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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.
The PwC Public Sector business acquired by investment firm Veritas Capital in May now operates under the name Guidehouse, ExecutiveBiz has learned. Guidehouse’s website says the company will offer technology, management and strategy consulting services to multiple sectors that include the defense, national security and state and local government markets. The consulting firm is led […] More
Ken Asbury, president and CEO of CACI International and a five-time Wash100 winner, has pointed to cultural fit and a go-to-market strategy that could involve technical skills or technology offerings as the company’s key considerations for identifying potential acquisition targets. “We look through a lens of all of our markets at all times and something […] More
The U.S. Coast Guard has granted Knight Point Systems an authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer the company’s infrastructure-as-a-service platform to government organizations. Reston, Va.-based Knight Point received ATO certification on May 22 for the CloudSeed IaaS offering designed to help federal clients view, manage and secure workloads […] More
The CEOs of Northrop Grumman and IBM have jointly urged Congress to pass legislation that would reauthorize and update the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Northrop’s Wes Bush, a four-time 2018 Wash100 recipient, and IBM’s Ginni Rometty wrote in a joint opinion piece published Friday on CNBC the proposed bill would fund CTE programs […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a two-year, $47 million contract to examine system and payload requirements for the first two polar space vehicles that will be built through the service branch’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program. Northrop will also conduct risk reduction efforts to support the Next-Gen OPIR initiative as part of the sole-source […] More
Jerry DeMuro, president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc., has said the Virginia-based contractor is trying to align its portfolio with the Defense Department‘s current priorities that are based on authorized budget, Defense One reported Thursday. “What we tell our people and what we try and focus on are the facts and not the rhetoric,†he told […] More
FedBid has received a potential five-year contract to provide Labor Department contracting offices access to a cloud-based reverse auction marketplace. The company said Thursday its platform works to help government buyers view current market prices for goods and services in real time. DOL has awarded at least $71 million in contracts over the past 12 years […] More
NCI has introduced a technology platform designed to help U.S. government customers automate processes and comply with cybersecurity requirements. The Scaling Humans with Artificial Intelligence offering is built to support data management, service desk and back office functions, and features software to facilitate application login, the company said Tuesday. Shai works to create and maintain […] More
Janus Global Operations has received the International Stability Operations Association’s 2018 Corporate Achievement Award for helping government and nongovernmental organizations deliver support services to challenging environments. “Our work is a challenge, given the hazards involved and the places we must work, but it’s hugely rewarding, knowing we’re helping people return to normal lives and enable […] More
Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, said in an interview on “Bloomberg Technology” show that aired Saturday the company has worked with Amazon Web Services in efforts to deploy cloud computing platforms to the government sector. Both companies recently announced a partnership to integrate AWS GovCloud (US) into SAP NS2’s Secure HANA […] More
ViON President Jeff Henry has said the company built a cloud platform in a push to support government clients’ information technology modernization efforts. Henry told MeriTalk in an interview published Friday the Herndon, Va.-based contractor works to procure and install IT systems on site for customer agencies, as well as helps them manage infrastructure capacity via […] More
DynCorp International has received a potential two-year, $46.2 million task order to help the U.S. Air Force maintain A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft stationed at Davis-Monthan AF Base in Tucson, Ariz. The company said Monday it will continue to support the 357th Aircraft Maintenance Unit’s ground attack jets under the Davis-Monthan Contract Field Team order. Connie Green, contracts manager at DynCorp’s […] More
