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By Amy Hilbert, executive vice president of government solutions at Casepoint A compromised password can lead to identity theft, a phishing attack can disrupt a major corporation’s operations and a ransomware attack can paralyze an entire industry for days. The importance of cybersecurity and the consequences of a data breach are widely understood...
By Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek Government contracting isn’t getting any less challenging in 2024. With a more competitive environment at the U.S. federal, state and local levels, as well as in Canada, combined with uncertainty about budgets and questions about the upcoming election, there are more questi...
By Joe Paiva, Chief Operating Officer at Fearless The digital divide of the 1990s exacerbated long-standing inequities in our society. As broadband internet and personal computers proliferated, they reached affluent neighborhoods and households first. This left economically disadvantaged communities, disproportionately communities of color, on...
Venice Goodwine, the Department of the Air Force’s chief information officer, is slated to give a keynote address at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Air Defense Summit on July 23. Learn more about the DAF CIO, her career history and her accomplishments below. Who Is Venice Goodwine? Goodwine is the Air Force CIO and a member...
In the competitive government contracting landscape, your professional network can be your key to success. But not every networking opportunity is worth your while. Service providers and the professional networking crowd can get in the way of meaningful and productive connections with actual senior-level executives and industry leaders. That’s w...
Who Is Melissa Dalton? Melissa Dalton currently serves as under secretary of the Air Force, a role she assumed in May. In this position, she oversees the organizing, training and equipping of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force to aid global military operations. Dalton is a foreign policy expert and has held numerous roles...
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a potential five-year, $977.6 million contract modification from Space Systems Command to continue providing development, operational testing and interim contractor support for two future missile warning satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The Department of Defense said Friday the Phase 2....
A limited liability company formed by a BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) subsidiary, Fluor (NYSE: FLR), SOC and Texas A&M University System has won a potential 20-year contract from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration to manage and operate the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas. NNSA said Thursday the contract awa...
The Department of the Interior has selected seven companies for a potential 10-year, $2 billion follow-on contract for cloud license and support services. The awardees under the Foundation Cloud Hosting Services 2 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract are Accenture Federal Services, IBM (NYSE: IBM), CGI Federal, Cognosante, Science Applic...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond In a previous article in our CMMC series, we explored the key differences between the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification and past Department of Defense cybersecurity initiatives, namely the NIST SP 800-171. One of the most significant changes is the introduction of mandatory third-party ...
