Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems for Lockheed Martin, with his fourth Wash100 Award on Monday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Ambrose for leading the improvement of space technologies, including use of the cloud for space missions. We are pleased to present the most c...
The American Council for Technology – Industry Advisory Council announced on Thursday that David M. Wennergren has been named chief executive officer, effective May 13th. Ellen Glover, former IAC Chair, led a search committee to recommend the best candidate for the position. Wennergren was selected from a large pool of candidates after an extr...
In his debut column, Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel of the Professional Services Council, analyzes two recent cases involving the government contracting selection process. In each case contractors protested what they considered were flawed methods in the government™s source selection and filed a protest. Chvotkin reviews th...
Vertex Aerospace secured a potential five-year, $175.5M contract to help manage and maintain the Drug Enforcement Administration’s worldwide aircraft fleet. DEA announced the Total Aviation Support Services contract award in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday. The presolicitation notice stated that the selected contractor would support program ...
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Office of National Laboratories awarded LMI a $25 million task order with options for multiple years to provide program management and technical support services with two additional one-year options to extend the task order, LMI announced on Tuesday. LMI will provide ONL wi...
Saurabh Verma and Cristina Miller of Acumen Solutions have said government agencies should adopt platform as a service to quickly develop and deploy mission-impacting applications designed to improve the citizen experience. Verma and Miller wrote in a joint article that PaaS offers agencies more time to focus on innovation since the technology provi...
Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday stepped down from her post as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, CBS News reported Sunday. President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that Kevin McAleenan, commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection, will serve as interim DHS secretary. The report said Nielsen™s resignation comes amid Trump™...
ValueOptions Federal Services received a potential five-year, $422.6M contract from the General Services Administration’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center to manage a commercial employee assistance program for U.S. military personnel and their families. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday the company will support t...
The North American arm of Serco Group secured a potential $82.3M task order to deploy, manage and sustain a new civil engineering information technology platform for the U.S. Air Force. Serco Inc. will help the service branch implement the IBM-built (NYSE: IBM) TRIRIGA integrated workplace management system as part of the task order awarded und...
Smiths Detection won a potential $96.8M contract to supply computed tomography screening systems for the Transportation Security Administration. The company will produce 300 CT scanners and ancillary equipment to help agency personnel detect potential threats in travelers™ carry-on luggage, TSA said Thursday. TSA plans to begin deploying the ma...
