Fridays The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed down 0.600 percent to 92.722 as decliners significantly out-weighted advancers 27 to 3. The U.S. major markets Friday closed mixed with the S&P500 and DJIA down and the NASDAQ up on both the daily and weekly outcome. At Friday market close WTI rose again for the third consecutive day up...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 12, 2017 ” James Reagan, chief financial officer of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has expressed a positive outlook regarding federal spending following the approval of the $1 trillion fiscal 2017 omnibus budget, which includes a $21 billion increase for defense, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “Where we see the mon...
Weekly Roundup May 8 – May 12 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson It™s been nearly a decade since Satoshi Nakamoto first dreamt up the core component of the technology known as blockchain “ the decentralized, digital currency Bitcoin has evolved i...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to strengthen the cybersecurity of the federal government that will require National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide a cyber-security process framework that all federal agencies comply with. The White House-released document entitled: “Presidential Executive Orde...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 12, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has held an event to showcase the technologies of eight startup companies and connect them to potential customers in the federal government, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. MeriTalk reported Wednesday that CSRA selected the companies to participate at the Emerging Technologies Day, w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 12, 2017 ” The Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Indago small unmanned aircraft system will be deployed by law enforcement agencies in New Jersey and Virginia to support search-and-rescue operations for people with special needs, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Lockheed said Wednesday the New Jersey an...
Angie Casper, a 25-year human resources professional, has joined LMI as a senior vice president and chief HR officer at the Tysons, Virginia-based nonprofit government consulting services contractor. LMI said Wednesday she will oversee efforts to integrate HR strategies and processes with the company’s strategic plan as well as ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 12, 2017 ” Amazon Web Services‘ (Nasdaq: AMZN) Amazon Relational Database Service will support the Treasury Department‘s release of federal government spending data to the public, ExecutiveGov reported Thursday. The company said Tuesday Amazon RDS will provide access to the USAspending.gov datab...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 12, 2017 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will provide engineering and integration services in efforts to update two U.S. Army vehicles under a potential $61 million task order from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday it...
The State Department has approved a potential sale to the United Arab Emirates of $2 billion in Patriot missile systems from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN). UAE requested 60 Lockheed-built Patriot Advanced Capability 3 missiles and Raytheon-made 100 Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tacti...
