CAE Chief Financial Officer Sonya Branco, four-decade industry veteran Brian Morra and former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry have joined the board of directors at CAE USA. Montreal-based CAE said Thursday its U.S. subsidiary board includes outside directors who provide oversight for the defense contractor’s government s...
An Institute for Security and Technology task force has released a report outlining a comprehensive framework of 48 recommendations that government and private sector leaders can implement to counter the threats posed by ransomware, GovCon Wire has learned. The framework developed by IST’s Ransomware Task Force is structured around four interlocki...
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Paul Dillahay, president and CEO of NCI Information Systems, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award on Tuesday during a recent visit to NCI by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award. “Paul Dillahay is a heads up CEO that has transformed NCI into a robust enterprise-wide IT solutions provider, while...
Noblis will advise and assist the Department of Homeland Security on projects to defend against weapons of mass destruction under a prime contract worth potentially $99 million over five years. The nonprofit company said Wednesday it will support the DHS’ Countering WMD Office across programmatic, administrative, scientific, research and syste...
John Hynes, executive chairman of cloud technology provider Applied Insight, has joined the board of directors at biometric identification company Idemia. He brings more than two decades of government market experience to the board, Idemia said Wednesday. “I look forward to tapping into my experience to accelerate the company’s current and f...
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has promoted Jennifer Chronis, a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient with over 25 years of experience in digital transformation, to the role of senior vice president of its public sector business from her most recent post at the company as VP of federal. The company said Wednesday Chronis will now be responsible for...
Rocket propulsion developer Ursa Major has named Will Roper, former assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics at the U.S. Air Force, to the company’s board of directors. He joins the venture-backed startup company as he aims to help the industry bridge an innovation gap between commercial and national security missions, Urs...
Michael Rutkowski, a 29-year U.S. Army veteran and a former executive at customer management technology provider MCI, has joined B3 Group as director of strategic initiatives. He will be responsible for growing B3’s business relationships in the federal sector and its product modernization efforts, the company said Wednesday. The retired colon...
A judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims turned down motions by the Department of Defense and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to dismiss Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) lawsuit challenging the award of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith’s decision me...
