Dan Lohrmann, former chief security officer for the state of Michigan, has been appointed field chief information security officer for the public sector business at digital services provider Presidio. In his new capacity, Lohrmann will work with clients in the state and local government and education sectors to help them develop infrastructure cyber...
Extreme weather events continue to increase in frequency and severity on a global scale, and climate change is gaining greater importance across federal government agencies’ priorities and concerns. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information, the U.S. has experienced at least...
Public policy think tank RAND Corp. has secured a nine-year, $184.2 million contract to perform research and analysis work for the U.S. Army. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract via the internet and will determine funds and work locations upon issuance of individual orders, the Department of Defense sai...
Amazon Web Services has won a potential $10 billion cloud computing contract from the National Security Agency, Nextgov reported Tuesday. According to the report, the contract awarded to Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud subsidiary appears to be part of the NSA’s effort to update its GovCloud platform, the intelligence community’s classified data ...
Fors Marsh Group will continue helping the Department of Health and Human Services promote COVID-19 vaccine awareness under a $150 million contract that expands an earlier $250 million award from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the same effort. FMG and its subcontractors will support HHS’ COVID-19 Public Education ...
Daniel Ragsdale, former principal director for cyber in the Department of Defense’s research and engineering office, has been appointed vice president and architect at Arlington, Virginia-based Two Six Technologies. The retired U.S. Army colonel brings his three decades of military experience and his knowledge of cybersecurity to the technolog...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 30, 2021 — ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) will support the U.S. Virgin Islands’ disaster recovery efforts by implementing a workforce development program aimed at training locals for opportunities in hospitality, health care, information technology and other high-demand sectors, ExecutiveBiz reported July 20. The company’s work...
Recently named senior vice president of Verizon’s public sector business Jennifer Chronis, was presented her first Wash100 Award, the most coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson for driving technology offerings, expanding revenue and partnering with industry leaders to drive digital transfor...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology plans to award eight, 18-month grants worth potentially $5.4 million combined for the development of strategies to drive innovation in the domestic manufacturing sector. NIST said Thursday it will accept proposals for the Manufacturing USA Technology Roadmaps program through Aug. 16, 2021, from inte...
Banyan Software has acquired HealthRx, which sells technology designed to help government customers manage research portfolios, laboratory safety and occupational health programs. HealthRx’s Nexus platform consists of modules that support applications such as medical surveillance and workflows at federal and university research organizations, ...
