David Shields, a former managing director of the U.K. government’s procurement service, has joined ASI Government in the same role over the Arlington, Virginia-based firm’s procurement transformation and category management practice. Shields led the U.K. government’s procurement transformation programs from 2005 to 2013 and oversaw an annual spend of $317 billion in the public sector there, ASI Government said […] More

Tom Davidson, founder and CEO of education technology firm EverFi, will lead a fireside chat session with venture capitalists and corporate executives at the Fall 2015 edition of the Big Idea CONNECTpreneur Forum. Forum organizers expect at least 350 business leaders – including more than 60 angel investors and venture capitalists and 190 founders and CEOs – to attend the four-hour event […] More

The Defense Health Agency has awarded ManTech a five-year, $166 million contract to conduct cloud migration and other technical support for an information technology program management office at the agency.

IT strategies will be a topic of conversation at the Potomac Officers Club's upcoming 5th Annual CIO Summit on April 17. You don't have to be a CIO to participate, so if your work involves IT and you're in GovCon, it's a must-attend event. Register here!

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A preview of a Chainalysis report notes that while money laundering with cryptocurrency is still concentrated to a set of centralized services, it was less intensive in 2021 than in 2020. According to a blog post on the cryptocurrency investigation website, 54 percent of funds from illicit sources were directed to 583 deposit addresses in 2021 […] More

The Aerospace Industries Association has named at least 20 executives from the government contracting sector to its board of governors for 2018. Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon, will succeed Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg as chairman of AIA, the trade group said Monday. William Brown, chairman, president and CEO of Harris, will serve as […] More

The defense sector trade group Aerospace Industries Association has elected new members its executive board of governors for 2017 that includes at least 20 government contracting industry leaders. AIA said Thursday Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was chosen to serve as the association’s chairman of the board and Raytheon chief executive Thomas Kennedy was elected vice chairman. David Melcher was reappointed […] More

Former Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Mark Kelly have formed a coalition of retired military officers that aims to urge political leaders to help prevent gun violence by addressing loopholes in laws and regulations on gun ownership-related background checks. Giffords and Kelly, also a retired NASA astronaut, named the members of the […] More

Morrison & Foerster has added eight partners from Jenner & Block to its government contracts and public procurement practice offices based in Washington and northern Virginia. The group consists of David Churchill, Jay DeVecchio, Alex Ward, Kevin Mullen, Kevin Dwyer, Jessie Liu, Daniel Chudd and Damien Specht, who will all serve aerospace, defense, government and […] More

The Center for a New American Security has appointed nine executives from the defense, consulting and financial industries to the organization’s board of advisers. CNAS said Thursday that each appointee will serve a three-year term and aims to help inform the debate over U.S. national security issues. “Their engagement on key topics will be invaluable to furthering […] More

Foreign Affairs magazine and Booz Allen Hamilton will co-host an event to discuss possible ways to improve acquisition programs in the defense sector amid emerging threats and budget constraints. The “Modernizing the Military” event will feature Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work as keynote speaker and will be held at the Council on Foreign Relations […] More