Julie Brill, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, has been named corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for privacy and regulatory affairs at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). Brill will directly report to Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft, and will begin her new position by the summer of 2017, the compa...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed off 0.721 percent on Friday with Congress passing a continuing resolution extended the budget for one week. However the GovCon Index April performance was positive ending the month up 0.992 or 1.09 percent. In the major markets indices all ended down on Friday, but closed April results in ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index retreated to close down 0.721 percent to 92.646 as congress extends budget for 1 week with continuing resolution. Index still closing positive for the week and the month. Decliners out placed advancers 5 to 1. Major markets all closed down with sluggish first quarter consumer spending. The markets closed u...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has hired former Transportation Department CIO Richard McKinney as vice president of enterprise information technology strategy within the company’s management services group, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday McKinney brings more than 30 yea...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide information technology support to the architecture, operations, networks and space directorate within the U.S. Army‘s office of the chief information officer/G-6 under a $48 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has partnered with Data.World to bring the public use microdata sample of the U.S. Census Bureau‘s American Community Survey to the cloud, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. AWS said Wednesday the public will be able to access the survey PUMS data as a cloud-hos...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has flown its Fury unmanned aircraft system over 12 hours as part of long-range endurance tests in preparation for low-rate production, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the tests at its operating base in Yuma Proving Ground also involved Fur...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” Cubic (NYSE: CUB) will work to develop smart transport and mobility systems for Australia as part of a public-private consortium that received a 10-year, $41 million government grant, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday its transportation systems business will work with other p...
Rick Marcotte, chairman of the board of directors at DLT Solutions, has been named interim CEO at the Herndon, Virginia-based government technology services contractor, CRN reported Thursday. DLT said in an emailed statement to CRN that Marcotte will lead the company on an acting basis until the board finds a permanent replacement for form...
The U.S. Navy has awarded International Marine & Industrial Applicators and QED Systems positions on a potential $260.1 million contract to help the military branch preserve and install coatings on various naval ships and vessels. The Defense Department said Thursday both companies will compete for individual delivery or...
