Federal acquisition processes must be on the cutting edge of technology to stay operable and efficient. Federal leaders have worked to modernize their acquisition systems to increase the adoption rate of innovative solutions, including information technology (IT), cloud and other critical emerging technologies. Agencies need to continue to implement...
Johnson Controls‘ (NYSE: JCI) federal business will help the General Services Administration implement energy efficiency systems and conservation measures at national landmark buildings as part of a three-year, $91 million government project. Johnson Controls Federal Systems is scheduled to commence work on May 1 to modernize historic building...
Barbara McQuiston, who is performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said the Department of Defense has established a steering group focused on innovation, Nextgov reported Tuesday. “We’re very lucky we just started the innovation steering group under Deputy Secretary [Kathleen] Hicks, and what we...
A new McAleese & Associates report says the Biden administration proposed a $769 billion budget for non-defense domestic programs for fiscal year 2022, a 16 percent increase over enacted FY 2021 spending levels, plus $753 billion for the Department of Defense and national security programs, up 1.7 percent from current funding levels. Jim McAlees...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Lou Von Thaer, president and CEO of Battelle, as a recipient of the Wash100 Award, this year’s highest honor in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership and innovation in COVID-19 research and development programs as well as his drive to assist in the pandemic’s relief efforts for...
Grant Thornton’s public sector arm has received a potential five-year, $350 million contract to help the Transportation Security Administration identify and develop technologies for secure travel operations. The Program Analysis and Strategic Support blanket purchase agreement covers program support and integrated consulting services to help the T...
GovCon Wire will feature Dave Zvenyach, deputy commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service and director of Technology Transformation Services at the General Services Administration, as the keynote speaker for an upcoming event about government procurement trends. Zvenyach will speak at the Innovation and Modernization in Federal Acquisitions For...
President Joe Biden said the U.S. should invest in its semiconductor infrastructure to address the current chip shortage, NBC News reported Tuesday. “These chips, these wafers … batteries, broadband — it’s all infrastructure. We need to build the infrastructure of today and not repair the one of yesterday,” Biden said Monday during the...
President Joe Biden has nominated Christine Wormuth, director of the RAND Corp.’s International Security and Defense Policy Center, as secretary of the U.S. Army. Wormuth served as the Department of Defense’s undersecretary for policy during the Obama administration where she helped inform the defense secretary’s decisions on national...
Jen Easterly, who served senior counterterrorism and cybersecurity role at the National Security Agency, is expected to be nominated by President Joe Biden as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency while Chris Inglis, former NSA deputy director, is likely to be the national cyber director nominee, The Wall Street Journal re...
