Emergency management company IEM International has announced several leadership appointments to drive growth and innovation and improve service delivery. John Schlegel’s Appointment as CFO IEM said Thursday John Schlegel, interim chief financial officer, has been officially named CFO. As interim CFO, Schlegel has been key in strengthening the ...
There’s a common understanding at this point that quantum computing is ungraspable to the layman and possibly even to scientific experts. This very publication has spoken to leading minds in the field who admit that it’s difficult to pin down, its essence not able to be communicated sufficiently. Gil Herrera, research director at the Nation...
Booz Allen Hamilton has won a Department of Veterans Affairs contract worth approximately $316.5 million to support the second iteration of the Transformation Support Services program. According to a notice published Monday on the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation, VA received eight offers for the contract. The department obligated $16...
A new McAleese & Associates report shows that a continuing resolution, or CR, that will fund federal government operations through March 14 includes $110 billion in funding for disaster relief efforts. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, said 31 percent of the total disaster supplemental budget wil...
By Matt Heideman, Vice President of Public Sector at Mattermost Government missions are complex, often involving multiple parties operating at a significant scale across many disparate obstacles. Regardless of size or objectives, warfighters must carefully orchestrate many interconnected components throughout each stage of any mission, wit...
The House on Thursday night turned down a stopgap spending measure backed by President-elect Donald Trump in a 174-235 vote, The Wall Street Journal reported. The revised legislation proposed funding the government through March 14, suspending the debt ceiling until January 2027 and providing more than $100 billion in funds for disaster relief and f...
LiDAR, or light detection and ranging, has emerged as a pivotal technology in various industries, offering unparalleled precision in mapping and imaging. However, its strategic use in military applications and critical infrastructure has raised significant concerns regarding national security, particularly as adversarial nations like China adva...
Alpha Omega has appointed Stephen Ambrose to its newly established chief scientist role as part of its commitment to climate science. The company said Monday Ambrose has more than 35 years of experience working in the public and private sectors, including at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, Woolpert and General Dynamic...
The Department of the Air Force has started seeking proposals for a potential five-year, $750 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide professional services for U.S. Central Command Headquarters. According to a solicitation notice published Tuesday, the CENTCOM Headquarters IDIQ for Professional Services, o...
The Space Systems Command and the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office have awarded SES Space & Defense a five-year blanket purchase agreement valued at up to $117 million to support the U.S. European Command. The SES subsidiary said Monday that, under the contract, it will provide multi-orbit, multi-band satellite com...
