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  • 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

  • Whitney Barrera Joins Intelligent Waves as Talent VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Whitney Barrera Joins Intelligent Waves as Talent VP

    Whitney Barrera, former director of talent management at defense contractor Illuminate, was appointed as vice president of talent at Intelligent Waves, where she will have oversight of its workforce expansion initiatives. The information technology integrator said Tuesday Barrera brings to her new role expertise in recruiting public sector veteran and civilian candidates and experience in […] More

  • A 'Good Scout' Makes a Great Leader: CACI Chairman Mike Daniels - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: CACI Chairman Mike Daniels

    Mike Daniels, chairman of the board of directors of CACI International and a technology industry veteran, was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America’s National Capital Area Council as its lifetime achievement honoree in 2017. The executive also served as honorary chair of BSA’s 2021 Good Scout Award luncheon that honored Nazzic Keene, CEO of […] More

  • A 'Good Scout' Makes a Great Leader: ManTech Chairman Kevin Phillips - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: ManTech Chairman Kevin Phillips

    Kevin Phillips, chairman of ManTech, was presented with the Boy Scouts of America’s 2020 Technology Good Scout Award for exemplifying the organization’s values while driving innovation in the technology sector. The National Capital Area Council of BSA hosted a virtual event on Nov. 17 to give recognition to Phillips, who was the chairman, president and […] More

  • Consolidated Nuclear Security Books Contract Extension for Management, Operation of 2 NNSA Sites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Consolidated Nuclear Security Books Contract Extension for Management, Operation of 2 NNSA Sites

    Consolidated Nuclear Security will continue managing and operating two nuclear facilities in Tennessee and Texas under a recently awarded extension contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration. The Department of Energy said the award is meant to ensure that work at the Y-12 National Security Complex and Pantex Plant will carry on while NNSA is […] More

  • L3Harris to Purchase Viasat's Tactical Data Link Business for Nearly $2B; Christopher Kubasik, Mark Dankberg Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris to Purchase Viasat’s Tactical Data Link Business for Nearly $2B; Christopher Kubasik, Mark Dankberg Quoted

    L3Harris Technologies looks to expand its communication and networking capabilities through a potential $1.96 billion deal with Viasat for the acquisition of the satellite communication company’s Tactical Data Links business. The purchase of Link 16 product line from Viasat’s government systems segment will include Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems and associated terminals integrated into military assets […] More

  • Paperless Innovations on Use of Actus to Ensure Regulatory Compliance; Mike Tocci Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paperless Innovations on Use of Actus to Ensure Regulatory Compliance; Mike Tocci Quoted

    Paperless Innovations has pointed to inspector general reports flagging gaps in government procurement card programs and other factors that limit the intended use of P-Cards such as the micro-purchase threshold and agency-imposed restrictions. In a statement, the company has also underscored that artificial intelligence and robotic process automation in commercial off-the-shelf offerings could help agencies […] More

  • Axellio CEO Scott Aken on Virtualizing Network Traffic Analysis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Axellio CEO Scott Aken on Virtualizing Network Traffic Analysis

    Scott Aken, CEO of Axellio, has noted the current “hardware-heavy” setup of network traffic analysis and highlighted the potential of virtualizing traffic analysis applications through the use of next generation network visibility platforms. In a contributed column Solutions Review published Tuesday, Aken said virtualization could enable software-defined analysis applications for network and cybersecurity platforms. “The […] More

  • Client Solution Architects COO Tim Spadafore Participates in GovCon Wire Q&A - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Client Solution Architects COO Tim Spadafore Participates in GovCon Wire Q&A

    Tim Spadafore, chief operating officer of Client Solution Architects, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview with GovCon Wire published on Monday. He talked about the challenges in federal customers’ transition from legacy products to emerging software platforms and how to address them. The Q&A also tackled emerging technologies, changes in the government contracting […] More

  • Spire to Continue Providing NOAA With Radio Occultation Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spire to Continue Providing NOAA With Radio Occultation Data

    Spire Global has booked a $9.9 million order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to deliver commercial radio occultation satellite weather data to the agency in support of the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service. The fifth and final delivery order was awarded under an existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for purchasing vertical atmospheric temperature […] More

  • DOD Boosts Efforts to Address Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Posed by Chinese Parts, Materials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOD Boosts Efforts to Address Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Posed by Chinese Parts, Materials

    The Department of Defense has doubled down on measures to limit contractors’ use of aircraft components, electronics and raw materials from China and other adversaries in an effort to safeguard the defense industry supply chain from potential vulnerabilities or disruptions, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. In early September, DOD decided to halt the acceptance […] More