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Maximus Federal Lead Tom Romeo on Agencies’ Citizen Experience Commercialization Efforts, LPTA Use in IT Acquisitions

As head of Maximus‘ federal services business, Tom Romeo oversees an approximate $500 million portfolio of work for the federal government in areas such as health program supportÂ and business process services to agenciesÂ for the facilitation of aÂ process the company calls the “Citizen Journey.” The company views the Citizen Journey as one that contains new expectations […] More

February 24, 2016, 2:16 pm
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Harris, NASA Complete Webb Telescope Mirror Installation; Bill Ochs, Gary Matthews Comment

NASA and industry partner Harris Corp. have completed their work to install the Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.-builtÂ primary mirrors forÂ the James Webb Space Telescope ahead of itsÂ scheduled launch in 2018. The space agency said Thursday Harris installed Webb’s 18 mirrors with the final one in place Wednesday and will also lead integration work and tests […] More

February 5, 2016, 9:24 am
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Raytheon-Vista Cyber JV Adopts ‘Forcepoint’ Name, Seeks Focus on Internal Net Monitoring

The cybersecurity joint venture ofÂ Raytheon andÂ technology investment firm Vista Equity PartnersÂ hasÂ passedÂ the half-yearÂ mark since its mid-2015 launchÂ and has enteredÂ the nextÂ chapter underÂ a new identity. Waltham, Mass.-based Raytheon, maker of Patriot missiles and other military weapons, made aÂ largeÂ betÂ onÂ the government and commercial cyber markets in April 2015Â when it agreed to acquireÂ majority controlÂ ofÂ Websense from Vista for nearly $2 billion in […] More

January 14, 2016, 11:30 am
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David Young of Level 3 on GSA’s Telecom Contract Transition and Internet Connectivity Trends at Agencies

David Young oversees sales activities in the federal government market for Level 3 Communications in his role as a vice president at the multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company. Broomfield, Colo.-headquartered Level 3 operates a Tier 1 network worldwide and its work for federal agencies includes network security,Â Internet connections for large enterprises and cloud […] More

January 12, 2016, 2:18 pm
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Seagate Gov’t Subsidiary to Hone on Multi-Level Security Challenges at Agencies

Data storage company SeagateÂ started its new U.S. government-focused businessÂ with the goal to help federal agencies establish and carry out their roadmaps for theÂ adoption of technologies and new methods to store increasing volumes of data, unitÂ leaders have told ExecutiveBiz. Seagate unveiled the businessÂ in November and said the unit will also focus on work with agencies on […] More

January 12, 2016, 1:20 pm
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Lou Von Thaer on His 2016 DynCorp Outlook & The Int’l GovCon Market Picture

Lou Von Thaer began a new phaseÂ ofÂ his nearly three-decade GovCon career in Summer 2015 when McLean, Virginia-based DynCorp International appointed himÂ to the chief executive post. He joined DynCorp from a two-year stint at LeidosÂ as national security sector president, which was preceded by a decade at General Dynamics as head of the advanced information systems unit. […] More

January 5, 2016, 2:21 pm
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Dan Helfrich, Future Deloitte Federal Lead, on Federal Workforce Initiatives & Shared Services Trends

Workforce transformation and human capital initiatives are two federal workforce-related areas that will garner greater attention from agencies as they seek to further engage employees in the public sector, the incoming leader of Deloitte‘s federal practice has told ExecutiveBiz. Dan Helfrich, whose appointment takes effectÂ Jan. 1, also singled out to ExecutiveBiz employee performance management and […] More

December 16, 2015, 12:55 pm
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Int’l Space Station Captures Orbital ATK Cygnus Spacecraft for 50-Day Stay

The International Space Station captured anÂ Orbital ATK-builtÂ spacecraftÂ at 6:19Â a.m. Eastern time to start a 50-day berthing period for astronauts on the ISS to carry out scientific studies with cargo and other research supplies delivered by the company’s Cyngus ship. NASA said WednesdayÂ astronaut Kjell Lindgren used the space station’s robotic arm to take in Cyngus andÂ the spacecraft […] More

December 9, 2015, 9:26 am
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Tony Smeraglinolo, John Hynes on Engility’s Post-TASC Deal Outlook & GovCon Services Consolidation

The government services market started to get a glimpse of what would eventually become an ongoing landscape shift in October 2014 when Engility Holdings announced its $1.3 billion acquisition of fellow Chantilly, Va.-based contractor TASC, a deal which closed in February 2015. Since the TASC deal was announced, companies in the government services space have […] More

December 3, 2015, 3:36 pm
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Kevin Shelly on MarkLogic’s ‘Enterprise NoSQL’ Database Approach for Agencies & Analytics Trends

Kevin Shelly oversees the global public sector business of San Carlos, California-based enterprise software developer MarkLogic as a group vice presidentÂ and leads the company’s work in government, healthcare and life science markets. ShellyÂ joined MarkLogic in 2012 after service atÂ Angel as sales VP for government and private sector markets andÂ he is also a former sales SVPÂ for […] More

November 24, 2015, 1:33 pm
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NVRC Study: California, Northern Virginia Top Federal Contracting States for 2010-14

California and Northern Virginia were respectively the first- and second-largest states in terms of federal contract spendingÂ between 2010 and 2014 if the latterÂ region was a state, a new study says. The rÂ said MondayÂ California received approximately $255Â billion in federal non-payroll,Â defense and non-defense contractsÂ over that four-yearÂ period and Northern Virginia got nearlyÂ $219 billion for those same items. NVRC […] More

November 19, 2015, 11:07 am
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Michael Niggel on ACT I’s Role in the F-35 Program and His Foreign Military Sales Outlook

Michael Niggel and his partners started Advanced Concepts and Technologies International — or ACT I — in 1998 with an initial division dedicated to foreign military sales. The Arlington, Virginia-based government services contractor now has five divisions that provide acquisition and program management support services toÂ U.S and international defense agenciesÂ forÂ programs such as the F-35 Joint […] More

November 17, 2015, 1:49 pm