During Tuesday’s Fostering Resilient, All-of-Nation Pandemic Response event, hosted by the Potomac Officers Club, notable leaders from the federal health, military and business sectors discussed how we can leverage knowledge gained through early and current COVID-19 response efforts to better prepare the nation and its citizens for future biologi...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to present the Honorable Juan Zarate, global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer of K2 Integrity, as a recipient of the prestigious 2022 Wash100 Award, which annually recognizes elite public and private sector leaders for their influential contributions in the government contracting community. This marks Zara...
Defense agency and commercial sector leaders came together on Wednesday to examine the Department of Defense’s current research and development strategies, technology innovation efforts and acquisition reform initiatives during the Potomac Officers Club’s highly-anticipated 8th Annual Defense R&D Summit. After the virtual audience heard fr...
The Department of Defense said “integrated deterrence” will be a key component of its National Defense Strategy slated to be released in the coming weeks. In a December 2021 mission brief on the forthcoming NDS, Mara Karlin — assistant secretary for strategies, plans and capabilities and acting deputy undersecretary for polic...
The conversation surrounding cryptocurrency and other digital assets has gained new context in the U.S. federal government following the release of a highly-anticipated document from the Federal Reserve on digital currencies. The Federal Reserve’s paper, Money and Payments: The U.S. Dollar in the Age of Digital Transformation, d...
On Wednesday, top executive officials from federal space agencies and industry spoke on optimizing acquisition processes, accelerating technology innovation and creating more interoperable systems in the wake of massive space sector reorganization and reinvigoration efforts during GovCon Wire Events’ Space Acquisition Forum. Following an ...
Wednesday’s Space Acquisition Forum, hosted by GovCon Wire Events, brought together leading space experts from government and commercial organizations to examine the acquisition reform goals, technology focus areas and critical capability gaps shaping innovation across the space domain as the U.S. continues its pursuit of space superiority over ...
Gary Johnston, a retired U.S. Army major general, has joined the board of advisors of Pinehurst, North Carolina-based professional services company Leyden Solutions, GovCon Wire has learned. He will provide organizational change management and mentorship support to Leyden’s executive team as the company pursues growth in delivering support service...
Shannon Hines, former staff director for the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been named Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) upcoming senior vice president of government affairs and Washington operations. Textron said Tuesday she will oversee various government affairs activities, with a focus on connecting with federal agencies, legislative and executi...
As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the newly identified more contagious Omicron variant is posing new challenges for the U.S. health care system and the nation’s pandemic preparedness and response capabilities. Now, the federal government aims to leverage commercial partnerships, more robust funding, adapted legislati...
