Oakton, Virginia-based small business SysNet Technologies recently earned a Best Places to Work award from the Washington Business Journal, a Washington, D.C.-focused periodical published by American City Business Journals. The 2023 BPTW list is composed of 75 select organizations out of a field of more than 300 nominees, SysNet said. According to an announcement shared […]
Makenzie Lystrup has been named director of Goddard Space Center, a Maryland-based NASA institution responsible for space science research and development. Administrator Bill Nelson swore her in on Thursday at the agency’s Washington headquarters. Lystrup takes over from Chief Program Management Officer David Mitchell, who had served as Goddard Space Center’s director in an acting […]
The U.S. Army has ordered General Motors Defense to proceed to full-rate production of the Infantry Squad Vehicle, an all-terrain troop carrier with a nine-passenger capacity and architecture based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2, a commercially available midsize truck. In a press release, GM Defense shared that the ISV’s components are 90 percent commercial-off-the-shelf parts, […]
The Charlotte, North Carolina-based contact center solutions provider T-Metrics has obtained authorization to operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, an organization tasked with ensuring that cloud applications used by the government follow security standards. CEO Arthur Pravato highlighted T-Metrics’ status as one of a few providers in the omnichannel segment that have […]
The Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General has issued a memo urging “immediate attention” to potential equity and security issues around the use of facial recognition in unemployment insurance benefits programs. Specifically, the OIG flagged the use of third-party identity checkers and called on the agency to exercise “extreme caution” so that the […]
The Atlantic Council hosted a discussion between four senior government officials on the implementation of the White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy. The panelists at the event were Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a 2023 Wash100 winner; Kemba Walden, the acting national cyber director; Nathaniel Fick, the Department of […]
The Mobile Satellite Users Association has given its first President’s Award to Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a member of its board of directors and senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat. She has served on the board for 15 years, acting as a liaison for new industry entities and providing technical know-how to assist […]
The Falls Church, Virginia-based cloud security firm Caveonix has named three executives from the public and private sectors to top leadership roles. According to CEO Kaus Phaltankar, a 4×24 member, the newly appointed leaders are experienced at assembling “top-performing sales and marketing teams” and will support ongoing efforts to expand the company’s business with government […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched the sixth iteration of National Supply Chain Integrity Month, a campaign held every April aimed at raising awareness of risks affecting critical logistics infrastructure for software and hardware. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Defense and other agencies and commercial organizations are […]
The FBI recently led Operation Cookie Monster, an international effort to shut down the Genesis Market, an online marketplace for stolen identity data such as platform credentials and biometrics. Multiple individuals were arrested as the website was seized Tuesday with the warrant being issued by an Eastern District of Wisconsin court. A takedown notice on […]
