The Department of Defense has awarded seven companies contracts worth $192.5 million combined to develop domestic capabilities to manufacture critical chemicals. The awards made through the Defense Production Act Investments program are expected to build national capacity for such chemicals by the end of 2027 as part of efforts to reduce foreign dep...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Protecting the frontier of space systems is unquestionably a security priority for governments and industry. Due to our increasing reliance on space, and particularly satellites, for communications, security, intelligence and business, satellite and space cybersecurity is becoming increas...
A focus on customer experience, or CX, has run parallel to the push for digital modernization in the private sector for many years. New tools and products can’t be platformed unless they promote easy access and navigability for users. The same is true for the public sector, where officials are establishing task forces and cohorts...
The 2023 Homeland Security Summit | Potomac Officers Club is happening on Nov. 15, 2023. Catch your favorite speakers discussing about national security and how they plan to twart foreign threats by clicking here. The MQ-9 Reaper drones have revolutionized surveillance and targeting capabilities in the 21st century. With advanced technology a...
Doug Magee is a U.S. Army veteran and seasoned business development executive currently leading Day & Zimmermann’s Government Services practice as president. He cut his teeth at companies like KBR, DynCorp International, Michael Baker International and, most recently prior to D&Z, as an operating company president at Akima. Magee commands ...
President Joe Biden’s budget request for fiscal year 2024 includes $74.4 billion for federal civilian information technology programs, nearly $11 billion of which will be allocated to the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a report from Deltek’s GovWin federal market analysis team. The report, published Monday, provides initial...
Four companies have each won two-year contracts from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply retail electricity and ancillary or incidental services to multiple U.S. federal departments and military branches. DLA‘s energy organization received six offers for the procurement effort through a competitive bidding process, the Department of ...
William Manel, former capture manager at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has joined Peraton to serve as opportunity strategy director, FedHealthIT reported Friday. Manel wrote in a LinkedIn post that he will be responsible for helping drive the latter’s cross-company innovation, teamwork and collaboration efforts. The Certified Agile Professional-Scrum M...
Emily Murphy, former administrator of the General Services Administration and current senior fellow at the George Mason University Business School’s Center for Government Contracting, who serves as a partner of CEO Coaching International, has published her first article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. In her first feat...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a call for nominations to serve on the inaugural internet of things advisory board in accordance with the provisions of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The IoTAB would provide advice to the IoT federal working group on...
