Alka Patel, former chief of responsible artificial intelligence at the Department of Defense’s Joint AI Center, has joined Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) to serve as vice president of government and external affairs. The new VP wrote in a LinkedIn post that she will support Comcast as the company focuses on community investment and digital equity to...
The Department of Energy has released the final request for proposals for a potential 10-year, $45 billion contract to help manage tank waste at the Hanford site in Washington state. The Integrated Tank Disposition Contract includes the operation of tank farm facilities; operation of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant; design, construction...
Steve DiPietro, an executive with years of experience in program management, has joined B3 Group to serve as director of software-as-a-service offerings. He will lead the development and delivery of B3’s scalable SaaS offerings to customers within the Department of Veterans Affairs, the company said Thursday. DiPietro will be responsible for c...
The State Department issued a draft solicitation for the potential $8 billion Evolve contract for information technology platforms and support services in preparation for an industry day that is set to take place Monday, Oct. 25, for the acquisition effort. Evolve is a suite of indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contracts and is composed of fiv...
Jim Brinker, president and general manager of Intel Federal, was recently presented his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most coveted award in government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson on Wednesday. “Jim Brinker is leading the federal business for Intel as general manager and giving new meaning to the phrase ‘Intel inside’...
Cognosante has received a potential five-year, $70 million contract from the Social Security Administration to help SSA manage the Ticket to Work program. Falls Church, Virginia-based Cognosante said Thursday it will provide contact center operations, quality assurance, community outreach and training, claims processing, employment network recruitin...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has closed its $400 million purchase of Frazer-Nash Consultancy, a systems engineering and technology services provider formerly owned by Babcock International Group. Frazer-Nash Consultancy employs a team of professional advisory professionals who primarily assist clients across the U.K. and Australian defense, energy and critical i...
Leo Brooks Jr., a retired U.S. Army brigadier general and former Boeing (NYSE: BA) vice president, has joined Uptake as adviser responsible for providing the industrial artificial intelligence software company with strategic leadership guidance and national security insight. Uptake CEO Kayne Grau said in a statement published Thursday Brooks helped ...
Jim Blankenhorn, senior vice president of operations at Amentum and a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, has been appointed to serve as head of the company’s technical services business starting Monday. In his new role, Blankenhorn will manage an organization that works with government and commercial clients to operate complex facilities, Am...
Douglas Harvey, a more than 20-year engineering operational management executive, has joined IDEMIA as chief technology officer of Identity and Security North America. He will help accelerate product innovation and design, work with technology teams to drive the adoption of digital engineering processes, advance the use of modern iterative developme...
