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Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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  • CSA Chief Growth Officer Ronald 'Fog' Hahn Participates in GovCon Wire Q&A - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSA Chief Growth Officer Ronald ‘Fog’ Hahn Participates in GovCon Wire Q&A

    Ronald “Fog” Hahn leads corporate growth strategy and a governmentwide acquisition center of excellence in his role as chief growth officer at Client Solution Architects. He also oversees CSA’s business development, branding and marketing, technology development, competitive intelligence and government relations functions. The retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel said in a recent Executive Spotlight interview […] More

  • Barbara Hubbell Assumes New VP Role at Jacobs Divergent Solutions Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Barbara Hubbell Assumes New VP Role at Jacobs Divergent Solutions Unit

    Barbara Hubbell, who has been serving as a vice president at Jacobs since June 2019, has assumed new responsibilities within the company’s newly formed divergent solutions business unit. She now serves as VP and general manager of technology and innovative solutions, according to a LinkedIn post published Monday. In her previous capacity, Hubbell oversaw mission […] More

  • ManTech COO Matt Tait Promoted to President, CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech COO Matt Tait Promoted to President, CEO

    Matt Tait, chief operating officer of ManTech International since July 2020, has been promoted to the president and CEO positions. He succeeds Kevin Phillips, who has led ManTech over the past four years and will continue to serve as chairman of the board, the company said Monday. Tait’s promotion is effective immediately and comes less […] More

  • FCC Implements 5-Year Deorbiting Requirement for Satellite Operators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCC Implements 5-Year Deorbiting Requirement for Satellite Operators

    The Federal Communications Commission has approved a new rule for low-Earth orbit satellite operators to carry out spacecraft disposal efforts no more than five years after the end of a mission. FCC said Thursday the policy applies to space assets that reach the end of life below an altitude of 2,000 kilometers and replaces the […] More

  • Air Force to Push Through Flight Test of Lockheed Laser Tech for AC-130J Gunship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force to Push Through Flight Test of Lockheed Laser Tech for AC-130J Gunship

    An Air Force Special Operations Command spokeswoman said the flight test of a Lockheed Martin-built laser weapon on the AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft could begin in the summer of 2023, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. The publication cited Lt. Col. Rebecca Heyse, director of AFSOC public affairs, as saying the command will use data from the Airborne […] More

  • DRT Receives CDC Geospatial Analysis Support Task Order; James Gordon Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRT Receives CDC Geospatial Analysis Support Task Order; James Gordon Quoted

    DRT Strategies has received a one-year, $11 million task order to support geospatial research and analysis work at a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agency. The order from CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry includes geographic information system consulting services to the Geospatial Research, Analysis and Services Program, the company said Thursday. […] More

  • SecurityScorecard's Board Adds Sue Gordon as Independent Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SecurityScorecard’s Board Adds Sue Gordon as Independent Director

    Sue Gordon, a nearly four-decade intelligence community veteran and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named an independent director at SecurityScorecard. She joins SecurityScorecard’s board of directors as the company aims to help public and private sector customers manage cyber risk, the New York-based cybersecurity tech provider said Thursday. Gordon is known for helping […] More

  • Paperless Innovations Aims to Support Agency Procurement Data Transparency With Actus; Mike Tocci Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paperless Innovations Aims to Support Agency Procurement Data Transparency With Actus; Mike Tocci Quoted

    The cloud-based Actus platform can offer agencies transparency in the process of managing procurement card transactions, according to Paperless Innovations. “We believe that data officers and analysts should get the same quality and the same transparency out of P-Card systems as they do from contract awards, and Actus does this,” Paperless Innovations President Mike Tocci […] More

  • Dragos Receives Numbering Authority Designation for CISA-Sponsored Cybersecurity Catalog - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dragos Receives Numbering Authority Designation for CISA-Sponsored Cybersecurity Catalog

    Dragos has been authorized to assign vulnerability identifiers for a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency-sponsored program that documents exploitable software and firmware weaknesses. The company said Tuesday it received a numbering authority status under the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program to provide ID references if the software provider discovers a potential security threat in its […] More

  • Plasma Waters Sanitation Tech Lands Top Prize at Army-Hosted Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Plasma Waters Sanitation Tech Lands Top Prize at Army-Hosted Competition

    Plasma Waters has won first place in a U.S. Army prize competition where the company presented sanitation technology that works to remove bacteria and viruses from water. The company said its patented system for eliminating microbiological contamination and monitoring the quality of water is a winner of the xTechInternational Competition hosted by the Army’s acquisition, […] More

  • Maxar's Tony Frazier: Contract Vehicles Help Accelerate US Aid Delivery to Ukraine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar’s Tony Frazier: Contract Vehicles Help Accelerate US Aid Delivery to Ukraine

    Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, said acquisition contracts for the private sector have served as a key tool for the U.S. government to help supplement Ukrainian defense capabilities in the wake of Russia’s invasion, Signal Magazine reported Thursday. He and James Doggett, vice president […] More

  • AWS, ServiceNow Execs Cite Education, Work Flexibility as Keys to Grow Federal IT Talent Pipeline - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS, ServiceNow Execs Cite Education, Work Flexibility as Keys to Grow Federal IT Talent Pipeline

    Government business leaders at Amazon Web Services and ServiceNow, said education programs and flexible work arrangements are among the ways for agencies to develop and retain information technology professionals, FedTech Magazine reported Monday. Max Peterson, vice president of the worldwide public sector unit at AWS and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, emphasized the importance for […] More