Year: 2020

Ellen Lord: Pentagon Working on Microelectronics Strategy to Ensure Supply Chain Security

Hon. Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense (DoD) is developing a “microelectronics strategy” to bring manufacturing and testing operations to the U.S. by relying on public-private partnerships and other initiatives, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. Lord said Tuesday at the ComDef conference 98 percent of […]

Novetta President, CEO Tiffanny Gates Presented Second Consecutive Wash100 Award

Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta, received her 2020 Wash100 Award on Monday from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. This marks Gates’ second consecutive Wash100 Award after winning in 2019 for her efforts to increase the company’s workforce by exploring cloud-based platforms, big data and information technology.  This year, Gates received the most prestigious […]

Ellen Lord: DoD Must Consolidate Military Construction Funds to Meet ICBM Modernization Deadlines

Hon. Ellen Lord, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) acquisition head and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the Pentagon seeks to streamline military construction allocations to support the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missile modernization program. Lord, who serves as undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, told the Senate Armed Services Committee at a […]

US, UK Sign Declaration on Joint AI Ramp;D Initiatives

The U.S. has entered into an agreement with the U.K. to launch a joint effort aimed at driving artificial intelligence-focused research and development, technology adoption and public-private partnerships.  The declaration was signed by Michael Kratsios, U.S. chief technology officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, and U.K. secretaries of state Alok Sharma and Oliver Dowden […]

Qamp;A with Mike Corkery, President and CEO of Deltek, Addresses Virtual Deltek Insight 2020, COVID-19 Impact on Deltek

Mike Corkery, president and CEO of Deltek, and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding Deltek’s Insight 2020 Virtual Event, including event platforms and topics, as well as the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on Deltek’s workforce throughout the year, such as telework, social distancing and enacting a flexible workforce.  "Every year, […]

Qamp;A with Deltek’s President, CEO Mike Corkery Discusses Virtual Deltek Insight 2020, COVID-19 Impact on Deltek Customers

Mike Corkery, president and CEO of Deltek as well as a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company's recent Deltek Insight 2020 Virtual Event, the challenge of delivering content to the government contracting (GovCon) community and the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on Deltek’s customers in 2020. Visit ArchIntel Events […]

DoD Seeks Feedback on Interim Rule for CMMC Implementation

The Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking comments on an interim rule to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework and an assessment methodology as part of efforts to better protect unclassified data within the DoD supply chain and evaluate vendors’ implementation of cyber requirements. DoD introduced the interim rule as an amendment to the […]

ICF CEO John Wasson Receives First Wash100 Award for Company Growth

John Wasson, CEO of ICF, was presented his 2020 Wash100 Award on Thursday by Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic. This marks the first Wash100 Award win for Wasson after securing valuable contracts and acquisitions to drive ICF’s revenue and expansion.  Most notably, Wasson led the acquisition of Incentive Technology Group for approximately […]

Navy Commissions USS Delbert D. Black Destroyer

The U.S. Navy held a limited-attendance commissioning ceremony for USS Delbert D. Black, the 68th delivered Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer.  The service branch said Saturday that it live-streamed the event for mass viewing. James Guerts, assistant secretary of the Navy and 2020 Wash100 Award winner, represented Navy Secretary Kenneth J. Braithwaite at the ceremony. USS […]

Ryan McCarthy: Army Seeks ‘Transformational Change’ With Project Convergence Network Experiment

Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said he hopes the results of the service branch’s recent “Project Convergence” experiment will inform future network modernization efforts. The Army included artificial intelligence technologies such as the “Firestorm” reconnaissance system during a follow-up Project Convergence test that took place last week, […]

Gen. John Murray on Further Dev’t, Testing of Army’s Integrated Tactical Network

Gen. John Murray, commanding general of the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, has said the Army's integrated tactical network (ITN) needs updated commercial technologies to operate at constrained bandwidth ranges. The Army conducted an experiment called "Project Convergence" to test ITN's capacity to ingest data through artificial intelligence, robotics and automated systems. The exercise began […]