Technical and professional services provider RSC2 has acquired a TriMech Services division that offers systems engineering, modeling and simulation services to the Department of Defense. The transaction gives RSC2 access to the Army’s Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services and Joint Enterprise Research, Development, Acquisition and Procure...
The federal government’s effort in mobilizing more government contractors in recent years to help the nation move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic sets a favorable precedent for the professionals in the industry. With this consistent rise of the trajectory and the government’s planned reforms to level the playing field for small bus...
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...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its FAA: Climate Change Priorities Fireside Chat session Wednesday featuring keynote speaker Kevin Welsh, executive director of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Environment and Energy, who delivered exclusive insights to the virtual audience on how the aviation industry is tackling climate change thro...
Bank of America’s global crypto and digital asset specialists forecast that the U.S. could advance and introduce a central bank digital currency as early as 2025, BloombergQuint reported Tuesday. CBDCs “are an inevitable evolution of today’s electronic currencies,” BofA strategists Alkesh Shah and Andrew Moss wrote in the report. Both st...
Dr. Stacey Dixon, principal deputy director of national intelligence at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), has received a 2022 Wash100 Award, the third consecutive time that she’s won the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). This year, Dr. Dixon has received a 2022 Wash100 Award for her critica...
Steve Smagin, formerly the director of business development at Triumph Enterprises, has joined Ardent Management Consulting to serve as vice president for the federal civilian business. Over the course of his three-decade career, Smagin has helped companies capture market opportunities and manage programs in areas such as information technology infr...
Naval Supply Systems Command has put out a request for proposals for a five-year, $98.7 million contract to support and secure an enterprise information technology infrastructure for the U.S. Navy’s meteorology and oceanography programs. Interested vendors can submit offers until Feb. 23, according to a solicitation notice posted on SAM.gov. T...
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 ...
