Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said she sees strong U.S. defense spending amid the current administration’s focus on infrastructure, child care and other domestic programs, Bloomberg reported Thursday. “President Biden has been a longtime supporter of national security. So, this year’s budget for defense had a […] More

Donald Thomas, formerly a vice president for management consulting at Dell Services, has joined Washington, D.C.-based Ad Hoc as VP to lead its federal business. He will help Ad Hoc deliver consumer technology to its federal customers, the digital services company said Friday in a LinkedIn post. Thomas brings experience in management consulting and in […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency released in May a sources sought notice seeking industry feedback on a program to update its network infrastructure as part of efforts to advance zero trust implementation, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. DISA plans to implement software-defined wide area networking platforms under the Thunderdome program to improve the Department of Defense’s […] More

The U.S. Space Force considers using the commercial solutions opening method to speed up the procurement of management consulting services. The service branch is seeking industry sources of enterprise change management and organizational transformation support services to aid its transition into a more agile organization.

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Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, as an inductee into the 2021 edition of the Wash100, for stewarding the company through the launch of its broadband service upgrade, satellite cloud-based offering for internet of things and maritime emergency response system. This marks Desch’s seventh consecutive Wash100 Award.

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Government agencies have increased information technology contract obligations to small businesses from $23.8 billion in fiscal year 2019 to $26.2 billion in FY 2020, Bloomberg Government reported Monday.

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The Department of Defense has indefinitely postponed a final determination to let the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter aircraft move into the full production phase due to technical and pandemic challenges that have affected combat simulation test preparations, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

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Oracle's headquarters has been transferred from Redwood City, California to Austin, Texas, in a move to provide employees of the software company more work location options amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloomberg reported Saturday.

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Dun & Bradstreet Holdings BV, a subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the outstanding shares of Bisnode Business Information Group AB for $818 million, Dun & Bradstreet reported on Wednesday. "[The acquisition] will provide our existing and future clients with vital business intelligence to support their own growth ambitions,” said Anthony Jabbour, CEO of Dun & Bradstreet.

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Denver-based software company Palantir Technologies is scheduled to debut Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange through direct listing and NSYE said the company’s listing will have a reference price of $7.25 a share, CNBC reported Tuesday.

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Ellen Lord, acquisition chief at the Department of Defense and four-time Wash100 awardee, said she is confident that DoD can hand down a decision in March on Lockheed Martin's readiness to begin full-rate production of the F-35 aircraft.

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The Department of Homeland Security plans to award a potential three-year contract for data analysis services to help combat disinformation campaigns ahead of the 2020 elections, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday.

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