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  • Industry Execs Launch New Institute to Address Private-Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industry Execs Launch New Institute to Address Private-Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, former IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano and other industry leaders from two nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations have launched an initiative that aims to advance cyber risk management in the private sector. The Center for Global Enterprise and the Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade formed the Cyber Readiness Institute to establish best practices and […] More

  • OPM Drafts New Leave Policies for Federal Employees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM Drafts New Leave Policies for Federal Employees

    The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has drafted new rules that will reduce the use of paid administrative leave for employee under investigation for misconduct, a change to the 2016 Administrative Act. The proposed regulation was posted to the Federal Register Thursday and is open for comments until August 14. Under the proposed change, agencies may not place an […] More

  • AT&T to Update Military Network Infrastructure in Hawaii Under DISA Contract; Anthony Robbins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Update Military Network Infrastructure in Hawaii Under DISA Contract; Anthony Robbins Comments

    AT&T has received a 10-year contract with an undisclosed amount from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide a communications network that will serve to support military operations in the Pacific region. The company said Wednesday it will help update DISA’s network infrastructure in Hawaii in efforts to facilitate the secure transmission of voice, video and data to […] More

  • KippsDeSanto Lists Top 10 A&D, Government Tech M&A Deals for Past Quarter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KippsDeSanto Lists Top 10 A&D, Government Tech M&A Deals for Past Quarter

    KippsDeSanto has unveiled its list of what it calls the most notable merger and acquisition deals in the aerospace, defense and government technology sectors for the quarter ending June 30. Bob Kipps, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, is co-founder and managing director of KippsDeSanto. The investment bank said its ranking of the M&A transactions […] More

  • CSRA Named to Global Top 100 in IT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Named to Global Top 100 in IT

     CSRA Inc. (NYSE: CSRA) was named in Gartner’s Top 100 IT companies, the company announced in a press release Thursday. CSRA also jumped 143 spots to #100 in IT leadership.  “We are proud to see CSRA’s success recognized by this year’s list of Gartner’s Global Top 100 IT companies,” said CSRA President and CEO Larry […] More

  • Lockheed Adds Sierra Nevada to Skunk Works JSTARS Recap Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Adds Sierra Nevada to Skunk Works JSTARS Recap Team

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has joined a Lockheed Martin-led industry team that is working on the U.S. Air Force‘s recapitalization effort for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. Lockheed’s aeronautics business said Tuesday SNC will be part of the Skunk Works JSTARS Recap team and modify the Global 6000 business jet built by teammate Bombardier in efforts to achieve Air […] More

  • U.S. Chamber Board Elects Tom Wilson as Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    U.S. Chamber Board Elects Tom Wilson as Chairman

    On Thursday the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors elected Tom Wilson, chairman and CEO of The Allstate Corporation, to a one-year term as chairman. Wilson will succeed current chairman and CEO of NuScale Power LLC John L. Hopkins. “Tom Wilson is an extraordinary business leader who runs The Allstate Corporation with passion and […] More

  • CACI Receives NAVSEA Task Order for Workforce Development, Support Services; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Receives NAVSEA Task Order for Workforce Development, Support Services; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has secured a five-year, $40 million task order under the SeaPort-e contract vehicle to help develop the Naval Sea Systems Command’s workforce and facilitate organizational efficiency and effectiveness. The company said Monday the task order covers professional, technical and consulting services in support of the chief strategy office, chief of staff and the total force and corporate […] More

  • Red Hat Acquires Codenvy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Acquires Codenvy

    Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), a provider of open source solutions, announced Thursday that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Codenvy, a provider of cloud-native tools that developers use to create modern container-based and cloud-native applications. Tools like Codenvy allow software engineers to spend less time on environment management, administration and other tasks that take them away […] More

  • Intellicheck Shareholders, Board OK Name Change; William Roof Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intellicheck Shareholders, Board OK Name Change; William Roof Comments

    Intellicheck Mobilisa has officially changed its name to “Intellicheck Inc.” in efforts to establish a new corporate identity based on a strategic plan for growth in the field of identification authentication. The company said Monday its shareholders and board of directors voted in favor of the name change that takes effect immediately. “We believe our new company […] More

  • Spotlight on Corey Schumacher, Principal Integration Engineer for 711 Human Performance Win - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spotlight on Corey Schumacher, Principal Integration Engineer for 711 Human Performance Win

    Corey Schumacher will be speaking at the Unmanned Systems Forum held by the Potomac Officers Club on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Schumacher is the Principal Integration Engineer for Autonomy for the 711 Human Performance Win. In his current role, he is Chief Engineer for the “Autonomy for a Loyal  Wingman” Initiative and  responsible for leading all systems engineering and […] More