Senators Ask Biden to Amend Executive Order on Classification, Declassification
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., have called on the White House to update the executive order that establishes rules for government classification and declassification to address urgent concerns in the current system that undermine national security. The lawmakers wrote a letter to President Biden urging the administration to make a priority […]
Redhorse CEO John Zangardi: ‘Comply-to-Connect’ is a Foundational Building Block of Zero-Trust
John Zangardi, CEO of Redhorse Corporation and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, recently wrote an opinion piece with C4ISR.net, discussing the importance of zero-trust architecture in order to maximize cybersecurity funding and the sense of urgency ensuring the steps that are necessary to protect U.S. networks and financial institutions. During the featured article, John Zangardi highlighted the […]
Maj. Gen. Stacey Hawkins Nominated as Commander of Air Force Sustainment Center
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, said President Biden has nominated U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Stacey Hawkins to serve as commander of Air Force Sustainment Center within Air Force Materiel Command at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The Tuesday announcement also included Hawkins' potential appointment […]
TMF Contributes to NARA, USDA for Digital Modernization; Clare Martorana Quoted
The Technology Modernization Fund has agreed to financially assist the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and the Department of Agriculture with the agencies’ records system access and data protection, respectively. TMF will donate $9.1 million to NARA to evolve and update the system for veteran family benefit requests and records management and contribute $4.4 million […]
Raytheon Introduces Military Tech Division; Roy Azevedo Quoted
Raytheon Intelligence & Space announced today that the company has launched Department 22, a strategic business unit focused on rapidly developing next-generation military technologies aimed at widening the capability gap over the nation’s near-peer adversaries. “Department 22 embodies that same pioneering spirit of our founders. This team is designed to go fast, learn along the way, […]
CACI Moves Closer to Low Earth Orbit Network with Optical Intersatellite Links; CEO John Mengucci Quoted
CACI International has achieved a significant goal in space connectivity, executing space to space optical communication links in low Earth orbit. The Reston, Virginia-based professional services and information technology company said Thursday they completed the mission alongside the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Space Development Agency under the auspices of the Mandrake II program. […]
ECS Donates to US Naval Academy’s Hopper Hall to Support Cybersecurity Studies; President John Heneghan Quoted
ECS announced on Tuesday that the company and partners have donated more than $4 million to the recently opened its Hopper Hall, the Naval Academy Center for Cybersecurity Studies. It will be the first academic building constructed on the USNA campus in forty years. “The Naval Academy is at the forefront of training next-gen cyber warriors. We […]
Heidi Shyu Vows to Raise Funding for Defense Innovation Unit in FY24 Budget Proposal
Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, appeared before the House Armed Services Committee’s cyber, innovative technologies and information systems subcommittee Thursday and said she intends to increase funding for the Defense Innovation Unit in the fiscal year 2024 budget request, Breaking Defense reported […]
Deltek Completes Digital Transformation of Qarbon Aerospace IT Infrastructure; CEO Mike Corkery Quoted
Deltek, the project software and services company, has assisted Qarbon Aerospace transition their system architecture from a legacy solution SAP to Deltek’s Costpoint platform. As part of the ‘Project Bulldozer’ initiative and with the help of Deltek and TIP Technologies, Qarbon Aerospace successfully completed an overhaul of its information technology infrastructure by the organization’s first anniversary, Deltek […]
Avril Haines Talks Intell Community’s Global Threat Assessment at Senate Hearing
Avril Haines, director of national intelligence and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday to discuss the threats posed by Russia, China, Iran and terrorist organizations, DOD News reported Tuesday. Haines said the intelligence community considers China an unparalleled priority and that the East Asian country is challenging the […]
Peraton Named a 2022 U.S. Best Managed Company for Excellence in Strategy, Corporate Culture; CEO Stu Shea Quoted
Peraton has been highlighted among an esteemed group of businesses as a 2022 U.S. Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and the Wall Street Journal. A celebration of companies that achieve highly in strategy and execution and evince strong corporate culture and governance/financial performance, Peraton was one of just 51 organizations selected, the Herndon, Virginia-based company […]
ECS Tops 2022 100 MSPs List for Fourth Consecutive Year; President John Heneghan Quoted
ECS announced on Monday that the company was named the top managed service provider (MSP) for the fourth year in a row on the annual Top 100 Vertical Market MSPs 2022 list, which identifies and honors the top 100 MSPs in healthcare, legal, government, financial services, and manufacturing-based vertical market expertise to drive annual recurring revenues (ARR). […]
DOD Gets Over 300 Responses to RFI on Weapons Systems for Ukraine Military Aid; William LaPlante Quoted
The Department of Defense received over 300 responses to its request for information issued in April on weapons systems and other commercial capabilities as part of efforts to meet Ukraine’s requests for security assistance amid Russian invasion, Defense News reported Friday. William LaPlante, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at DOD, said the influx of responses […]
Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner: DISA Seeks Industry Support for Network Scalability
Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said the agency is looking to implement technologies that can support a large-scale network in partnership with the commercial sector. Skinner presented his vision for the agency at AFCEA's TechNet Cyber forum using a list of 14 […]
Booz Allen Sustains Maximum-Rating Appraisals from CMMI; CTO Susan Penfield Quoted
Booz Allen Hamilton’s Digital Solutions arm has once again earned the highest distinctions from the Capability Maturity Model Integration Institute. The management and information technology consulting firm said Tuesday that its CMMI Services score came in at a maturity level 5 and its CMMI Development score also achieved an ML5 rating, the maximum possible score for […]