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...
GovCon Wire Events on Thursday hosted the Department of Defense: Digital Modernization Forum where distinguished defense agency and private sector leaders talked about technology procurement efforts, infrastructural priorities, modernization strategies and cultural shifts affecting how Defense Department agencies, military service branches and ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Wire Events on Thursday hosted the Department of Defense: Digital Modernization Forum, which gathered leading government agency and private sector officials for an exclusive discussion surrounding the most imperative modernization initiatives and urgent infrastructural needs that are influencing defense agencies’ s...
On Dec. 27, 2021 President Joe Biden signed into law the $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act for 2022, which gives a significant funding boost to critical Department of Defense initiatives including adopting emerging technologies, bolstering deterrence capabilities and modernizing military fleets. Of the NDAA’s total funding, $117...
Jimmy Benani was promoted to the role of vice president of federal health and civilian markets at Excella, where he previously served as director, FedHealthIT reported Wednesday. He has been with the Arlington, Virginia-based Agile technology company for more than 11 years now and he most recently led its efforts in supporting customers focused on...
President Joe Biden has nominated Navy Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, director of intelligence, J-2, Joint Staff, to serve as head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Whitworth would retain the rank of vice admiral if confirmed for the NGA director position, the Department of Defense said Monday. He previously served as commander of the Join...
The Department of Defense is ramping up its modernization efforts with critical funding boosts and newly created senior executive roles to match the speed of rapid global developments and combat urgent pacing challenges. Defense spending for fiscal year 2022 has increased by five percent from the previous fiscal year’s defense policy measure. In D...
Jerry Hogge, a more than three-decade GovCon industry veteran, has joined Calibre Systems as executive vice president and chief operations officer. He will oversee Calibre’s all profit centers and business development efforts and lead initiatives to ensure that the company has the needed operational controls, people systems and reporting and admin...
Washington Harbour Partners has made a majority investment in CollabraLink Technologies, which offers information technology consulting services to the federal sector. McLean, Virginia-based CollabraLink said Thursday its founder and former CEO Rahul Pandhi will remain as a minority shareholder, a board member and an executive vice president of the ...
