Casey Coleman, senior vice president of global government solutions at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said that agencies should implement cloud computing platforms to address the needs of people they serve and increase their confidence in the government. Coleman wrote that cloud services could enable agencies to immediately address the œtrust gap betw...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Applications International Corporation, with his sixth consecutive Wash100 Award on Monday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Moraco for his leadership, notably during the company’s ongoing $2.5B acquisition of Engility and in recording consistent financial su...
Shamlan Siddiqi, chief technology officer of NTT DATA™s public sector business, has offered five suggestions for organizations to strengthen their cybersecurity posture following the partial government shutdown. The shutdown ended on Feb. 15 after President Donald Trump signed into law an appropriations package that would fund the rest of ...
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) has purchased Arlington, Va.-based cybersecurity firm BluVector for an undisclosed sum. BluVector develops and provides platforms based on artificial intelligence and machine learning designed to help government agencies and companies detect and address zero-day malware, ransomware and other cyber threats, Comcast said Friday...
Roberta Gosling, a 28-year veteran of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has been appointed vice president and general manager of Pragmatics‘ federal civilian organization. She will oversee the delivery of information technology services to government customers, as well as expand current service offerings and identify new business opportunities ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded four companies spots on a potential $1.5B contract to support CMS’ statutory review functions. Each contractor will receive a minimum guarantee of $1K under the multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, CMS said Thursday in a FedBizOpps award notice. The awardees...
ARLINGTON, Va., March 1st 2019 ” Al Thomas, president of Thomas Solutions Inc., has appointed three retired 3-star generals to the TSI senior advisory board. Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Palumbo served as the deputy under secretary of defense for Warfighter Support and as the Director, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Taskfor...
Executive Mosaic has named a basket of 30 publicly traded GovCon firms that will make up this year™s GovConIndex. The index, scheduled to relaunch on March 4th, is an amalgam of GovCon stocks representing a cross-industry analysis of the overall performance of the GovCon sector. Stock prices are listed in approximately real-time. The basket wil...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented David Berteau, CEO of the Professional Services Council, with his second Wash100 award on Wednesday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Berteau for leading efforts to improve the U.S. government™s procurement and funding issues. We are honored to present the most coveted award in...
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) has acquired a controlling interest in Florida Turbine Technologies for $60M in cash and stock and formed a new business unit as a result of the transaction. FTT will operate as part of the newly created Kratos Turbine Technologies division, which will focus on the development and manufa...
