Peter Ranks, former deputy chief information officer for information enterprise at the Department of Defense, has left DoD for a role at the Central Intelligence Agency where he will support cloud procurement, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. Ranks returns to the CIA to help the agency run the Commercial Cloud Enterprise or C2E program that ai...
The Department of Defense transition team for President-elect Joe Biden will be led by Thomas Muir, director of Washington Headquarters Services, DoD News reported Wednesday. Muir told reporters at a press conference the department has a policy in place to guide its transition to the incoming administration....
GovConWire’s Defense Digital Acquisition and Modernization Forum on Dec. 1 will feature an expert panel, composed of federal and industry leaders across the government contracting sector. The panel will address the DoD’s Software Acquisition Strategy, Defense Acquisition Workforce Development and the future of data and information technology mod...
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards William Bookless Named Acting NNSA Administrator William Bookless, principal deputy administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), assumed the role of acting administrator of NNSA after Lisa Gordon-Hagerty stepped down from the post. NNSA said Frida...
The Washington Headquarters Services has awarded three positions on a potential five-year, $496M contract covering mission support to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. American Systems, Applied Research and Associates and Modern Technology Solutions Inc. will support USD(R&E) in efforts to research, devel...
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) will work to support the warfighter and be an enabling force-multiplier for the disparate AI efforts through its data and development platform, the Joint Common Foundation (JCF). JCF will enable JAIC to build out a data and algorithm development platform. ...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has booked other transaction agreements worth more than $200M combined this year to support military technology research and development efforts at the Department of Defense. "We’re focused on quickly delivering the most advanced operational capabilities that help protect our warfighter against future threats,” said Care...
Jerry Dotson, vice president of public sector at Avaya, wrote in a commentary published Thursday on Defense Systems that Department of Defense leaders should invest in the modernization of unified communications platforms to facilitate collaboration among remote employees, address voice and video challenges and maintain military readiness....
The Department of Defense (DoD) has selected Dave McKeown to serve as next chief information security officer (CISO), effective in late Nov. 2020, FedScoop reported Tuesday. He will succeed former CISO Jack Wilmer, who left the role in July 2020 to lead a private security company. Mark Hakun has served as acting CISO since Wilmer’s resignation....
GlobalFoundries will continue to provide the Department of Defense access to microelectronic products and trusted processes under a potential $400M contract modification....
