Congress has approved a waiver to facilitate the confirmation of Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, as defense secretary under the administration of President Joe Biden, Defense News reported Thursday. The House voted 326-78 and the Senate passed in a 69-27 vote a congressional waiver that would exempt Austin from a law that requires...
President Joe Biden, who took the oath of office Wednesday, has appointed individuals to lead 34 federal government organizations in acting capacities until his Cabinet choices complete confirmation procedures. Each agency leader will support the new administration in efforts to create a “whole-of-government” strategy to address national challen...
The Senate voted 84-10 Wednesday to confirm Avril Haines, former deputy director at the CIA, as the new director of national intelligence, The Wall Street Journal reported. She has become the first female DNI and will oversee 18 intelligence agencies, including the CIA and the National Security Agency. Haines is a lawyer and former deputy...
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that seeks to address foreign use of infrastructure as a service cloud computing platforms for malicious cyber activities. The order directs the secretary of the Department of Commerce to develop rules within six months to require IaaS providers to verify the identity of foreigners with IaaS accou...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) will continue to help U.S. Army Europe manage information technology mission command systems and networks under a potential five-year, $695M task order from the General Services Administration. GSA issued the USAREUR Enterprise Mission Information Technology Services award – also known as EMITS – during the fourth qua...
Integrated Systems Solutions has secured a position on a $300M blanket purchase agreement to help the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office manage information technology programs, products and projects. USPTO selected five small businesses as awardees on the BPA to offer IT process monitoring and management tools for the agency’s Office of the...
A TechFlow subsidiary will help the U.S. Navy manage base operations at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland under a potential $129M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. EMI Services will support the management of the installation’s airfield facilities, utilities, special events and water and environments services, the Dep...
President-elect Joe Biden has proposed a potential $1.9T COVID-19 pandemic relief package that urges Congress to approve more than $10B in funds to support the modernization and improve the cybersecurity of federal information technology systems and networks, The Hill reported Thursday. Under the American Rescue Plan, Biden proposes a $9B inves...
NCI Information Systems has won a prime $807 million task order, the largest in the company’s history, to support the General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Digital Infrastructure Technologies (IDT) as a strategic partner to help transform GSA IT capabilities, drive digital modernization, provide a more flexible service delivery model and...
Unmanned aircraft system manufacturing company AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV) has agreed to acquire Arcturus UAV in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $405M as part of efforts to expand into adjacent segments and broaden UAS portfolio and customer footprint. AeroVironment said Wednesday it expects to complete the acquisition in the f...
