The U.S. Coast Guard has granted Knight Point Systems an authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer the company’s infrastructure-as-a-service platform to government organizations. Reston, Va.-based Knight Point received ATO certification on May 22 for the CloudSeed  IaaS offering designed to help federal clients view, manage and secure workloads […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 14, 2020 — A joint venture between Perspecta's (NYSE: PRSP) Knight Point Systems subsidiary and Oasys International will compete for information technology support task orders through a potential $13.4B U.S. Air Force contract, ExecutiveGov reported April 29.

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Carey Vereen, formerly senior director of strategy and business growth for Department of Homeland Security programs at Knight Point Systems, has been named director of business development within Data Systems Analysts' information systems and solutions group, G2Xchange ETC reported Thursday.

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The Professional Services Council and Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce have named the finalists for government contracting vendor and executive honors at the 13th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards Nov. 5. PSC said Thursday the awards recognize the leadership, commitment and innovation of businesses and leaders in the Washington metropolitan area’s government contracting community. “Each year we are privileged […] More

The Washington Post has selected several GovCon firms for recognition in the newspaper’s annual list of the 150 “Top Workplaces” in the greater Washington area. The Post chose the recipients based on overall employee perceptions of leadership quality, pay and benefits and work-life balance strategies at the organizations. Companies selected for the list were broken up into […] More

The General Services Administration has awarded two pairs of contractors and small business partners for their work and performance under the agency’s mentor-protege program over the past year. Jeff Woodworth writes in a GSA blog post Monday that Science Applications International Corp. and Knight Point Systems received the Mentor of the Year award, while their respective partners Penobscot […] More

New Direction Technologies Inc. has won a potential five-year, $68.7M contract from the U.S. Navy to update and maintain systems being used by the Airborne Threat Simulation Organization in electronic warfare scenarios.

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ExecutiveBiz talked with Michelle Hertz, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, about her background, CGI Federal’s growth over the past decade and her views on the federal acquisition process. “Implementing a more robust pre-acquisition process would be a win-win approach for all parties because it would eliminate unnecessary business risks for industry and result […] More

MICHELLE D. HERTZ VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL & CORPORATE SECRETARY CGI FEDERAL Michelle D. Hertz was appointed Managing Counsel of CGI Federal Inc. (“CGI Federal’), a secure U.S. subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., in April 2010 and Corporate Secretary for CGI Federal and its wholly-owned subsidiaries in December 2011.  Promoted to Vice President in May […] More