James Allred, a more than three-decade government contracting industry professional, was named vice president of programs at Freedom Technology Solutions Group, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Prior to joining the Columbia, Maryland-based information technology company, Allred served as a program management director at Science Applications I...
As director of emerging cybersecurity solutions for Carahsoft, Steve Jacyna keeps his finger on the pulse of the biggest cyber threats to government organizations, as well as the latest cyber innovations that protect against them. His dual goals are to help cyber vendors understand agencies’ unique needs and to assist agencies in identifying the t...
Sparksoft will maintain and update an interactive screening, monitoring and alerting system over a four-year period in support of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The company said its work on the Advanced Provider Screening program is under a $118 million award CMS made on the General Services Administration’s STARS III governme...
BAE Systems‘ land and armaments business has secured a $579.3 million contract to manufacture and deliver M109A7 and M992A3 vehicles and fielding kits to the U.S. Army. The Department of Defense said BAE Systems Land and Armaments will perform work under the cost-no-fee contract at its York, Pennsylvania location and in Sterling Heights, Michi...
By Joe Paiva, Chief Operating Officer at Fearless The digital divide of the 1990s exacerbated long-standing inequities in our society. As broadband internet and personal computers proliferated, they reached affluent neighborhoods and households first. This left economically disadvantaged communities, disproportionately communities of color, on...
Leslie Beavers, a 2024 Wash100 awardee, announced on LinkedIn that she has been named acting chief information officer at the Department of Defense. Beavers previously held the position of principal deputy CIO at the Pentagon. Before becoming part of the office of the CIO, she served as the director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance e...
Tony DeSimone has been appointed vice president of enterprise engineering at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). DeSimone announced his new role on LinkedIn, saying that, in this new position, he will be responsible for leading E&T execution across the company’s four business areas as well as its enterprise operations. A defense industry veteran ...
The General Services Administration has issued the final request for proposals for the unrestricted pool of the third iteration of the Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology products and services. GSA said Saturday questions regarding the RFP for the Alliant 3 GWAC should be submitted through the Google Form no later ...
Changeis has won a $103 million award for the second iteration of the Air Traffic Organization technical analysis and program support contract from the Federal Aviation Administration. The contractor said Tuesday it will provide ATO directorates with a range of technical analysis, planning and management support to help them deliver FAA mission. Ser...
The Department of Energy is soliciting proposals for a potential 10-year, $3.4 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality contract vehicle for the acquisition of low-enriched uranium from domestic commercial sources. DOE said Thursday that the procurement effort, partly funded by the President’s Investing in America agenda, seeks to divers...
