President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a $770 billion defense policy bill for fiscal year 2022, Reuters reported. The FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act reflects a 5 percent increase from the previous fiscal year’s defense policy measure and includes a 2.7 percent pay raise for service members and more naval ship and...
Joseph Gurney, formerly a senior adviser for fiscal stewardship at the Veterans Benefits Administration, has joined B3 Group as a director for the company’s professional services business. He will oversee a portfolio of professional and infrastructure service offerings intended to support modernization projects at the Department of Veterans Af...
A federal district court judge in Florida issued Wednesday a temporary injunction against the Biden administration’s vaccination mandate for federal contractors, The Daily Wire reported Sunday. “The extent of any absenteeism attributable to COVID-19 among contractors and subcontractors is unexplained,” Judge Steven Merryday of the U.S. Distric...
Financial services distribution company Galway Holdings has acquired Simatree, a Virginia-based data analytics and technology consulting services provider that holds a position on the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule contract. The deal gives Simatree access to capital investments to support growth opportunities and all...
GovernmentCIO has received a $37 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue to support and improve an online memorial for veterans. The Veterans Legacy Memorial is a public website that honors the sacrifice and service of more than 4.3 million veterans inurned and interred at VA national cemeteries and grant-funded state, t...
The Potomac Officers Club hosted its Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum last Wednesday which joined elite U.S. Air Force and private sector leaders in spirited discussion on the critical modernization initiatives driving the Air Force’s current priorities, strategies and focus areas as the ongoing digitization of...
NowVertical Group has agreed to purchase Allegient Defense as part of efforts to further broaden its footprint in the U.S. public sector. Allegient Defense provides systems engineering and technical services in the areas of data analytics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and autonomy, unmanned aerial vehicles, directed energy and next-gener...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $397.9 million sole-source contract to move into the second phase of an airborne warning and control system aircraft modernization program for Saudi Arabia’s air force. The company will provide production, training, installation and checkout services to ensure interoperability of the Saudi E-3 AWACS fleet with ...
Chris Schwalm, executive director of the national security sector at Customer Value Partners, has been promoted to senior vice president of technology services for CVP’s public sector business, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Thursday. In his previous role, Schwalm led the company’s work with the departments of State and Homeland Security and ...
On Wednesday, the Potomac Officers Club hosted its Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum, which gathered notable leaders from the U.S. Air Force and industry who spoke on leveraging public-private partnerships to accelerate infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity and other digital transformation initiatives during an era ...
