News of the Week: Rafael Borras Joins AT Kearney Consulting Practice as Senior Adviser
Rafael Borras will serve in a senior adviser role at A.T. Kearney's consulting practice after leaving DHS where he served as undersecretary of management and acting deputy secretary. “His combination of public and private sector leadership experience will be particularly important as we help public sector organizations fulfill their missions with leading practices drawn from industry,” Bob...
Gov't News: Federal Cyber Experts Could Move to Private Industry and NASA Tests New Fuels
Robert Rodriguez, founder of the Security Innovation Network, has said the salary gap for cyberworkers in the public and private sectors could mean more government cyber experts going to industry. He said government organizations must be willing to take risks and embrace change in order to resolve technical challenges. “I have people from the Pentagon, more people from the government, wanting to...
Gov't New: Sylvia Burwell to Replace Kathleen Sebelius at HHS
At the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius has decided to step down as secretary. She led HHS for five years and will be succeeded by Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell. Prior to HHS, Sebelius served as governor of Kansas for two terms from 2003-2009 and held the role of state insurance commissioner for a decade. Burwell previously served as...
ExecutiveBiz Speaks With John Thomas About Veterans and Why He Joined Leidos
Executive spotlights are in-depth Q&A’s which ExecutiveBiz conducts with numerous chief and top-level executives in GovCon. 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 corporate leaders. This past week, ExecutiveBiz published a spotlight with John Thomas, chief strategic...
Gov't News: Chuck Hagel Inspects China's Aircraft Carrier
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel took part in a tour on Monday of China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. “It’s a sign of openness, of sincerity, that China has nothing to hide and wants to improve military relations with the United States,” Ni Lexiong, a naval expert with the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, told Reuters. “It will also be a good opportunity for the...
Gov't News: Michael Rogers Sworn in as Head of the NSA and CyberCom
Michael Rogers has assumed leadership of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command. He was sworn into both roles at a ceremony that took place at Fort Meade, Md. “The security challenges we face today are complex and growing, our adversaries are determined,” Rogers told the audience. “And when the lives of our nation’s citizens are at stake, failure is not an option,” he added. He...
Business News: Executive Moves at KeyPoint, Civergy and Capstone Corp
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 major executive moves at KeyPoint, Civergy and Capstone...
ExecutiveBiz Speaks With Leidos' Rob Zitz About the New Company and Cyber Trends
Executive spotlights are in-depth Q&A’s which ExecutiveBiz conducts with numerous chief and top-level executives in GovCon. 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 corporate leaders. This past week, ExecutiveBiz published a spotlight with Rob Zitz, senior vice president...
Gov't News: Interior CIO to Retire and the X-37B is in the Middle of its Third Mission
Department of the Interior CIO Bernie Mazer is set to retire in July. “Bernie has been an instrumental part of the Department of the Interior for almost four years, leading OCIO into one of the most innovative IT departments in the federal government,” said Andrew Jackson, DOI’s outgoing deputy assistant secretary for technology, information and business services. Prior to DOI, Mazer worked on...
Gov't News: NATO Appoints a New Leader and Mike Rogers Won't Run for Re-election
Jens Stoltenberg, the former prime minister of Norway, will succeed Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the secretary general of NATO on Oct. 1. Stoltenberg will also serve as chairman of the alliance's North Atlantic Council. He led Norway as prime minister from 2000 to 2001 and second term from 2005 to October 2013. Anders Fogh Rasmussen spent five years and two months at the helm of NATO. _ _ Mike...
Business News: Executive Moves at PAE, Lockheed, Boston Consulting, Inmarsat and MC Dean
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 major executive moves at PAE, Lockheed Martin, Boston Consulting...
Gov't News: Robert Carey Leaves the Pentagon and DHS Looks for a New Presidential Limo
Robert Carey has decided to retire from his post as principal deputy chief information officer at the Pentagon. The 31-year government servcies veteran will move into the private sector, according to a Federal News Radio article. Carey previously served as Navy CIO before taking on his Pentagon role in 2010. _ _ The Secret Service has begun its search for the next presidential limosuine that...