Thomas Kennedy, Diana Gowen Lead of Executive Mosaic's Weekly Round-up
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder Two top information technology leaders at the Defense Department provided an update this week on efforts to consolidate the agency's IT infrastructure and optimize resources. David Bennett, CIO at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said the Pentagon will likely classify all 10 of DISA's enterprise computing centers as core data...
Bruce Andrews, Mark Hewitt, Jim Taylor & Steve O'Bryan lead off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder The Commerce Department's temporary number two official has outlined his agency’s long-term goal to help businesses work with startups and make decisions by using open government data. Bruce Andrews, acting deputy commerce secretary, said this weekthat his department is working with other agencies and private sector partners on ways...
Diana Gowen, Thomas Burns, Doug Lane & Shirl Jenkins lead off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder One science-focused federal agency is watching to see how the Federal Aviation Administration goes through its process for integrating unmanned aerial vehicles into the country’s airspace. The U.S. Geological Survey, which monitors seismic activity and other natural hazards, is examining ways it can work with UAV operators in the...
Andy Maner, Rick Nadeau, John Powers & Jeffrey Tarr Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder An information technology giant and a medical IT firm announced this week that they have joined forces to pursue a contract to update the Defense Department’s systems for managing electronic health records. Dr. Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer for IBM’s U.S. federal business, will lead the team of “Big Blue” and...
Chuck Prow, Mark Gray, Roger Mason and Kay Kapoor Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder The U.S. Air Force made a highly-anticipated announcement this week of the firm that will help build the branch’s next space surveillance radar. Lockheed Martin will produce the ground-based “Space Fence” radar and aim to install the system at a site in the Marshall Islands within 52 months under a $915 million contract. By using...
Sam Graves, David Fisher, Jill Pomeroy & George Pedersen Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder The House this week passed a fiscal year 2015 budget that would allocate an estimated $600 billion to the Pentagon in a move that could potentially change the contracting environment for GovCon firms competing for work with the Defense Department. The House’s proposed National Defense Authorization Act would raise the Pentagon’s goal...
Tom Sharpe, Christine Fox, Lisa Joy Rosner & Thomas Donilon Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder The federal government’s landlord made a long-awaited announcement this week on which GovCon firms would hold positions on a contract vehicle that covers professional services for many agencies. Seventy-four companies won spots in the open, unrestricted portion of the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for...
Ralph Shrader Elected to Wash100 in Recognition of Transformation and Growth Record
On January 27, 2014, Executive Mosaic officially elected Ralph Shrader, Chairman and CEO at Booz Allen Hamilton, to join the ranks of the Wash100 as part of the latest group of inductees into the premier group of leaders on both sides of the intersection of the private and public sectors. Shrader is the seventh chairman to lead Booz Allen since its 1914 founding and has also led the contractor's...
Executive Mosaic Tips Hat in Wash100 Election to Karen Dahut's Vision and Collaboration Around Innovation
On January 27, 2014, Executive Mosaic officially elected Karen Dahut, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and group head of the Strategic Innovation Group, to join the ranks of the Wash100 as part of the latest group of inductees into the premier group of leaders on both sides of the intersection of the private and public sectors. "The competitive market will continue and the...
Alejandro Mayorkas, Jack Bailey, Keith Alexander & Thomas Ryan Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder The Department of Homeland Security is set to kick off another round in an initiative for private sector execs to serve short-term stints in government service. For this part of the Loaned Executive Program, participating business leaders will work for at least six months in the Transportation Security Agency andCustoms and Border...
Ret. Lt. Gen. Dave Melcher Recalls Leadership and Vision from 32 Years of Service in Positioning Exelis for the Future
On January 27, 2014, Executive Mosaic officially elected, Dave Melcher, president and CEO of Exelis Inc. to join the ranks of the Wash100 as part of the latest group of inductees into the premier group of leaders on both sides of the intersection of the private and public sectors. Melcher has spent the past few years driving Exelis' evolution at the front edge of the changing GovCon landscape,...
Mary Davie, Louis Chabot, Diane Balderson & Thomas Vecchiolla Lead Off Executive Mosaic's Weekly GovCon Roundup
From Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic President & Founder The General Services Administrationtook another step forward this week inits long-term strategy to help other federal agencies adopt next-generation technologies from industry partners. After sitting down with industry and government leaders to map out strategy, GSA said it began implementing the Network Services 2020 program (NS2020)...