President Joe Biden has ordered federal agencies to work with the government’s COVID-19 response coordinator in efforts to collect, publish and share pandemic-related data and address disinformation or misinformation campaigns regarding the public health crisis. The executive order calls for the modernization of infrastructure that can support...
The U.S. Air Force expects to release a solicitation for the third iteration of a potential five-year, $950M contract vehicle for cybersecurity research and development support in mid-late February. A beta SAM notice posted Wednesday says the service’s program management/technical team will conduct private meetings virtually from Jan. 25 to Feb. 1...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a campaign to promote the use of cybersecurity tools and best practices to increase ransomware threat awareness across the public and private sectors. CISA said Thursday it aims to bring together agencies and companies to cut the risk of ransomware to pandemic response and K-12 educat...
Richard Smith, a former CACI International (NYSE: CACI) vice president responsible for Department of Homeland Security portfolio, has been appointed to a similar position at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), G2Xchange FedCiv reported Thursday. In his previous capacity, Smith oversaw CACI’s DHS service offerings and led the development of t...
Congress has approved a waiver to facilitate the confirmation of Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, as defense secretary under the administration of President Joe Biden, Defense News reported Thursday. The House voted 326-78 and the Senate passed in a 69-27 vote a congressional waiver that would exempt Austin from a law that requires...
COMSovereign Holding, a developer of 5G and 4G LTE communications systems, is selling 3,855,422 units consisting of a share of common stock and one warrant at a price of $4.15 per unit through a public offering to raise $16 million in gross proceeds. The company said Thursday it has secured approval from Nasdaq to list...
Jerry McGinn, executive director of George Mason University’s Center for Government Contracting, said he believes that reshoring production activities back to the U.S. will serve as the biggest challenge President Joe Biden must address. McGinn told Government Matters in an interview aired Tuesday that the incoming administration must work to iden...
Stephanie O’Sullivan, who served as principal deputy director in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from 2011 to 2017 and a previous Wash100 awardee, formally joined Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) board of directors Friday. She has worked as a business consultant since her retirement from federal service and supp...
The U.S. Navy is looking for potential sources of data analytics and business intelligence services in support of teams that help manage the center’s product and department-level operations. Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic said in a notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov that the Management and Business Analytical Systems II contract covers a ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $2.12 billion contract modification to produce the seventh batch of KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. The company will provide data, licenses, subscriptions and flat file to the service branch in addition to 15 tankers, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The Air Force will pay...
