The Social Security Administration is harnessing advanced technology to enhance the user experience for its 70 million beneficiaries and drive modernization as the agency prepares to reopen its doors to the public. SSA Chief Information Officer Sean Brune said one of the main focus points leading the agency’s next phase of digital modernizati...
Kelly Morrison, a nearly 16-year federal service veteran and a former Grant Thornton executive, has rejoined information technology company HumanTouch to serve as a senior vice president. Morrison returned to the McLean, Virginia-based company almost 18 years after her initial job there focused on serving federal clients, HumanTouch said Tuesday. Sh...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Knight Construction & Supply a $115.6 million contract to perform rehabilitation work at the McNary Lock and Dam in Umatilla, Oregon. Under the nine-year contract, the company will change the dam’s isolated-phase bus and refurbish intake gates of the barrier, the Department of Defense said Monda...
Mark Esper, former defense secretary and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has been appointed a partner and chairman of the national security practice at venture capital firm Red Cell Partners. He will be responsible for overseeing investment and business development activities across defense, space, aerospace, cybersecurity and international affairs se...
Private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Oasis Systems with its portfolio company ERC to expand cybersecurity, engineering and technology-focused consulting offerings for aerospace and defense customers worldwide. Brightstar said Wednesday it expects the transaction to close in the second quarter of 2022 and the combined...
The General Services Administration announced that the upcoming Federal Marketplace Spring 2022 release will include information on a new platform for the buyer experience that was developed using human centered design principles and feedback from federal agency buyers, acquisition professionals and suppliers. GSA said Wednesday the updated buyer ex...
Lynker has received a potential five-year, $136.9 million task order to deliver scientific support services to the National Centers for Environmental Prediction within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service. The company said it will work with Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Axiom Co...
A panel of three judges from a federal appeals court in Atlanta recognized the impact of COVID-19 pandemic-related contracting delays on the federal government but said it remains uncertain whether the current administration has the authority to implement a vaccine requirement for employees of federal contractors, Federal News Network reported Monda...
Nate Crochunis, former president of the government services unit at NewWave Telecom & Technologies, has been appointed vice president of operations at Catonsville, Maryland-based technology consulting firm Reli Group. Crochunis will be responsible for overseeing Reli Group’s business development, bids and proposals, project management and ...
The General Services Administration has paused solicitations for the two pools of the small business-focused Polaris governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology products and services to make way for an assessment following receipt of feedback regarding the evaluation of joint ventures under GWAC. GSA said Wednesday it is reviewing...
