Karlton Johnson, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has been elected to be chairman of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body’s board of directors, FedScoop reported Tuesday. The report said Johnson most recently served as the CMMC-AB board vice chair and has held the chairman position on an acting basis since Septemb...
A team comprised of AlphaSix CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and Attain will help the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health build a knowledge base under a potential five-year, $87 million contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. AlphaSix said Tuesday it has supported NIOSH over the past three years and will lead...
Chris DeRusha, a cybersecurity executive with experience supporting federal, state and private sector security programs, has been appointed by the Biden administration as federal chief information security officer, Nextgov reported Tuesday. DeRusha served as a member of the technology strategy and delivery team within the Biden-Harris transition tea...
David Young, former vice president of advanced program development at Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) space segment, has joined Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions as chief technology officer. He will coordinate with four operating divisions within CAES to implement a technical strategic roadmap, introduce research and prototyping efforts, spea...
Kristen Verderame, a 26-year legal and government affairs professional, has been promoted to VP of government relations at data management company NetApp, GovCon Wire has learned. Verderame will manage NetApp’s worldwide public sector engagement and legislative initiatives as the Sunnyvale, California-based software provider aims to&...
The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to solicit research proposals for the potential $99 million Multi-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development program. A notice posted Tuesday on the beta SAM website says AFRL’s multispectral sensing and detection division (RYM) plans to award at least two cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts under the ...
Business Executives for National Security will release a Commission on the National Response Enterprise report that identifies the challenges that hinder effective actions during the COVID-19 pandemic and other prolonged crises during a virtual event on Feb. 3, Wednesday. The commission’s report “A Call to Action for Creating a Coordinated Natio...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) will continue to provide strategic and analytic services for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program under a potential five-year, $94 million blanket purchase agreement. The company said Monday it received a $5 million initial task order with one base year and three option years. “We look forward to apply...
Jon Ramsey, chief technology officer of Secureworks (Nasdaq: SCWX), said information technology modernization initiatives provide government agencies an opportunity to take advantage of innovative ways to address cyber threats and one of those is network microsegmentation, which could help them reduce the attack surface. Network microsegmentation â€...
An updated Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Qualtrics International, which is close to spinning off from its parent organization SAP (NYSE: SAP), says the survey software vendor now aims to raise $1.46 billion in its initial public offering through the sale of 50.4 million shares at $27 to $29 each, Bloomberg reported Monday. Bloomberg...
