Charles “Chuck” Brooks currently serves as president of Brooks Consulting International, a Singapore-based government relations and marketing firm, which he established. A globally renowned cybersecurity expert, Brooks established himself across the public and private sectors through numerous event engagements and writings on cyber tech and policy in several publications, including Forbes, Huffington Post, The Hill, […]
The Government Accountability Office seeks to enter into five-year blanket purchase agreements with contractors capable of supporting cloud technology within its Innovation Lab. According to the agency’s request for information notice, the potential multi-award BPA framework is expected to include five categories of cloud support, namely the resale of infrastructure-as-a-service, acquisition support for procurement of […]
Brooks Tucker has been named as the Department of Veterans Affairs’ acting chief of staff, a role he assumed on April 30. The VA executive, however, is fulfilling his new role while maintaining his current position as assistant secretary for the department’s Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, a past Wash […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within the Department of Homeland Security has introduced a dedicated telework product line to address cybersecurity risks amid the pandemic-induced work-from-home set up in the country. As indicated in the agency’s statement, the product line, which factored in input from federal and private sector partners, is aimed at putting […]
Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a $1.79B contract modification from NASA to produce 18 additional RS-25 engines in support of the agency’s Artemis Program, an ongoing crewed spaceflight program aimed at landing the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024. The RS-25 engines are being used to power the Artemis Program’s Space […]
George Nesterczuk has been named as the senior adviser to the Office of Personnel Management director, a spokesman for the OPM confirmed. The appointment brings Nesterczuk’s ties with the OPM full circle, considering he was initially selected by President Donald Trump back in May 2017 to serve as director of the office. Nesterczuk withdrew his name […]
Denise Ciotti serves as the senior vice president for growth and marketing communications at DLH, a defense and space company based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in health information technology, telehealth and virtual pharmacy systems, case management systems, medication adherence solutions and nationwide program management. Since taking on the role in December 2018, Ciotti has been […]
Four Republican senators are seeking to introduce the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act in an effort to uphold consumer data privacy amid the coronavirus pandemic. One of the proponents of the bill, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., acknowledged that while the use of data is instrumental in containing the virus and limiting future outbreaks, efforts must […]
The Navy has awarded Marinette Marine a $795M fixed-price incentive contract to design and build the FFG(X) class of guided-missile frigates. The contract, which comes with additional firm-fixed-price and cost reimbursement line items, has options for the delivery of a maximum of 10 FFG(X) ships and the provision of post-delivery availability support, engineering and class […]
The U.S. Special Operations Command has issued a solicitation notice in search of sources capable of providing a subscription service of a library management system cloud-based software program that would support the Theatre Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations University patrons. According to the USSOCOM, the requested cloud-based program must grant librarians access to […]
