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GSA Introduces Online Platform to Help Federal Agencies Plan Acquisition Journey

The General Services Administration has unveiled a website designed to simplify the federal acquisition planning process for agencies and enable industry to facilitate the delivery of services and supplies to the federal marketplace. The buy.gsa.gov website was developed using human-centered...

CISA Names Bob Lord as Senior Technical Adviser; Director Jen Easterly Quoted

Bob Lord, who served as the first chief security officer at the Democratic National Committee, will join the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as a senior technical adviser within CISA’s cybersecurity division. “Bob’s decades of experience and unparalleled expertise will...

DHS Finishes First Phase of Bug Bounty Program; Alejandro Mayorkas Quoted

The Department of Homeland Security has concluded the first phase of its inaugural Hack DHS bug bounty program, with $125,600 in prizes awarded to successful cybersecurity researchers. The DHS said Friday 450 participating ethical hackers identified 122 cybersecurity vulnerabilities within...

BigBear.ai Appoints Carolyn Blankenship as General Counsel; GovCon Expert Reggie Brothers Quoted

BigBear.ai announced on Tuesday that Carolyn Blankenship, formerly of Thomson Reuters, has been appointed the new general counsel and secretary to develop and lead the company’s corporate legal overall growth strategy.  “I look forward to leading the legal team as BigBear.ai advances...

AF Secretary Frank Kendall on Acquisition Best Practices, Space Capabilities

Frank Kendall, secretary of the Air Force and a three-time Wash100 Award winner, said he is reinstituting certain best practices for acquisition he had introduced under the Better Buying 2.0. Kendall told Government Matters in an interview published Sunday that...

Tonya Wilkerson: NGA Works With Non-Federal Entities to Nurture STEM, GEOINT Talent Pipelines

Tonya Wilkerson, deputy director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, said at a recent symposium that NGA partnered with non-federal entities to develop future science, technology, engineering and math and professionals who can support the...

Maxar Reports $202M in Government Mission Support Contracts; Dan Jablonsky Quoted

Maxar Technologies announced on Monday that the company was awarded up to $202 million in mission support contracts with the U.S. government in the first quarter of 2022.  The total of $202 million in government contract awards, valued over a...

Pentagon Launches Innovation Pathways Website; Kathleen Hicks Quoted

The Department of Defense has unveiled a new website that would enable DOD to bring in new technologies and other novel concepts from industry and universities. “The Innovation Pathways website is one part of our on-going efforts to make it...

DIU Taps Into Chicago Tech Industry With New Innovation Office; Michael Brown Quoted

The Defense Innovation Unit will open a new facility in Chicago in an attempt to gain access to the state’s commercial technology ecosystem to support military and national security innovation. The technology accelerator said Thursday the new DIU office will...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger, GDIT’s Amy Gilliland Vying For 1st Place in 2022 Wash100 Vote Standings; One Week Left to Vote

With one week left to vote before the April 30th deadline, the 2022 Wash100 Voting season is coming to an end and it’s your time to cast your TEN votes to recognize the most significant leaders in the government space as...

HII Mission Technologies President Andy Green Receives 4th Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Andy Green, executive vice president of HII and president of HII's Mission Technologies division, was presented his fourth Wash100 Award, the most acclaimed annual award that seeks to acknowledge the significant leaders across the government contracting (GovCon) sector for the impending year,...

US, Allied Cyber Agencies Issue Advisory on Russian Cyber Groups Targeting Critical Infrastructure; CISA Director Jen Easterly Quoted

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, National Security Agency, the FBI and international partners have released a joint advisory on malicious cyber operations by Russian state-sponsored threat actors against information technology and operational technology networks. The advisory offers details on...

VA to Modernize Sign-In Experience for Veterans Via TMF Investment; Clare Martorana Quoted

The Department of Veterans Affairs will receive an investment through the Technology Modernization Fund to implement a single sign-in service to help streamline access of veterans to benefits and services. VA will use the investment to develop an in-person identity...

Parsons President, CEO Carey Smith Presented 4th Wash100 Award By Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Parsons President and CEO Carey Smith received her fourth Wash100 Award, the most prestigious annual award that recognizes the elite leaders of the impending year across the government contracting (GovCon) sector, for driving internal investment and her leadership to grow Parsons’ growth...

Iridium Showcases First Quarter 2022 Financial Results; CEO Matt Desch Quoted

Satellite provider Iridium Communications has made public its first quarter 2022 financial report, announcing a total revenue of $168.2 million. The McLean, Virginia-headquartered company said Tuesday that net income was $2.8 million for the first quarter of the year, a precipitous increase...

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