The Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General made several recommendations in a report published in late August to improve the agency’s agile software development approach. Gail Ennis, the SSA inspector general, said 12 initiatives were suggested in the audit, aimed at improving decision-making, boosting efficiency and fostering workforce effectiveness, FedScoop reported. According to Ennis, […]
Lt. Gen. John Shaw, U.S. Space Command’s deputy commander, said his organization is seeking space domain awareness, autonomous systems and maneuver and logistics capabilities from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Speaking at the DARPA Forward conference in Fort Collins, Colorado, Shaw explained that SPACECOM wants to be cognizant of debris, incidental hazards and deliberate threats […]
Lauren Johns is the senior vice president of finance and treasurer at Presidio Federal, an information technology services and consulting firm headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Johns, a 20-year accounting and finance veteran, has held the role since September 2021. Previously, she spent five years as senior director of finance for Vulnerability Research Labs, overseeing financial […]
Paul Pheeny is the senior vice president of finance at Amentum, a government and commercial services contractor spun out of AECOM’s management services business. Prior to his current role, Pheeny was VP of finance at AECOM, heading business operations, project accounting, internal controls, indirect management, billing, financial planning and analysis. He also worked as chief financial […]
Gabe Camarillo, undersecretary of the Army, recently told reporters that the service is studying its data and communications network modernization efforts to determine what capabilities need upgrades and what follow-up steps need to be taken. The assessment covers key areas such as unified network operations, cybersecurity, cloud migration, data analytics, tactical radios and satellite communications, Defense News […]
Lauren Knausenberger, chief information officer of the Air Force, has unveiled the service’s interim information technology strategy through fiscal year 2028. At the Information Technology and Cyberpower 2022 event, Knausenberger, a two-time Wash100 winner, explained that the plan is divided into lines of effort that would receive the bulk of time and resources from the Air Force […]
Lynette Sherrill has been named chief information security officer and deputy assistant secretary for information security at the Department of Veterans Affairs, permanently taking charge of the roles she had been holding in an acting capacity. Her appointment marks the end of lengthy efforts to replace Paul Cunningham, who retired from the position in June. Sherrill was […]
NASA plans to introduce the Consolidated Applications and Platform Services vehicle, which would merge ten information technology services contracts into an eight-year, single-award procurement. In a special notice posted on SAM.gov, the agency released a document detailing why it determined the move to be justified. One of the reasons NASA gave is to streamline processes and save […]
Chris Stansbury is a partner and growth leader of the health care segment at Guidehouse, a consulting firm that services public and private sector customers. Stansbury oversees the identification and capture of strategic sales and growth opportunities across public sector health markets and international bodies such as NATO. He focuses on growing major existing projects […]
Zaki Saleh is the senior vice president of the health and civilian market at LMI, handling profit and loss management, business growth, project delivery and execution, customer satisfaction and business development. Saleh, who joined LMI earlier in August, is a 20-year veteran of the federal consulting industry, according to his LinkedIn and company profiles. Before taking on his […]
