Five technology companies back Apple‘s resistance to help the FBI unlock an iPhone to assist in the investigation of a shooting incident that took place in San Bernardino, California, in December 2015, Mashable reported Thursday. Seth Fiegerman writes Apple CEO Tim Cook has argued the de-encryption tool being demanded by federal authorities could set a “dangerous” precedent and compromise the security and privacy […] More

Mike Maiorana has led the public sector business for Verizon in his senior vice president role there since September 2013 and oversees the telecommunications giant’s work with agencies at all levels of government in the U.S. He is a former VP of national government sales and operations for Verizon Wireless and oversaw that business’ footprint in its Washington-Baltimore-Virginia region prior to his public […] More

Ellen Glover, an executive vice president at ICF International, has been reappointed chairwoman of the board of directors of the Professional Services Council. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture Federal Services, and Kathleen Flanagan, president and CEO of Abt Associates, were respectively re-elected as vice chair and secretary, PSC said Thursday. Twelve executives from […] More

Joe Kopfman serves as executive vice president of contracts and administration as well as chief compliance officer at American Systems where he oversees the ethics program, contracts, legal, purchasing, pricing, M&A, security, facilities and general administration support departments within the company. He has been with the firm since 1978 and has served in a number of leadership positions […] More

Modernizing legacy systems is one of the top priorities in federal information technology for addressing adaptability and efficiency, Ann Braley-Smith writes in a piece posted on Dell’s blog Monday. According to Braley-Smith, agencies stand to benefit from technology upgrades by converting information silos into open data and addressing redundancy issues. The report cited studies that support […] More