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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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  • BlueHalo to Acquire Intelligent Automation in Tech Portfolio Growth Push; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in M&A Activity, News

    BlueHalo to Acquire Intelligent Automation in Tech Portfolio Growth Push; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted

    BlueHalo, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has agreed to buy Rockville Maryland-based Intelligent Automation Inc. in a move to incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies into BlueHalo’s national security platform. IAI employs more than 75 professionals who are PhD holders, supports multiple customers at the Department of Department and productizes technology via […] More

  • Buchanan & Edwards to Help Modernize GAO Report Processing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Buchanan & Edwards to Help Modernize GAO Report Processing System

    Buchanan & Edwards has secured a five-year, $42.3 million contract to support cloud migration of the Government Accountability Office’s system for developing and distributing agency reports. The company said Tuesday it will provide modernization support to GAO’s information systems and technology services office as part of the New Blue System Operations & Maintenance program. Mohamed […] More

  • Hypori Adds Tech Industry Vet Bill Conroy to Board; Jared Shepard Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    Hypori Adds Tech Industry Vet Bill Conroy to Board; Jared Shepard Quoted

    Bill Conroy, president of Conroy Advisors, has joined the board of directors at Austin, Texas-based mobile enterprise security technology provider Hypori. He brings decades of technology industry experience to the board as Hypori pursues market expansion and strategic development initiatives, the company said Wednesday. Jared Shepard, CEO of Hypori, said that Conroy “has the proven […] More

  • Haywood Talcove: Kantara Certification Validates LexisNexis Risk Solutions Platform for Fraud Prevention - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Press Releases

    Haywood Talcove: Kantara Certification Validates LexisNexis Risk Solutions Platform for Fraud Prevention

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug 16, 2021 — Kantara Initiative certified LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ risk-based fraud prevention tool for conformance with government digital identity guidelines set forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 2. LexisNexis Risk Solutions said the conformity assessment organization granted its Kantara Trust Mark to the Risk […] More

  • GovCon Industry Vet Raymond Good Named Sev1Tech Strategic Capture VP; Robert Lohfeld Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    GovCon Industry Vet Raymond Good Named Sev1Tech Strategic Capture VP; Robert Lohfeld Quoted

    Raymond Good, a 28-year government contracting market veteran, has been appointed vice president of strategic capture at Woodbridge, Virginia-based information technology services provider Sev1Tech. He will report to Sev1Tech Chief Growth Officer Zhenia Klevitsky and develop winning strategies for federal business growth opportunities in his new position, the company said. Robert Lohfeld, CEO of Sev1Tech, […] More

  • Falconwood Wins $73M Navy Program Mgmt Support Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Falconwood Wins $73M Navy Program Mgmt Support Order

    Falconwood has received a potential five-year, $73 million task order to provide engineering, logistics and cybersecurity services to the U.S. Navy’s program management office for enterprise business solutions. The Arlington, Virginia-based company said Monday it will support the Navy PMW 220 office in data planning, risk and configuration management, agile development, SecDevOps and test and […] More

  • Former NOAA Head Neil Jacobs Joins Spire Global - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    Former NOAA Head Neil Jacobs Joins Spire Global

    Neil Jacobs, former acting administrator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has been named scientific adviser at satellite operator Spire Global. He will advise the company’s leadership team on matters pertaining to the commercialization of weather systems and expansion of satellite data products for the government sector, Spire said Friday. Jacobs concurrently served as […] More

  • Raytheon Helps Space Force Design Data Analysis Tool via Digital Engineering Method - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Raytheon Helps Space Force Design Data Analysis Tool via Digital Engineering Method

    Raytheon Technologies has applied a digital engineering approach to help the U.S. Space Force design a ground system for processing and analyzing military satellite data. The company said its intelligence and space business developed virtual models using a digital thread to understand small design changes as the team worked on the Future Operationally Resilient Ground […] More

  • Peraton Secures $497M Contract to Build VA Cloud Infrastructure; Tarik Reyes Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Peraton Secures $497M Contract to Build VA Cloud Infrastructure; Tarik Reyes Quoted

    Peraton will develop a managed service platform to support the Department of Veterans Affairs’ cloud-based storage and computing functions under a potential seven-year, $497 million contract. The company said Monday it will help the department integrate on-premise hardware with the VA Enterprise Cloud system through an infrastructure-as-a-managed service and migrate the Veterans Health Information System […] More

  • Fortalice's Theresa Payton: Cyber Champions Needed to Beat Ransomware Syndicates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Fortalice’s Theresa Payton: Cyber Champions Needed to Beat Ransomware Syndicates

    Theresa Payton, founder and CEO of cybersecurity company Fortalice Solutions, said that critical infrastructure buildout initiatives should include bringing in top cybersecurity talent to defend against a ransomware attack. “The only way to beat these ransomware syndicates at their own game is to have the best and brightest building the master key to unlock the […] More