in Kentucky, Mississippi and Georgia over a one-year base perio...
