Deborah “Deb” Dunie and Thomas O’Toole, formerly executives at CACI International and United Continental Holdings respectively, have joined the board and directors at Alliant Energy as directors. Alliant said July 27 Dunie will serve on the compensation and personnel committee and the safety, environmental, policy and operations committee. O’Toole will be part of the audit committee and the […] More

The gap between the market values of commercial aerospace and defense and government services companies narrowed during 2015’s second quarter, according to a Bluestone Capital Partners report. The investment banking firm said it found the number of government services transactions rose 28 percent year-to-date and an improvement in public company valuations helped drive initial public […] 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

Randy Fuerst serves as president and chief executive officer of Oceus Networks, where he directs the broadband technology firm’s business and product development, engineering, sales, marketing, professional services and delivery operations. He joined the company in October 2011 as chief operating officer and served in the dual roles of president and COO from January 2013 […] More

David Wennergren, senior vice president of technology at the Professional Services Council, has cited data sharing and security as among what he sees as necessary elements for a cyber strategy. Wennergren, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, wrote in an opinion piece for FCW published Thursday that a focus on “secure information sharing” […] More

(Jack London, recipient of the 2015 Wash100, is executive chairman of the board at CACI International) People are always the foundation of success for any organization. Therefore, recruiting and keeping top talent is one of the biggest challenges any leader has in maintaining the success and growth of their organization. How you define what your […] More

Keith Salzman has held the position of chief medical information officer for IBM‘s federal business since April 2014. He previously served as CMIO at CACI International, where he supported efforts to expand the company’s clinical informatics and healthcare information technology offerings. Salzman was also CMIO for the U.S. Army‘s Madigan Army Medical Center under the Western Regional Medical Command before […] More

PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal systems business, has received Federal Computer Week’s Eagle Award as the industry recipient for 2015 for his work in federal government information technology. Unisys said Monday Puvvada has led the company’s IT programs with agencies such as the Justice Department, General Services Administration and Internal Revenue Service. He has also contributed his […] More

Mark Redford has been promoted to director of business development at Constellation West, an information technology services provider to the U.S. government sector. He will oversee business development, strategic planning, capture and proposal, program management, internal and external coordination and pipeline development functions in his new position, the company said Tuesday. “His experience and commitment have […] More

Dan Allen is the chairman and CEO of Serco Inc. — the British services contractor’s North American subsidiary — and brings more than three decades of experience in leadership roles at multiple intelligence and information technology firms to his current position. In this capacity, he oversees approximately 10,000 people who provide communication and information systems, […] More

Susan Keys started the current chapter of her GovCon and information technology career last year when she took a vice president role at Avaya‘s federal business organization — Avaya Government Solutions. Her career includes stops at commercial and GovCon firms such as Cisco, Lockheed Martin, Oracle and more recently Riverbed Technology. Keys recently caught up with […] More

(Jack London is executive chairman of the board at CACI International) Many use the start of a New Year to reflect on blessings, lessons learned and goals for the coming year. I propose that we all start the year with a new, or refreshed, commitment to good character. As we look back over the past […] More