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Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its 2020 Procurement Virtual Forum on Tuesday, June 9th featuring Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as the opening keynote speaker with GovCon Expert and DoD Maven Jim McAleese, Kim Herrington of the Department of Defense (DoD) and Julie Dunne of the General Services Administration (GSA) also serving as event speakers. 

Perspecta Names Mac Curtis as Chairman of Board of Directors; Mike Lawrie Quoted Mac Curtis, president and CEO of Perspecta as well as a six-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been appointed the company’s chairman August 5, 2020, Perspecta announced on Wednesday. “On behalf of Perspecta and the board, I want to thank Mike Lawrie for …

Cybersecurity company Cyemptive Technologies has acquired Burlington, Wash.-based consultancy firm Interpreting Technology in a move to expand the former’s information technology portfolio and client base.

In my opinion, CMMC has nothing to do with supply chain management. CMMC is intended to serve as a verification mechanism to ensure appropriate levels of cybersecurity practices and processes are in place to ensure basic cyber hygiene as well as protect controlled unclassified information (CUI) that resides on the department’s industry partners’ networks. 

Summit 7 Systems has partnered with AvePoint to address the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. Following the launch of DFARS 7012 DoD released CMMC, which has expanded upon NIST 800-171 cybersecurity framework.

Mark Berman, communications committee chair for the accreditation body for the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, said the group aims to finalize the prerequesites, application process and fees for potential third-party CMMC assessors by June 1, Federal News Network reported Friday.

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program’s accreditation body is looking for organizations to support the training and authorization of independent assessors as the Department of Defense prepares to roll out the contractor vetting program.

The accreditation body for the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is developing a course to train independent assessors who will evaluate contractors' ability to comply with CMMC requirements, Nextgov reported Thursday.

Lawmakers Call for $26B in Coronavirus Relief Funding to Support R&D Programs A bipartisan group of senators will seek $26 billion from the Trump administration’s coronavirus relief package to sustain research efforts and personnel in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the leaders announced on Monday. The office of Sen. Edward Markey, said that he …

Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for the Department of Defense’s acquisition and sustainment office and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said the initial version of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements could be included in solicitations by November, National Defense Magazine reported Monday.