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  • Pentagon Sends Proposed Rule for CMMC Framework to OMB for Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pentagon Sends Proposed Rule for CMMC Framework to OMB for Review

    The Department of Defense has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget its proposed rule to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The office of information and regulatory affairs within OMB is now set to review the CMMC framework after receiving the proposed rule on Monday. The CMMC framework seeks to help assess […] More

  • CGI Eyes AI Capability Expansion With $758M Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Eyes AI Capability Expansion With $758M Investment

    CGI plans to invest approximately $757.9 million in efforts to further advance the development of artificial intelligence platforms and services over the next three years. The company said Monday the planned investment includes the expansion of AI-related consulting services, employee recruitment and training, intellectual property AI-enablement and ethical-use delivery platforms and accelerators. “As the next […] More

  • USPTO Grants Trademark Registration for Hexagon US Federal's Geospatial Platform; Tammer Olibah Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USPTO Grants Trademark Registration for Hexagon US Federal’s Geospatial Platform; Tammer Olibah Quoted

    Hexagon‘s U.S. government subsidiary has secured its trademark registration from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its geospatial platform, dubbed Aerial Reconnaissance Tactical Edge Mapping Imagery System. ARTEMIS is a content management platform from Hexagon US Federal that uses sensors and small unmanned aircraft systems to facilitate the collection and use of tactical imagery […] More

  • Michelle Rodrigues Joins MRIGlobal as Government Business Development VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michelle Rodrigues Joins MRIGlobal as Government Business Development VP

    Michelle Rodrigues, a federal technology industry executive, has been appointed vice president for government business development at research and development services provider MRIGlobal. She will become part of the company’s executive leadership team as she oversees business development initiatives for both defense and civil health customers, including the departments of Defense, Agriculture and Health and […] More

  • Carahsoft's Tiffany Goddard: Agencies Should Begin With Improving Employee Experience - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s Tiffany Goddard: Agencies Should Begin With Improving Employee Experience

    Tiffany Goddard, director of customer experience and engagement solutions at Carahsoft Technology, said government agencies looking to improve CX should start with enhancing employee experience. “Employees can be the most underutilized asset for organizations, so it is important for agencies to understand what employees need for peak performance,” Goddard wrote in a blog post published […] More

  • Report: Lockheed, RTX, General Dynamics Among GovCon Firms to Score the Most FY22 Federal Contract Dollars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed, RTX, General Dynamics Among GovCon Firms to Score the Most FY22 Federal Contract Dollars

    A General Services Administration report shows that Lockheed Martin, RTX and General Dynamics emerged as the top three vendors that secured the most federal contracting dollars in fiscal year 2022, The Hill reported Friday. Lockheed received $47.7 billion in FY 2022 government contracts, up 13 percent from $42.1 billion in the past fiscal year. Of […] More

  • Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Phil Fuster: Agencies Should Adopt Data-Centric Security Approach - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Phil Fuster: Agencies Should Adopt Data-Centric Security Approach

    Phil Fuster, chief revenue officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said federal agencies looking to better defend systems from cybercrimes should foster collaboration with industry and other agencies through sharing of threat intelligence and best practices and establish secure standardized platforms for sharing information. In a Fed Gov Today podcast aired Thursday, Fuster highlighted the need […] More

  • Aeyon's Mark Hogenmiller on Social, AI, Governance & Environmental Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aeyon’s Mark Hogenmiller on Social, AI, Governance & Environmental Framework

    Aeyon Chief Transformation Officer Mark Hogenmiller said government agencies and corporations are seeing the emergence of the Social, Artificial Intelligence, Governance and Environmental framework, which calls for agency and industry leaders to collaborate to develop, understand and implement standards to advance the ethical use of AI. “By incorporating the SAGE Framework, we can accelerate the […] More

  • Leidos Awarded Navy Contract Modification for Medium UUV Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Awarded Navy Contract Modification for Medium UUV Development

    Leidos has received a $36.3 million contract modification to fabricate, test and deliver four development models of a medium unmanned undersea vehicle and related equipment and data to the U.S. Navy. The modification exercises an option on a contract awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command in July 2022 in support of the Razorback UUV and […] More

  • Cloudera's Rob Carey on How Government Should Approach Generative AI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cloudera’s Rob Carey on How Government Should Approach Generative AI

    Rob Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions, said he considers the potential of generative artificial intelligence as “virtually unlimited,” Nextgov/FCW reported Wednesday. “The only limiting factor may be the data you give it access to,” added Carey, former principal deputy chief information officer at the Department of Defense and a previous Wash100 awardee. Carey said […] More

  • GDIT Issues Study on Emerging Tech Adoption in Federal Government; Ben Gianni Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GDIT Issues Study on Emerging Tech Adoption in Federal Government; Ben Gianni Quoted

    A study by General Dynamics’ information technology business has found that 65 percent of federal agencies said they are adopting artificial intelligence, 5G, machine learning, quantum computing, virtual and augmented reality and other emerging technologies to accelerate digital transformation efforts. GDIT’s digital consulting practice polled 425 defense, intelligence and civilian agency officials for the Seeds […] More

  • HP Federal's Tommy Gardner on Improving Customer Experience in Government - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP Federal’s Tommy Gardner on Improving Customer Experience in Government

    Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP Federal, said government agencies looking to improve customer experience should not only change their mindset but also consider budget, GovLoop reported Tuesday. “Customer experience is defined by money as most experiences are,” said Gardner, a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. “Most organizations have more unacceptable risk […] More