Benjamin Cushing, former director of the federal health business at Red Hat, has assumed a new role as chief architect for the same unit, FedHealthIT reported Tuesday. He served as chief technology officer at behavioral health information technology company MDLogix before his appointment at Red Hat three years ago. The software provider became part ...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has released a broad agency announcement for a potential $334 million contract to build a larger class air-breathing hypersonic missile designed to carry out multiple missions. Interested stakeholders that intend to compete for the Mayhem program should request for a proposal requirements package by March 15 an...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) reported $272.6 million in revenue from government clients for the fourth quarter of its 2021 fiscal year ended Dec. 31, a 9.2 percent increase from the prior year period. John Wasson, chairman and CEO of ICF and two-time Wash100 winner, told investors on an earnings call the company’s U.S. federal business experienced...
Climate experts from government, industry and academia convened Thursday to discuss the challenges, opportunities, previous achievements and future goals surrounding the United States’ climate change mitigation efforts in the context of global climate progress and in accordance with the 2016 Paris Agreement. Steve Ambrose, chief climate scientist ...
Andy Glaser, formerly vice president of federal programs at MetaPhase Consulting, has been promoted to senior VP in charge of delivery and growth for the company’s portfolios within the sector, FedHealthIT reported Friday. His LinkedIn account says Glaser is responsible for overseeing more than 25 projects across federal civilian, homeland sec...
Castellum has agreed to acquire government contractor Lexington Solutions Group for an undisclosed sum and expects the transaction to close within the next six weeks. Bethesda, Maryland-based Castellum said Friday the definitive purchase agreement came two months after it signed a letter of intent to buy LSG. Mark Fuller, president and CEO of Castel...
The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 for the proposed acquisition of health information technology company Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) by Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) expired Tuesday, Feb. 22. Oracle agreed to acquire Cerner for approximately $28.3 billion through an all-cash tender offer in late December and both parti...
Amentum announced on Thursday that John Heller, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named the new CEO for the company, effective March 28th. Heller will succeed current CEO John Vollmer, who has served in the role for Amentum since its inception in Jan. 2020. Vollmer will continue as the company’s chairman of the board....
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Boyden Rohner, Stuart Kippelman of Parsons and Matthew Swenson of the Department of Homeland Security all convened on Wednesday to speak on the complex facets of cybersecurity and the implications each has on an organization’s information security capabilities in today’s evolving threat en...
Edmond Hughes Edmond Hughes, vice president of human resources and administration contracts at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, has been promoted to serve as the company’s executive vice president and chief human resources officer. He succeeds William Ermatinger, who will retire from HII after a 35-ye...
