Public sector organizations have heightened their focus on cyber, which offers numerous benefits for those looking to modernize. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Annual Cyber Summit on June 6, experts from both government and industry will address the most exciting opportunities and challenges agencies face as they embrace this evolving domain...
The Government Accountability Office is responsible for yearly financial sweeps of all federal agencies. In July 2023, GAO appeared in front of Congress to attest that the Department of Defense needs to put processes in place to receive better results in these annual audits. As of now, the DOD is the only major federal agency...
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu has secured her fourth Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic for driving innovation through greater government-industry-academia collaboration in emerging and critical defense technology development. Shyu, who will keynote the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summi...
In the age of manufacturing turbulence and ever-intensifying cybercrime, the U.S. Department of Defense is finding it more important than ever to tap into the resources of the private sector. The Pentagon issued its very first National Defense Industrial Strategy, or NDIS, earlier this month in a move to shape and bolster its relationship ...
The Department of Defense's Office of Inspector General revealed in an audit that the Pentagon had an incomplete list of its financial management systems and inadequate plans for system compliance and recommended for DOD to identify the financial management systems it will have when it becomes compliant with the Federal Financial Management Imp...
William LaPlante, under secretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the Northrop Grumman-built (NYSE: NOC) B-21 Raider stealth bomber has been given the green light to kick off low-rate initial production following its initial flight test in 2023....
Institute for Defense Analyses will continue providing a range of services in support of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commands and defense agencies under a $180 million contract modification from the Washington Headquarters Services. The award raised the contract's ceiling from $950.7 million to $1.13...
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16, it was revealed that OpenAI and the Department of Defense will be collaborating on artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity technology.To continue the conversation on the most daunting cyber threats and how the government is working with industry to solve them, register and attend th...
Advanced Technology International will manage the Defense Industrial Base Consortium under an other transaction agreement the Department of Defense awarded to the non-profit research institution. The DIBC OTA will support rapid research and provide access to commercial offerings to help meet defense requirements and drive innovations.Register here t...
To ensure the government contracting community stays abreast of rapid technological change and the appointments of new federal CIOs, the Potomac Officers Club has annually convened the CIO Summit for the last half a decade.The much-anticipated event returns for its fifth iteration on Wednesday, April 17 with the DOD's Leslie Beavers as openin...
