The commercial business industry was dealt a bad hand past few years—from COVID-19 shutdowns to global supply chain disruptions. Countless small businesses closed their doors for good, negatively impacting several industries. However, the government contracting industry stood its ground. Stability in the face of uncertainty and the opportunity to ...
The Senate passed a bill that would repeal a provision in a 2006 law that directed the Department of Homeland Security to preclude the use of subcontracts for over 65 percent of the cost of certain contracts covering emergency response and recovery work. Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, chairman and ranking member...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to present Nazzic Keene, CEO of Science Applications International Corporation, as a recipient of the 2022 Wash100 Award. Keene has earned this year’s Wash100 Award – an annual distinction for preeminent figures within the government contracting industry – for her leadership, vision, acquisition strategies and phi...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary at the Department of Defense, as an inductee into the 2022 Wash100 — an annual list of public and private sector leaders who are at the forefront of trends and events that shape government contracting activity. This marks the second consecutive year that Hicks has been...
Martha McSally, a former member of U.S. Congress and retired Air Force colonel, has joined the board of directors of defense technology provider CAES. She brings more than 35 years of national security, defense and aerospace experience to the Arlington, Virginia-based company’s board and fills the seat vacated by Wayne Berman, global head of g...
Andy Read, former executive officer at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been named global head of government solutions at synthetic aperture radar satellite operator ICEYE. He brings to the role over 10 years of experience in natural catastrophe resilience, public policy and reinsurance as he oversees the company’s efforts to deliver a...
Gina Haspel, former director of the CIA and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, and Stephen Wilson, a retired U.S. Air Force general, have joined the board of directors of BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary. Wilson and Haspel will serve on BAE’s board through April 2024, the company said Friday. Michael Chertoff, board chairman at BAE Systems...
William “Bill” Zito, a more than three-decade public sector veteran and a retired U.S. Army command sergeant major, has been named vice president of Sev1Tech’s mission solutions group. Zito will oversee growth initiatives within Sev1Tech’s federal civilian business segment and lead the development of offerings intended to help custom...
Cynthia Barreda, former CEO and president of information technology company NetCentrics, has been named chief operating officer of Preferred Systems Solutions. CMS Equity Partners-backed PSS said Wednesday that Barreda brings more than 25 years of IT and federal contracting experience to PSS and will oversee market verticals for its mission solution...
Kathleen Hicks, a former Department of Defense official and an inductee into Executive Mosaic's Wash100 for 2021, was confirmed to DOD's No. 2 civilian post through a Senate voice vote, The Hill reported Monday....
