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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.
The General Services Administration on Wednesday held an industry day in Atlanta to discuss a potential five-year, $5.5B blanket purchase agreement for information technology products and services that GSA plans to introduce with the U.S. Air Force, FedScoop reported Thursday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 16 stated the 2nd Generation IT contract is a multiple-award […] More
Dewberry and Civis Analytics have collaborated on a data collection and analysis initiative to assess Hurricane Harvey’s impacts to Houston and support recovery efforts in the city. “The Harvey hindcast analysis conducted by Dewberry and Civis Analytics showed that there were an additional 130K Houstonians who were not counted in the original assessments, especially in […] More
Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary has delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California two Earth observation satellites the company built for Planet. The SSL-made SkySat 14 and 15 will fly aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as part of Spaceflight’s maiden Sun Synchronous rideshare mission for Planet’s constellation that works to provide 72-centimeter satellite imagery, Maxar said […] More
General Dynamics has initiated portfolio shaping efforts through its $9.7B acquisition of CSRA and recent move to divest its government call center business, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. Maximus agreed earlier this month to purchase General Dynamics Information Technology’s federal citizen engagement centers for $400M in cash to expand its capabilities in citizen services delivery. General […] More
Roger Krone, Leidos chairman and CEO, joined congressional members and other industry executives on Wednesday at the White House to witness the signing of a bill that aims to counter opioid abuse. John Hindman, senior international and public affairs adviser at Leidos, accompanied Krone during the signing of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid […] More
Dan Tucker, a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton’s digital solutions business, and George Young, VP of U.S. public sector at Elastic, have said federal agencies that aim to modernize their information technology infrastructure should begin with their data layer. “The most effective IT modernization strategies are driven by a data management strategy,†Tucker and Young […] More
Red Hat and NVIDIA have agreed to advance the use of open-source platforms to support artificial intelligence, data science and deep learning workloads in enterprise data centers. Red Hat said Tuesday it secured certification to deploy its Enterprise Linux operating system and Kubernetes platform on NVIDIA DGX-1 hardware systems through the partnership. The collaboration aims to […] More
Stan McChrystal, a retired U.S. Army general and co-founder of consulting firm McChrystal Group, has released his latest book “Leaders: Myth and Reality.†In “Leaders: Myth and Reality,†McChrystal explores the concept of leadership by profiling 13 renowned leaders from various fields and eras including Boss Tweed, Margaret Thatcher, Walt Disney and Coco Chanel. He co-authored the […] More
Dominic Delmolino, chief technology officer of Accenture’s federal services business, has said agencies should deploy artificial intelligence systems as “subservient or assistive†tools as they decide on veterans benefits, vendor invoices, disputes and other matters, Federal News Network reported Monday. Delmolino noted that potential AI users should watch out for the possibility of bias in an […] More
President Donald Trump has said the U.S. must continue to invest and build up the military in order to maintain the country’s competitive edge against potential adversaries. “We’ve secured record funding for the armed forces,†he said Friday during the Defense Roundtable at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. “The funds will support new fighter […] More
Robert Work, former deputy secretary at the Defense Department, has joined Mitre’s Visiting Fellows Program to offer advice on critical national issues. Bill LaPlante, senior vice president for Mitre’s national security sector, said in a statement published Monday Work brings decades of experience and knowledge to the nonprofit company’s national security sector as it works […] More
Kathryn Condello, senior director for national security and emergency preparedness at CenturyLink, has discussed how the company works to mitigate cyber risks through public-private partnerships. Condello wrote in a blog post published Monday that representatives from the communications, power and financial services sectors have drafted a joint response plan in the event of a cyber […] More
