When Leidos Vice President and Tech Fellow John Mears was trying to log in to his Internal Revenue Service account, he failed, because their knowledge-based authentication system didn’t provide the proper options, mistaking him for another John Mears in a neighboring state. Aware President and CEO Robert Eckel had a similar exp...
Trish Eknes, former vice president of the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health, has transitioned to a new role as VP and deputy operations manager of enterprise and cyber solutions portfolio at the Reston, Virginia-based government contractor, Forum reported Wednesday. She oversees efforts to deliver information technology and cyber services to the...
Advanced Technology Leaders has won a potential five-year, $365 million contract from the U.S. Army to support the program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation under the third iteration of the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance program. Army Contracting Command received 17 bids for the SETI III firm-fixed-price con...
The Defense Department, NASA and the General Services Administration have issued an interim rule prohibiting the use of TikTok by federal contractors. A Federal Register notice published Friday says the policy amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation to ban the video-sharing application or successor apps developed by ByteDance on certain equipment ...
The General Services Administration and the Small Business Administration have agreed to provide more contracting opportunities for 8(a) contractors and facilitate the use of the Multiple Award Schedule for agency customers under an updated partnership agreement for the program. GSA said Tuesday it is collaborating with SBA to create a new 8(a) pool...
Client Solution Architects has promoted Trinity Lefler, director of human resources and talent acquisition since August 2021, to a vice president role. Lefler oversees CSA’s workforce, processes and related resources in the United States, Germany, Japan and Italy, the company said Wednesday. She previously spent five years at General Dynamics&...
In recent years, major geopolitical events like the Russian re-invasion of Ukraine have taught global leaders important lessons about potential future conflicts, the importance of cybersecurity and the vulnerabilities adversaries can exploit. But how are these lessons translating into actions? Tina Dolph, president and chief operating officer for CR...
Karen Hay, digital transformation leader of global public health at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said government agencies looking to expand access to health care services and mitigate public health challenges should advance digitization. “Digitization helps health workforce challenges as well as addressing the service backlog and supporting expande...
As modernization efforts sweep all areas of the federal government, obstacles previously hidden within legacy acquisition processes have revealed themselves, illuminating the need for a more productive approach. The public sector has acknowledged the demand for innovative new methods, and in a climate where industry technology is more influent...
Due to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare space has been pummeled over the last few years to answer the manifold and ever-growing needs of citizens. Many of these needs have solutions that can only be resolved through agencies’ information technology systems. “For us, during COVID, it was really about, how quickly can...
