CATEGORY ARCHIVES: NEWS

Tech Headlines: Intel, McAfee Predict Worldwide Cyberattacks will Escalate in 2013

The New New Internet unveiled a number of timely and important news items this week geared toward the government contracting executive. One of the story's TNNI published focused on business and government cybersecurity prospects in 2013. According to a recent report by McAfee Labs and an Intel subsidiary, cybersecurity incidents are set to increase and could even turn into an all-out war after...

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Business Stories: Ball Aerospace Executive Appointments and Lockheed Reorg Make Headlines

Executive Mosaic’s weekly round-up of news is a can’t-miss, digestible snapshot of the GovCon industry covering the biggest executive moves, mergers & acquisitions and contracts straight from the pen of one of GovCon’s most respected facilitators and sources of breaking news, Jim Garrettson. This week, the newsletter contained three executive appointments, one M&A story and a corporate...

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News of the Week: Jim Oschmann, Cary Ludtke Named Space Unit Leads at Ball Aerospace

On Monday, GovCon Wire announced that Ball Aerospace has separated its civil and operational space business unit into a civil space and technology unit and an operational space unit. Jim Oschmann has begun serving as vice president and general manager of the civil space unit and Cary Ludtke holds the same titles for the operational space unit. Oschmann joined Ball in 2004 and is now responsible...

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Gov News: Mitch McConnell and Robet Hale Make Federal Headlines this Week

ExecutiveGov covered a number of important news stories in the past week concerning the federal government. This release will look at two of the most important articles published, specifically the government executives that were focused on in the pieces. As the Defense Department approaches the March deadline to address sequestration, Pentagon comptroller Robert Hale said they are preparing for...

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Tech Headlines: HP Wins Cloud Contract to Migrate VA to Microsoft Email

The New New Internet unveiled a number of timely and important news items this week geared toward the government contracting executive. One of the stories the GovCon technology website unveiled was a contract award by the Veterans Affairs office for $36 million to migrate 600,000 users to Microsoft cloud email solutions. The contract is for five years and will implement Microsoft Office 365 for...

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GovCon Weekly Newsletter Features Executive Moves at Serco and a CACI Acquisition

Executive Mosaic’s weekly round-up of news is a can’t-miss, digestible snapshot of the GovCon industry covering the biggest executive moves, mergers & acquisitions and contracts straight from the pen of one of GovCon’s most respected facilitators and sources of breaking news, Jim Garrettson. This week, the newsletter contained a summary of the Fiscal Cliff deal, two executive moves, M&A...

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Government News: Fiscal Cliff and EPA Head Lisa Jackson's Resignation

ExecutiveGov covered a number of important news stories in the past week concerning the federal government. This release will look at two of the most important articles published, specifically the government executives that were focused on in the pieces. The first story was about the resignation of EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson from her post she held for four years under President Obama. In...

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Tech Headlines: Avaya Helps NORAD Track Santa and DARPA Develops Medical Tech

The New New Internet unveiled a number of timely and important news items this week geared toward the government contracting executive, as well as a fun holiday story. Avaya will help the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) operate a hotline for children interested in when Santa Claus and his sleigh will arrive at their house for Christmas. “We know Santa travels quickly, but we’re...

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GovConExecutive Presents Original Profiles of Jim Russell & Dr. Jacqueline Henningsen

ExecutiveGov published a number of important news stories and biographies in the past week concerning the U.S. federal government. This release will look at two of the original biographies published on the site in the past week. The first profile published was of Jim Russell, deputy director of the Defense Contract Management Agency, where he is the principal adviser to Director Charlie Williams...

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Newsletter: Executive Moves & M&A Activity News Including Raytheon, Thales USA and SafeNet

Executive Mosaic’s weekly round-up of news is a can’t-miss, digestible snapshot of the GovCon industry covering the biggest executive moves, mergers & acquisitions and contracts straight from the pen of one of GovCon’s most respected facilitators and sources of breaking news, Jim Garrettson. This week, the column included three executive appointments and two acquisition stories that...

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Government Leaders: Original Profiles of Jack Keane & Wendy Masiello

ExecutiveGov published a number of important news stories and biographies in the past week concerning the U.S. federal government. This release will look at two of the original biographies published on the site in the past week. The first profile that was published was done on Jack Keane, a retired Army general. He serves as the chairman for both the Institute for the Study of War and chairman...

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Spotlights: ExecutiveBiz Unveiled 5 Executive Q&A's in the Past Week

Executive spotlights are in-depth Q&A’s which ExecutiveBiz conducts with numerous chief and top-level executives in GovCon. https://executivebiz.com/ The intimate access afforded by these interviews provides insight as to how companies are acquiring new business, what the future holds and the personal side of GovCon executives. This past week, ExecutiveBiz published five spotlights. One of...

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