Jane Edwards
is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
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NIST Wants Orgs to Contribute Products to Support 5G Cybersecurity Demo Project
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is asking organizations to share their products and technical expertise in support of a project that seeks to demonstrate how components of the 5G network architecture can offer security capabilities to meet industry’s compliance requirements and reduce identified risks.
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Pure Storage’s Gary Newgaard: Modern Data Experience Key to Maintaining Telework-Ready Environment
Gary Newgaard, vice president of public sector at Pure Storage, wrote in a GCN guest piece published Tuesday that government agencies should have the right infrastructure and a modern data experience to meet expanded telework requirements.
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in Executive Moves, NewsSpaceX Vet Zach Dunn Joins Relativity Space as Factory Development VP
Zach Dunn, formerly senior vice president of production and launch at SpaceX, has been named VP of factory development at California-based Relativity Space, Ars Technica reported Tuesday.
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in NewsL3Harris CEO William Brown: Stable Funding, Faster Acquisitions Key to a More Resilient Defense Supply Chain
William “Bill†Brown, chairman and CEO of L3Harris Technologies and a previous Wash100 awardee, wrote in a commentary published Monday on Defense News that there are several actions the Department of Defense and industry should implement to strengthen the country’s defense supply chain and one is ensuring sustained budgets.
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Air Force Concludes Initial Review of Northrop’s GBSD System Design
The U.S. Air Force conducted in late April a three-day preliminary design review of Northrop Grumman’s proposed system for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile program, the service branch reported Friday.
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Meagan Metzger on How DoD Can Identify Right Commercial Tech to Meet Critical Needs
Meagan Metzger, founder and CEO of Dcode and an advisory board member at Booz Allen Hamilton, wrote in a commentary published Thursday on Defense News that the Department of Defense and other federal agencies seeking to rapidly deploy commercial technology platforms should collaborate with private sector partners with experience screening tech companies for government contracts.
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Parsons’ Carey Smith on Employing Innovation to Help Gov’t Respond to COVID-19
Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer of Parsons and a two-time Wash100 awardee, told Government Matters in an interview posted Tuesday about how companies leverage innovative technologies to help agencies respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
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BAE Makes UUV Tech, Integration Progress Since Riptide Purchase
BAE Systems has reported infrastructure, product and integration milestones a year after it completed the acquisition of unmanned underwater vehicle provider Riptide Autonomous Solutions in support of its research-and-development arm FAST Labs.
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State Dept Seeks Projects to Combat Corruption Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
The State Department’s bureau of democracy, human rights and labor has released a solicitation for initiatives that could help fight corruption amid response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tech Companies Help States Process Unemployment Claims With Cloud, AI
Technology companies such as Google, Amazon Web Services and Accenture are helping states address website crashes, busy phone lines and other issues as they process unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
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Christian Zur, Scott Kordella on Safe Coexistence of Space Launch Sector, Aviation Industry
Christian Zur of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Scott Kordella of Mitre wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday on Federal Times that the U.S. needs to have a “single operational picture†to facilitate timely and accurate monitoring of aircraft and space systems and enable the space launch sector to safely coexist with the aviation industry.