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Serco Inc. CEO Tom Watson Secures 1st Wash100 Award for Customer Mission Support Leadership

Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Tom Watson, CEO of Serco Group‘s North American business arm, as a recipient of the 2024 Wash100 Award for his leadership in the delivery of professional, technology and management services to U.S. military service branches and federal civilian agencies. This is the first time that Watson was named among Executive Mosaic's annual list of Wash100 awardees.

Vote for Watson as one of your favorite awardees at Wash100.com. This year's popular vote competition runs through April 30, so cast your 10 votes now!

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by Christine Thropp March 26, 2024, 11:05 am
in Contract Awards, News

Boeing Receives $96M SOCOM Contract Modification for MH-47G Modernization Support

Boeing has received a $96.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Special Operations Command for the procurement of the MH-47G Chinook rotary wing renew build aircraft. The Department of Defense said Monday the award increases the obligated amount to an existing SOCOM task order to approximately $404.7 million.

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by Kacey Roberts March 26, 2024, 11:02 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

AutogenAI’s Elizabeth Lukas: AI to Level Playing Field, Enhance Competitiveness in GovCon

Elizabeth Lukas of artificial intelligence company AutogenAI sees a growing expectation in the broader industry that companies should respond quickly to procurement opportunities, an expectation that, Lukas believes, will spread into the government contracting space. Adopting AI would allow contractors to meet this expectation because the technology enables organizations to respond to more bids within timeframes that are likely to become shorter and tighter, the CEO of AutogenAI's Americas business says in an opinion column published Monday.

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by Jerry Petersen March 26, 2024, 11:02 am
in Executive Moves, News

Mayur Ahuja Promoted to Division Vice President and Deputy Program Manager at Jacobs

Mayur Ahuja announced on LinkedIn Monday his promotion to division vice president and deputy program manager of the Johnson Space Center Engineering, Technology and Science contract at Jacobs, transitioning from his role as director of engineering of JETS. Ahuja initially joined Jacobs in 2005 and stayed with the company for eight years. During that term, he served as facility configuration manager, then manager of the avionics, biomedical robotics and astromaterials group and deputy director of engineering for the JETS contract.

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by Kacey Roberts March 26, 2024, 10:51 am
in Contract Awards, News

ECS Awarded $120M CMS Contract for Managed Cybersecurity Services; John Heneghan Quoted

ECS, through its wholly owned subsidiary Iron Vine Security, will provide the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with comprehensive cybersecurity support under a $120 million award. The CMS Cybersecurity Integration Center Operations contract will extend ECS' support for the agency and the CMS Healthcare Marketplace through 2029, the company said Tuesday.

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by Christine Thropp March 26, 2024, 10:26 am
in Cloud, News

FAA Conducting Market Research for Follow-on Cloud Services Contract

The Department of Transportation is seeking information from providers of cloud services that could support the operational mission of the Federal Aviation Administration, according to a SAM. gov sources sought notice. With the current FAA Cloud Services contract expected to be completed by August 25, 2025, the agency is conducting a market research to determine the best acquisition approach for the follow-on effort.

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by Christine Thropp March 26, 2024, 9:00 am
in Contract Awards, Healthcare IT, News

ManTech to Digitally Transform App Suite Under $166M DHA Contract; Stephen Deitz Quoted

The Defense Health Agency has awarded ManTech a five-year, $166 million contract to conduct cloud migration and other technical support for an information technology program management office at the agency.

IT strategies will be a topic of conversation at the Potomac Officers Club's upcoming 5th Annual CIO Summit on April 17. You don't have to be a CIO to participate, so if your work involves IT and you're in GovCon, it's a must-attend event. Register here!

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by Charles Lyons-Burt March 25, 2024, 11:43 am
in Cloud, News

Carahsoft to Make Wiz Cloud Security Platform Available on AWS Marketplace via Distributor Seller Program

Cloud security platform provider Wiz has been made part of Carahsoft's Distributor Seller of Record Program. Carahsoft said Thursday that, as master government aggregator, it will work to make Wiz's offering available on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace via the DSOR Program.

Cyber experts, government leaders and industry visionaries will speak about the dynamic and evolving role of cyber in the public sector at the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Cyber Summit, which will take place in June. Register now to attend this important event!

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by Jerry Petersen March 25, 2024, 11:35 am
in Financial Reports, News

Lumen Finalizes TSA Transactions; Kate Johnson Quoted

Lumen Technologies has finalized the transactions outlined in the amended and restated transaction support agreement, a milestone that enables the company to execute its business transformation strategy. The communications services provider and its subsidiaries Level 3 Financing and Qwest signed the TSA with certain creditors.

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by Jane Edwards March 25, 2024, 11:27 am
in Acquisition & Procurement, DOD, News

Air Force Seeks Contractors for $12.5B Base Area Network Modernization Effort

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has released the solicitation for the $12.5 billion Base Infrastructure Modernization multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The contract opportunity will have a five-year base period of performance followed by a single five-year option period, according to the request for proposal posted Friday on SAM.gov.

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by Jerry Petersen March 25, 2024, 11:16 am
in Contract Awards, News

Olin Winchester to Build Next-Gen Weapon Facility Under Army Contract

Olin’s Winchester business has received a contract from the U.S. Army to construct the service branch's Next Generation Squad Weapon ammunition facility. The Army said Friday the construction supports the ongoing modernization efforts at the Missouri-based Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, which Olin Winchester operates.

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by Kacey Roberts March 25, 2024, 11:06 am
in News, Wash100

Booz Allen’s Judi Dotson Wins 2024 Wash100 Award for Digital Transformation, Innovation Leadership

Judi Dotson, president of the global defense sector at Booz Allen Hamilton, has been named a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient for her continued leadership and drive to advance digital transformation initiatives across the defense, civilian and intelligence sectors. This marks the second time Dotson has been inducted into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of the most influential agency officials and company leaders working on government contracting.

Vote for Dotson as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition! Voting closes on April 30, so visit Wash100.com to cast your ten votes today.

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by Naomi Cooper March 25, 2024, 11:06 am