Tag Archives: IT

Jack London, executive chairman and chairman of the board at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has died at the age of 83. “He set the bar high for business leaders across our industry, developing a successful business that continuously excelled and stayed strong through more than 50 years of changes in the federal landscape,” said John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI.

Brian Goodger, acting director of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, said the Department of Health and Human Services plans to release a solicitation for the potential 10-year, $40B Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners follow-on contract for IT support services in early February, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday.

Integrated Systems Solutions has secured a position on a $300M blanket purchase agreement to help the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office manage information technology programs, products and projects.

Federal contract spending reached $681B in fiscal year 2020 driven by budget increases for agencies within the Department of Defense and efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday.

Brian Goodger, acting director of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, said NITAAC expects the final request for proposals for the potential five-year, $40B follow-on governmentwide acquisition contract for IT support services to be released between Jan. 11 and 15, Government CIO reported Tuesday.

Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) has agreed to acquire technology services provider Zenetex for approximately $112M as part of efforts to advance its converged infrastructure strategy and expand its customer base with the addition of new intelligence, defense and foreign military sales clients. "Zenetex broadens our reach into the Intelligence Community and expands our engineering and digital technology offerings, which is critical as we expand our capabilities to help our clients' transition to a more instrumented and converged approach to supply chain and facility management,” said Chuck Prow, president and CEO of Vectrus and a 2020 Wash100 award winner.

Researchers recently discovered a series of cyber vulnerabilities dubbed Ripple20 in a common networking stack that poses risks to mission-critical devices and Erik Floden, director of federal civilian agencies at Forescout Technologies, said security teams at agencies should take steps to address the risk.

Jeff Bohling, senior vice president and general manager of the defense group at Perspecta, will participate in GovConWire’s Air Force: IT Plans and Priorities Forum on January 5th as the keynote moderator. Lauren Knausenberger, deputy chief information officer of the U.S. Air Force, will deliver the keynote address at the virtual event. To register for the Air Force: IT Plans and Priorities Forum, as well as view upcoming opportunities, visit GovConWire’s Event Page.

Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has received a potential $797.3M extension to its Next Generation Enterprise Network contract from the U.S. Navy for network support, net centric data and other information technology support services.

GovConWire’s Air Force: IT Plans and Priorities Forum will feature Lauren Knausenberger, deputy chief information officer of the U.S. Air Force, as the keynote speaker. During her address, she will discuss how the industry can progress the latest initiative across the Air Force. “IT is the foundation on which we do everything else,” Knausenberger stated.