Lt. Col. Robert Carver, a spokesman for the Department of Defense, has asserted that the department does not plan on splitting the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract between Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. However, Carver told Breaking Defense that the DoD is open to possibly overturning the awarding of the JEDI contract. Carver further […]
Ray Spicer has been serving as vice president for defense and intelligence of IBM Federal since January 2020. Prior to his current role, he served for nearly three years as director for defense and intelligence of IBM Federal. During his four-year career at IBM, he was also named director of the strategic relationships team at […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued the NISTIR 8170 guidance, which details eight ways to help federal agencies leverage the NIST cybersecurity framework to deal with common cyber problems. The guidance advises federal agencies to integrate enterprise and cybersecurity management, manage cybersecurity requirements, and integrate and align cybersecurity and acquisition processes. In […]
Chris Bishop joined Pyramid Systems in August 2019 as its chief growth officer. In the said role, Bishop is in charge of developing and implementing both Pyramid’s organic and inorganic growth strategies. He aligns business methods and capabilities and enables technologies to federal budgets and Pyramid’s pipeline, according to his LinkedIn profile. Bishop also provides thought […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing a 5G spectrum sharing test bed that will measure the operational reliability of 5G, Wi-Fi, global positioning system and military radars without any interference from each other. The project, along with NIST’s other 5G connectivity measuring tools, will provide new spectrum sharing data, which the industry […]
Mike Pullen is the vice president of strategic operations at CGI, where he oversees government-wide acquisition contracts and CGI Federal's indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity portfolio. Pullen has led CGI’s federal business units in securing projects worth over $2.1B in 18 months, as well as other contracts under the GWAC, multi-agency contracts and agency-specific IDIQs, according to his LinkedIn profile. Throughout […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a $950M Federal Supply Group – 80 Tailored Logistics Support Program contract. The contract requires SAIC to handle supply chain management for the FSG 80 commodity, including paints, preservation and sealing compounds and adhesives. Work for the contract includes procurement, demand planning, inventory and distribution […]
Charles Prow is the president and chief executive officer of Vectrus, a facilities support services company based in Colorado. Since his appointment in December 2016, he has been in charge of the company’s growth and performance. As a 30-year veteran in the professional services industry, he has demonstrated transformational leadership for government and commercial clients […]
VariQ, an information technology and cybersecurity services provider, has landed a spot on a $350M multiple-award contract for the development of data fusion platforms for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. Work for the contract, which was awarded by the Department of State, will help the bureau’s Office of Western Hemisphere Programs […]
The National Science Foundation is testing whether the combination of machine learning, blockchain technology and data science can help better evaluate its annual total of 60K grant applications. The experiment would integrate “digital fingerprints” to documents in hopes of streamlining federal grant processing. Dorothy Aronson, chief information officer of NSF, said the experiment offers a […]
