THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards Holicity, Astra Enter Into Merger Agreement; Chris Kemp Quoted Astra has agreed to merge with Holicity in a deal that would also transform the small satellite launch services provider into a publicly traded company. Alameda, California-based Astra said the …
Read More »Verizon Vet John West Named Leidos Business Development, Strategy VP
John West, former managing director of Verizon‘s (NYSE: VZ) enterprise solutions unit, has joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as vice president of business development and strategy, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Wednesday. The report said West has more than three decades of industry experience in areas such as cybersecurity, telecommunication, networking, cloud computing, …
Read More »Executive Mosaic Announces 2021 Wash100 Award Recipients; CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, will proudly present the 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and prominent award in all of GovCon, to the 100 distinguished executives who have demonstrated excellence in leadership, innovation, reliability, achievement and vision.
Read More »Mitre’s Tech Foundation Unveils Consortium to Promote 5G Collaboration, Innovation
Mitre’s tech foundation Engenuity has launched a consortium to bring together government, industry and academic institutions to advance 5G innovation. Founding members of the Open Generation Consortium are Ericsson, Nokia, Verizon (NYSE: VZ), Altiostar, FIRST iZ, HUSH Aerospace, Kittyhawk, CTIA - The Wireless Association, Northeastern University and Virginia Tech.
Read More »Heidi Kobylski Named General Manager of Microsoft Federal Civilian Unit
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has appointed nearly 11-year company veteran Heidi Kobylski as general manager of the technology firm's federal civilian group, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Monday.
Read More »Jennifer Chronis: Verizon-Avaya Partnership to Support SSA’s Digital Transformation
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 6, 2020 — Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) partnered with Avaya to help the Social Security Administration implement the latter's OneCloud communications and collaboration tools suite, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 20.
Read More »FCC Announces 386 Qualified Bidders for Potential $16B Rural Broadband Fund Auction
The Federal Communications Commission has unveiled the list of 386 companies that are qualified to bid for up to $16B in support over a 10-year period to deliver broadband services to unserved areas as part of the Phase 1 auction for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.
Read More »Verizon Lands $806M in Task Orders From Labor Dept Under EIS Telecom Contract
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has won three task orders worth approximately $805.9M combined to provide telecommunications and information technology support services for the Department of Labor.
Read More »HHS Selects Verizon for Potential $2.5B Consolidated Infrastructure Support Contract
A $2.56B contract between the Department of Health and Human Services and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) for information technology and telecommunication services took effect Monday, according to an award notice posted on the government's SAM website.
Read More »Jennifer Chronis to Join Verizon as Federal Business Lead
Jennifer Chronis, who has more than 25 years of experience supporting defense and federal civilian agency clients, will officially join Verizon (NYSE: VZ) in early August to serve as head of the company’s federal business.
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