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  • GovCon, Federal Leaders to Headline Baird's 2022 Government & Defense Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GovCon, Federal Leaders to Headline Baird’s 2022 Government & Defense Conference

    Michael McCord, comptroller of the Department of Defense; John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI; Byron Bright, president of government solutions at KBR; and Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, are some of the government and industry leaders set to participate in Baird‘s Government & […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Alan Merten - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Alan Merten

    Alan Merten, the late president of George Mason University who passed away in 2020, was among the recipients of the Technology Good Scout Award from the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was presented with the recognition in 2012. The fifth Mason president held the post for over 15 years. […] More

  • Susan Penfield: Booz Allen's Velocity Publication Offers Emerging Tech, Mission Transformation Insights - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Susan Penfield: Booz Allen’s Velocity Publication Offers Emerging Tech, Mission Transformation Insights

    Booz Allen Hamilton released Velocity, a publication of contributions from the company’s talent and partners who seek to provide government and industry leaders with expertise in workforce, national security, defense, society and technology as well as other technical areas. In her published opening remarks, Susan Penfield, chief technology officer of Booz Allen, said the first […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: James Gilmore - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: James Gilmore

    James Gilmore III, former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, was presented with the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Technology Good Scout Award in 1998, a time when he was serving as the 68th governor of Virginia. During his term from 1998 to 2002, Gilmore […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: MicroStrategy Co-Founder Michael Saylor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: MicroStrategy Co-Founder Michael Saylor

    Michael Saylor, co-founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy, was named the Technology Good Scout Award recipient of the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 2000. His career has been dedicated to growing MicroStrategy, which was launched in 1989 to advance business intelligence through graphical operating systems and client server computing. […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Tom Davis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Tom Davis

    Tom Davis, former congressman of Virginia and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2000 and 2002, received the Technology Good Scout Award from the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 2002. The former lawmaker functioned as Good Scout chair in 2020, when NCAC held a virtual event to […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Sen. Mark Warner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Sen. Mark Warner

    Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America’s National Capital Area Council as its recipient of the Technology Good Scout Award in 2003, when he was still serving as the governor of Virginia. The lawmaker is part of the Senate Finance, Banking, Budget and Rules Committees and serves as chairman of […] More

  • Paperless Innovations: Actus Platform Complies With CMMC 2.0 Level 2 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paperless Innovations: Actus Platform Complies With CMMC 2.0 Level 2

    The Actus procurement workflow automation platform of Paperless Innovations has complied with Level 2 requirements set by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 model. The updated cybersecurity framework was released in November 2021 to assess defense contractors’ capability to handle and safeguard Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information, the company said. Level 2 compliance […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former QinetiQ North America CEO Duane Andrews - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former QinetiQ North America CEO Duane Andrews

    Duane Andrews, former CEO of QinetiQ’s North American business arm, was presented with the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s 2009 Technology Good Scout Award in recognition of his drive to advance the technology sector while exemplifying the organization’s values. He worked as QinetiQ North America CEO from June 2006 to […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former LMI President & CEO Nelson Ford - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former LMI President & CEO Nelson Ford

    Nelson Ford, former president and CEO of LMI and the 29th under secretary of the Army, was awarded the 2011 Technology Good Scout recognition from the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He currently serves as a board member at Acus Foundation, a Berkeley, California-based organization whose mission is to facilitate […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former Inova Exec Todd Stottlemyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former Inova Exec Todd Stottlemyer

    The National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America honored Todd Stottlemyer, former CEO of Inova Health System’s Center for Personalized Health, with the 2015 Technology Good Scout Award. Stottlemyer has decades-long industry experience, including time serving at health care-focused information technology companies. As chief executive of ICPH, he has oversight of the […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Michael Hayden of The Chertoff Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Michael Hayden of The Chertoff Group

    Michael Hayden, a principal at global advisory services firm The Chertoff Group, was honored by the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America with the Technology Good Scout Award in November 2016. At Chertoff, the retired four-star general is focused on technological intelligence and counterintelligence, global political and terrorist risk analysis as […] More