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Craig Martell, former head of machine learning at Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT), has been named chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of Defense. He will oversee efforts to advance the adoption of data, AI, analytics and digital platforms to provide warfighters decision advantage on the battlefield, DOD said Monday. “With Craig...

There is only a little over a month remaining to vote in the 2022 Wash100 Award rankings of the most prestigious executives in the DMV and beyond. Any time between now and April 30 (the sooner the better!), do yourself a favor and participate by casting a ballot of 10 votes for those execs out of...

The Department of Defense has released the implementation plan for the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept that aims to help the Joint Force facilitate information sharing and decision making through a warfighting network that will use artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation and predictive analytics. “Command and Control...

With just over six weeks left, voting for the Wash100 Award ranking of your 30 favorite executives continues to heat up. This week saw a series of decisive changes in the list, with a number of lucky individuals steadily making their way up the aggregated competition of executives in GovCon, government and industry. Your votes are...

The competition for the reader-generated Wash100 Award ranking underwent another exciting and turbulent week, as your ballots fueled a host of changes in the list of the top 30 leaders in the GovCon, government and military sectors. This week’s striking movement rearrangements demonstrate that the impact of casting your 10 votes can be seismic and...

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary at the Department of Defense, as an inductee into the 2022 Wash100 — an annual list of public and private sector leaders who are at the forefront of trends and events that shape government contracting activity. This marks the second consecutive year that Hicks has been...

The Department of Defense has released a report that provides an overview of the state of competition in the defense industrial base and offers recommendations to promote competition in the DIB. The five recommendations outlined in the report are strengthening merger oversight; addressing intellectual property limitations; increasing new entrants; i...

Michael Bloomberg, founder and CEO of media conglomerate Bloomberg and former mayor of New York City, has been nominated by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to serve as chair of the Defense Innovation Board. He will lead a group of leaders and experts to provide recommendations and advice on technology and innovation to help the Department...

The Department of Defense has approved a strategy to help facilitate the “delivery of resilient software capability at the speed of relevance.” DOD’s Software Modernization Strategy has three goals and the first one seeks to accelerate the department’s enterprise cloud environment, the department said Friday. Objectives under the first goal ...

John Sherman, chief information officer at the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, will assume responsibility for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program from the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment as part of a realignment effort. “The CMMC team, led by Stacy Bostjanick, will b...