John Jumper, George Pedersen, Ignacio Balderas & Larry Sala Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder Federal government and Maryland state officials signed a pact this week to expand a cybersecurity R&D center that will also involve contributions from many GovCon vendors. Cisco, McAfee, Microsoft, RSA and Symantec are among the tech companies that will contribute hardware and software to the Montgomery County-based National...
Kevin Robinson, Bonnie Cook, Matt Widmer & Michelle Hertz Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
Weekly Roundup for 2/6/14 - 2/13/14 From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to shore up public sector cyber defenses and extend its partnership with the private sector by advocating that each use a similar standard for network security. “We are suggesting some protocols that DHS has already built and some sectors have started...
Tom Arseneault, Susan Lawrence, Chuck Olsick and Julie Bowen Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder House lawmakers took another try this week at moving forward legislation that would codify initiatives for the government and private industry to share cybersecurity-related information with each other. By a unanimous vote, the House Homeland Security Committee approved a bill that Ranking Member Bennie Thompson said is intended to...
David Johnson, Deb Alderson, Adnan Ahmed and Ray Johnson Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder A former transportation secretary has stepped into a new, lateral role as chairman of a national coalition that advocates for U.S. infrastructure investments. Ray LaHood, who led the Transportation Department from 2009 to 2013, will spearhead efforts by the Building America’s Future to work with public leaders on ways to further build...
Mike Leff, Tracey Haslam, Gene Colabatistto and Sudhakar Kesavan Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder Federal infrastructure at public buildings could get a makeover as the omnibus spending bill signed into law last week gives the General Services Administration $9 billion to refresh public facilities. GSA also is intent on reducing the amount of real estate rented or owned by the federal government and will seek to consolidate space...
Jerry DeMuro, John Hillen, Casey Coleman and Gil Guarino Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder GovCon firms and their federal counter parts are starting to have more clarity of what the budget picture will look like as a government funding measure is on its way to the Oval Office for signature by the president. Both the House and Senate approved the $1.1 trillion spending package, also referred to as an "omnibus," through...
A Look Back at 2013
Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder Uncertainty, the budget environment, sequestration and government shutdown became all-to-familiar terms in 2013 for everyone in the GovCon sector, from federal employees to the executive leaders at agencies and contracting firms. The year ended with some relief for all industry stakeholders in the form of a two-year budget agreement and...
John Heller, Christopher Chadwick, Deborah Lee James and Stacy Schwartz Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder Intelligence functions at the Defense Department will operate under a new structure starting Jan. 6 as the Pentagon realigns the roles and responsibilities of its intelligence leadership team. Marcel Lettre, principal deputy defense undersecretary for intelligence, announced Thursday that three deputy undersecretaries will see their...
Pat Burke, Paul Gentile, David Walker and Paul Dillahay Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder Federal agencies and their GovCon partners could breath a sigh of relief soon as the leaders of the House and Senate Budget Committees reached a deal late Tuesday night on a plan to roll back some of sequestration's mandatory cuts. If passed by Congress and signed by the president, the two-year agreement would eliminate $63 billion...
Mike Bowers, Dale Luddeke, Mark Gerencser and John Hillen Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
Today, the Potomac Officers Club brought together leaders from government and industry to discuss the future of cloud computing and how industry and government can best collaborate to enable agencies to take advantage of disruptive cloud technologies. "Cloud Computing & the Federal Government" -- POC's latest forum to focus onnext-gen technology -- offered both sides of GovCon the...
Scott Webster, Tom Nixon, Jason Aiken and Harry Lee Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder The agency that landed man on the moon nearly five decades ago started the next phase of its work to enter the next generation of humanspace exploration. NASA plans to award the next round of contracts for its Commercial Crew Program by 2014, moving forward its efforts to reboot manned space missions and continue the agency's...
John Hynes, Mark Skinner, Charlie Plummer and Larry Hill Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder Two federal agencies took steps this week along their path toward acquiring new cloud computing and biometrics technologies. The Defense Information Systems Agency extended a deadline until Nov. 19 for contractors to bid on a potential $427 million contract covering cloud storage services for classified and non-classified data. As...