The U.S. Navy has continually worked to decentralize, differentialize and digitize the service branch’s work as well as develop its talent in the field. As the Navy continues to evolve to meet the growing demands, challenges still remain. During GovConWire’s Navy: IT Transformation Forum, notable industry and federal leaders will discuss the lat...
Serco Group’s North American division has agreed to acquire Reston, Virginia-based management consultancy Whitney, Bradley & Brown for approximately $295 million in a move to grow acquisition and program management service offerings for the Department of Defense. Serco Inc. said Tuesday it expects to complete the acquisition in the second ...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to recognize Mac Curtis, chairman and CEO of Perspecta, as a seven-time Wash100 Award recipient after receiving his 2021 Wash100 Award for his leadership and vision in the advancement of cybersecurity, intelligence and defense technologies through significant contract award wins and other moves. Executive Mosaic congratu...
Kathleen Hicks, a former Department of Defense official and an inductee into Executive Mosaic's Wash100 for 2021, was confirmed to DOD's No. 2 civilian post through a Senate voice vote, The Hill reported Monday....
The State Department has cleared a potential $85 million foreign military sale of Raytheon Technologies-built (NYSE: RTX) Block IIIA Standard Missile-2 systems to support Chile's anti-air warfare arsenal....
Kathleen Hicks, President Joe Biden’s nominee as deputy defense secretary and an inductee into Executive Mosaic's Wash100 for 2021, said that she will drive the Department of Defense’s data prioritization during her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Hicks added that she would lead by using data to inform business decisions. ...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a zero-based assessment of all advisory committees within the Department of Defense as part of a push to better align the efforts of advisory panels with the National Defense Strategy and other critical strategic priorities. Austin, an inductee into Executive Mosaic's Wash100 for 2021, signed a Jan. 30...
Congress has approved a waiver to facilitate the confirmation of Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, as defense secretary under the administration of President Joe Biden, Defense News reported Thursday. The House voted 326-78 and the Senate passed in a 69-27 vote a congressional waiver that would exempt Austin from a law that requires...
Jerry McGinn, executive director of George Mason University’s Center for Government Contracting, said he believes that reshoring production activities back to the U.S. will serve as the biggest challenge President Joe Biden must address. McGinn told Government Matters in an interview aired Tuesday that the incoming administration must work to iden...
Jeffrey Curtis, who previously worked for the Department of Defense and the Defense Logistics Agency, has been named vice president of defense and supply chain at Plymouth, Indiana-based blockchain technology provider Simba Chain. He brings 33 years of DOD supply chain and logistics experience to his new position and will help the company navigate t...
