Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will provide initial funding for five pilot programs that the Digital Dollar Project intends to launch to explore potential use cases and future designs of a U.S. central bank digital currency. The pilot programs will analyze and identify functional and technical requirements, evaluate benefits and challenges, look at use cases...
Former IBM (NYSE: IBM) executive Edward Sebold and General Electric (NYSE: GE) veteran Una Pulizzi have been appointed to respectively serve as general counsel and head of global affairs at Kyndryl, a new managed infrastructure services provider spinning out of IBM. Sebold previously led Big Blue’s legal teams that worked with its Watson Healt...
A new enforcement team within the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. is reviewing previous startup investments to determine the possible involvement of Chinese investors in U.S. technology companies and identify potential national security risks, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday....
President Joe Biden, who took the oath of office Wednesday, has appointed individuals to lead 34 federal government organizations in acting capacities until his Cabinet choices complete confirmation procedures. Each agency leader will support the new administration in efforts to create a “whole-of-government” strategy to address national challen...
The Trump administration has appointed Camilo Sandoval as federal chief information security officer, FedScoop reported on Wednesday. Sandoval, who assumed the role in Oct. 2020, will succeed Grant Schneider, who left the position in Aug. 2020 to join Venable as senior director of cybersecurity services. Prior to assuming the role, Sandoval served...
Stephen Steinour, president and CEO of bank holding company Huntington Bancshares, has joined the board of directors of Battelle....
The U.S. Mint, a bureau of the Treasury Department, selected the Unisys Corporation as one of five companies to compete for task orders under a five-year, $70 million contract that calls for IT services supporting the agency™s mission, Unisys announced on Friday. Under the Digital Enterprise Services contract, Unisys will compete for task order...
Valiant Solutions, a provider of cybersecurity technologies and services, has acquired Abile Group to expand its cybersecurity and network engineering capabilities, supporting federal and national security customers. Sign up today for the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Cyber Summit on May 21 to join top government and industry leaders as th...
Hon. Emil Michael doesn’t like the term “valley of death.” Long used to describe the place where promising technology projects go to die between incubation and actually being implemented, it’s become an obstacle — almost a cliche — that the government contracting and tech communities have taken as a given. But at Potomac...
The funds allotted by President Donald Trump’s reconciliation package last summer, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, famously poured record amounts into the Department of Homeland Security and its various sub-agencies. But an underdiscussed benefactor is the office responsible for 5G and futureG at the Department of War. In an exclusive i...
