Business Executives for National Security (BENS) has appointed Mark Gerencser, former managing partner at Booz Allen Hamilton and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, as chairman of the board and executive committee. He has been serving BENS since 2007.

Kim Pattillo Brownson, director for policy and strategy at Ballmer Group; and Alicia Harkness, partner at Guidehouse, have been tapped to join the American Institutes for Research board of directors. Pattillo Brownson and Harkness brought education and health expertise, respectively, to the board to help provide roadmap for the organization, AIR said Monday.

Rafael Borras, a veteran federal government and industry leader, has been appointed president and CEO of the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council.

The June 1st deadline has come and gone to cast your votes for the most significant executive of consequence to the government contracting (GovCon) sector. Following five months of waiting and record setting vote participation from the GovCon community, Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Scott McIntyre, CEO of Guidehouse and four-time Wash100 Award recipient, has secured first place in the 2020 Wash100 Popular vote this year. 

The votes for the Wash100 Popular Vote continue to flood in at an all-time high. Nearly 16,000 votes have been cast to make this year’s battle for first place the most competitive in Wash100’s seven-year history. However, the end is approaching fast with only three days left to vote before the June 1st deadline. You must cast your votes before midnight on Sunday night. Vote Now! 

Donald Fenhagen and Thomas Bruno, executives at IBM and Accenture’s federal business, respectively, have joined the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council’s board of directors to each serve on three-year terms.

Twelve companies have been awarded spots on a potential five-year, $50M blank purchase agreement to help the  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office modernize business processes with the use of artificial intelligence and other automation tools, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday.

Paul Bradley, previously vice president of technology at information technology consulting firm AbleVets, has been appointed chief technology officer at health IT company MedicaSoft, FedHealth IT reported Tuesday.

Executive Mosaic, the leading executive media and events company in the government contracting “GovCon” industry, announced the 2020 winners of the highly coveted and prestigious Wash100 Award. The full list of winners and more information about the award can be found on Wash100.com. 

The General Services Administration is continuing efforts to consolidate its multiple-award schedules and modernize its government acquisition platforms, FCW reported Wednesday.

CertiPath has won a potential five-year, $33M contract to help the U.S. Marshals Service update access control systems and secure facilities of the law enforcement agency. The company said Wednesday it will support USMS' National Physical Security Program to ensure compliance with federal identity, credential and access management policies through the contract awarded under the General Services Administration's Schedule 70.

Security experts with public and private sector experience will assist Virginia Tech in a new fellows program aimed to promote innovation across the security community.