Shamlan Siddiqi, chief technology officer of NTT DATA‘s public sector business, will take part in a panel discussion on Nov. 13 at the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s Capital Cybersecurity Summit in Tysons Corner, Va. NVTC said Wednesday panelists and keynote speakers at its third annual event will offer their perspectives on cyber-related emerging technology, digital services and […] More

Esri has released a new desktop version of its geospational data management platform customized for intelligence community analysts. The Intelligence Configuration for ArcGIS Pro is designed with multiple tools for analysts to study relationships between objects, people and groups as well as predict a target’s potential activity, Esri said Monday. ICAP works to help users visualize data […] More

A new Deltek report says the Department of Homeland Security spent a total of $437.3 million on contracts for continuous diagnostics and mitigation and continuous monitoring-as-a-service offerings during the past three fiscal years. The General Services Administration spent approximately $12.6 million on CDM/CMaaS contracts over the past three fiscal years, followed by the Labor Department at $9 […] More

Joshua Seckel, former chief of the applied technology division at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, has joined Sevatec as chief solutions architect for the company’s agile and DevSecOps practice. He led USCIS’ efforts to transform and modernize information technology systems at the agency during his tenure there, Sevatec said Wednesday. Seckel also has more than 20 years of experience managing software […] More

The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command has used an Esri-built geographic information system during an operational demonstration of unmanned systems designed to map the ocean floor and collect raw data, Defense Systems reported Thursday. William Burnett, deputy commander and technical director to the commander NMOC’s Task Group 80.7, told Defense Systems that Esri’s ArcGIS Enterprise platform works […] More

Esri has partnered with an Airbus Group business unit to incorporate the latter’s elevation data to Esri’s online maps. Airbus Defence and Space‘s WorldDEM4Ortho elevation data will be added to Esri’s ArcGIS Online Living Atlas of the World to support online end-user applications and app developers who need elevation information, Esri said Monday. Sean Breyer, Esri […] More

Northern Virginia Technology Council board members and member company executives held a meeting with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) on June 7 to discuss how H-1B non-immigrant visas help technology firms and universities gain access to highly-skilled employees. NVTC leaders told Cotton how H-1B visas help companies employ workers to fill job posts in the areas […] More

Esri is poised to sign an enterprise agreement with an Energy Department-funded laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to provide some federal research and development projects access to the company’s geographic information system. DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory can leverage a full set of ArcGIS-based spatial analysis tools and add licenses on an as-needed basis as part of the agreement with Esri, the […] More

The Professional Services Council re-elected several executives and appointed new members to its 2017 executive committee and board of directors during its annual meeting held Thursday. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture’s federal services business; and Deb Alderson, president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions; were respectively re-elected as PSC’s chair and vice chair, […] More

Bill Bennett serves as Director of AECOM‘s Defense Department and Intelligence Community information technology services programs. Bennett worked at Engility‘s TASC subsidiary as director of the defense business unit before he joined AECOM in April 2015. He has also led the U.S. Army and defense intelligence group at CGI Federal and was a principal systems engineer with Lockheed […] More

Richard Peal serves as vice president of business development and sales enablement at ViON Corp., where he leads the company’s federal business development, capture, proposals, sales operations and partner management. Peal is also an executive member of the Solution Strategy and Development Group virtual teams for cloud, big data and security services. He previously served […] More

The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council will induct former DynCorp President and CEO Paul Lombardi into the Greater Washington Government Contractor Hall of Fame during an awards ceremony that will be held Nov. 5, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Lombardi began his career with the McLean, Virginia-based defense company as […] More