Chris Smith, Chris Alexander, William Maguire and PV Puvvada Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder The federal government this week continued to diversify its potential sources for cloud computing solutions as another contractor won approval to offer cloud tools to agencies. IBM obtained a provisional authority to operate from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board, a body comprising of CIOs from the General Services...
Gulu Gambhir, Charles Green, Debra Tomchek and Paul Dillahay Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder The U.S. military updated industry this week on its efforts to migrate email accounts from across theDefense Department into a private cloud computing platform. More than 12,000 staff email accounts, including nearly 10,000 Office of Secretary of Defense and 2,000 Southern Command users, recently moved tothe Defense Information...
Sally Sullivan, Thomas D'Agostino, Doyle Choi and Ken Asbury Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder As the federal government moves toward a more normal posture of operations after being shut down for 16 days, many agencies have returned to the business of looking to GovCon firms for next-generation technology tools. Cloud computing innovations continue to drive federal procurement priorities and the General Services...
Dan Allen, Bill Bodie, Gregory Nixon and Dave Kaufman Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder After 16 days of being partially closed, the federal governmentopened up all of its doors for business again this morning after congressional leaders agreed to a measure late last night that funds the government for three months and extends the debtceiling for four months. Nearly 500,000 civilian employees, including 4,000 at...
Susie Adams, Jack London, Judy Marks and Michael Innella Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder The federal government shutdown is in the midst of its second week and as rumblings of negotiation have started to come out of Washington, the situation for government officials and contractors remains uncertain as we approach hitting our national debt ceiling. Some civilian employees at theDefense Department and the CIAeither...
Michael Maiorana, Richard Montoni, James Koenig and JD Crouch Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder We were all hoping for last minute salvation from this week's federal government shutdown. Unfortunately, there were no red capes available. While the most significant impacts are yet to be felt, companies are already feeling the brunt and uncertainty of such a staggering occurrence to the world's largest budget. Foremost industry...
John Hillen, Alan Weakley, Judy Marks and Drew Cohen Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & FounderThis morning, the Potomac Officers Club had the honor of hosting Teri Takai for an interactive breakfast event, where the Defense Department CIO and more than 100 GovCon leaders engaged in a wide-ranging conversation on the next generation of theDefense Department's technology and missions.Unlocking these innovations and getting them...
Joe Kernan, Ron Police, John Harris and Shiv Krishnan Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder Industry has received a call from the intelligence community's research arm to submit ideas for how to develop a supercomputer that uses cryogenic memory and helps agencies manage power and cooling systems. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency wants contractors to develop technology for the national intelligence...
Nancy Laben, Mark Bruno, Joanna Cangianelli and Harvey Nathan Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder Modern technology and information networks have brought new players into warfare and given them the opportunity to cause worldwide disruption, says a new report co-authored by CACI International and the Center for Security Policy. "Combating Asymmetric Threats: The Interplay of Offense and Defense" highlights the role technology plays...
Samuel Gordy, Susan Miller, Brian Chappel and Chris Smith Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
Samuel Gordy Elevated to Leidos Integrated Systems Group GM Samuel Gordy has been selected general manager of SAIC’s integrated systems group, part of the national security sector that will form part of Leidos. In his new role, Gordy will lead a 3,800-employee organization that helps federal agencies distribute data by working to integrate intelligence services. Lou Von Thaer, national security...
Linda Hudson, Phyllis Schneck, Mark Serway and Maureen Carter Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
Linda Hudson to Retire as President and CEO of BAE Systems Linda Hudson intends to retire from her roles as president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc. no later than March 31, 2014. Hudson will remain an outside director of the British contractor’s U.S. arm through 2015, the body which will conduct the search for her successor. The Industrial and Systems Engineering Hall of Fame member joined BAE in...
David Wennergren, Lee Vorthman, Kay Kapoor and Judy Marks Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Round-up
David Wennergren Joins CACI as an Enterprise Tech and Services Group VP David Wennergren has been named a vice president in CACI’s enterprise technologies and services business group and will oversee the group’s opportunity management and customer delivery practices. The nearly 30-year government veteran most recently served as assistant deputy chief management officer at DoD, where he helped...