GovConWire's Government Contracting News 5/16/2022

Kevin Bearden, a more than 25-year government market veteran, has joined Cherokee Federal as vice president of humanitarian solutions. In his new position, Bearden will spearhead the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based contractor’s work with various agencies across immigration, refugee and emergency response programs, the federal division of Cherokee Nation Businesses said Friday. Tim Roberts, senior vice president of innovative

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson recently presented a 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for the first time to Stephanie Mango, president of CGI Federal, during a visit to the company’s office. Stephanie Mango has been recognized as a first-time winner of the Wash100 for her leadership during the realignment of the company’s

A Mitre-operated research and development organization and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have launched a collaborative project with other industry partners in an effort to provide cybersecurity professionals with an open methodology for prioritizing Mitre ATT&CK techniques based on organizational needs. The initiative identified prevalence, choke point and actionability as the three factors in establishing the top

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has put out three funding opportunity notices as part of the Biden administration’s $45 billion investment plan to ensure people in the U.S. have access to high-speed internet by the end of the decade. NTIA will be responsible for administering and implementing the Internet for All initiative to be

Maggie Hallbach, senior vice president of Verizon Public Sector, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. She talked about her 25 years of service at the company and her recent promotion to her current position. Hallback also discussed the importance of 5G in the public sector, the company’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task

Eight awardees will continue to provide professional management and technical services to support the U.S. Navy’s cyberspace operations under a $231.2 million contract option. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific exercised the first option period on a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an $802 million ceiling price, the Department of Defense said Friday. Under the IDIQ award,

The General Services Administration is soliciting industry feedback on draft language outlining changes to the requests for proposals for the small business-focused Polaris governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology products and services. The draft language makes clarifications to Small Business Administration mentor-protege arrangements and joint ventures, according to a notice published Friday. Under the proposed

Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report outlining key takeaways from the speech of Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks on fiscal year 2023 budget request and the National Defense Strategy at the Reagan Institute. Hicks, a 2022 Wash100 awardee, noted that the Department of Defense’s $773 billion budget proposal for FY 2023 reflects

Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $397.7 million contract modification to obtain initial spares for lot 16 F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The award is for deliveries of global spares pool and afloat and deployment spares packages to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, non-Department of Defense agencies and foreign

Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) is preparing to buy ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) and an acquisition of the Herndon, Virginia-based government services contractor by the global investment firm could be worth $4 billion, Bloomberg reported Sunday. Friday’s closing price for ManTech stock was $81.97, which gave the company a market value of $3.35 billion, the report