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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.
Menlo Microsystems will invest $50 million over the next three years as it works to retrofit a microelectronics production facility in Tompkins County, New York, a move that will generate 100 high-tech jobs in the Ithaca area in the next five years. The facility, dubbed Ideal Fab, is expected to start producing the company’s Ideal […] More
Executives from cloud services providers such as Oracle, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and IBM took part in a panel discussion in June and discussed how competition drives such companies to advance collaboration and data interoperability, Nextgov reported Monday. “The market is driving us toward open clouds where we do collaborate more with each other,” said […] More
Orion Space Solutions and Microsoft have entered into a strategic collaboration to help the Department of Defense advance data interoperability between joint forces and allies and support national security missions in the space domain through the Nexus Space Network. The NEXUS Space Network is a cross-domain cognitive electromagnetic data mesh network meant to provide DOD […] More
Angela Heise, corporate vice president for the worldwide public sector at Microsoft, said public sector organizations looking to pursue digital transformation initiatives should create a holistic, long-term strategy to develop the capacity to implement new processes and technologies and deliver more responsive and personalized services to citizens, Technology Record reported Friday. Heise called data as […] More
Bechtel has concluded the safe destruction of the last munition in the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Kentucky. The Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass team enabled the U.S. to fulfill its commitment to the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty after destroying about 523 U.S. tons of chemical agent configured […] More
Tim Boltz, director of EdTech strategy at Carahsoft Technology, said there are five themes that demonstrate how artificial intelligence could be used as a tool in education and one of those is communication. Boltz wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that predictive technology, SMS bots, ChatGPT and other AI tools could help students navigate […] More
Tecolote Research has received a potential one-year, $71.6 million task order from the U.S. Air Force for financial management support services. The company will help the Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System Directorate develop and maintain program cost estimates, integrate engineering designs with such cost estimates, conduct schedule management and earned […] More
Tiffany Goddard, director of customer experience and engagement solutions at Carahsoft Technology, highlighted key takeaways from a summit on customer experience and one of those is that the public sector can build and foster trust among the citizens it serves through CX transformation. “Great CX starts with an organizational understanding that building and sustaining trust […] More
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has released a request for proposals for the first of five concept studies meant to inform the design of the next-generation medium- or heavy-class military helicopter, FlightGlobal reported Wednesday. The tender is seeking a company that could perform research into a “novel powerplant” for the Next-Generation Rotorcraft Capability program […] More
Steve Orrin, chief technology officer at Intel’s federal arm, said becoming a data-driven organization in the public sector calls for agencies to know how to effectively leverage data. In a DataFramed podcast aired Monday, Orrin highlighted the key role of data in enabling the U.S. government to deliver citizen services and support national defense. “But […] More
The Defense Information Systems Agency has begun to solicit information on small businesses with the technical capability to meet the requirements of the Defense Enclave Services Expansion program. DISA intends to compete DES-E as a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help modernize the Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network, Secret IP Router Network, Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications […] More
Paul Smith, a Red Hat veteran and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has been appointed as acting CEO of Rancher Government Solutions. He takes over the responsibilities of Lynne Chamberlain, who decided to retire after three years at the helm of RGS, the company said Thursday. Smith spent 17 years at Red Hat, where he served […] More
