The Department of Defense wants to take advantage of data analytics to optimize its workforce and accelerate digital transformation. Gregory Little, an enterprise data executive, said the Pentagon deployed 43 bots to save business analysts 30,000 hours in 2021 so far, FCW reported Wednesday. “We’ve put a lot of focus right now on, as we […]
ICF has been awarded $33.87 million in work to support the U.S. Global Change Research Program, a federal effort to conduct research on changes in the global environment and their implications for society. The company received a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract worth $25.87 million and an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity component with a maximum value of $8 million, NASA said […]
The Intelligence Community expects China to become the United States’ most significant rival in the space sector by 2040. In a new Global Trends report, the National Intelligence Council said China will likely pursue homegrown space technologies independent of those developed by the United States and Europe. China is expected to lead space activities in […]
There were about 6,272 unique employee stock ownership plans in the United States as of 2018, the most recent year for which data is available, according to the National Center for Employee Ownership. Underlying worker ownership supports the principle that Americans want to work for themselves. Still, Harvard Business Review argues that the true test of employee ownership […]
Becky John, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, has been named vice president of business development at ECS, a segment of ASGN that provides services in cloud, cybersecurity, software development, information technology and science and engineering. John will be responsible for leading strategic growth efforts and collaborating with federal government customers to learn how […]
Mark Carter serves as the president and chief operating officer of TechFlow, an employee-owned company that provides digital services, logistics and scientific solutions to government and commercial clients. TechFlow credits Carter with driving the expansion, profitability and efficient operation of the company since his entry as COO in August 2016. As president, he is now […]
William Hoover, a veteran of the information systems and services market sector, serves as the chairman of the board of directors of American Systems. American Systems is a government services contractor that describes itself as one of the largest employee-owned companies in the United States. The Virginia-based company offers solutions in enterprise information technology, test […]
AvePoint, a data management solutions company, announced that its AvePoint Online Services cloud platform has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization. FedRAMP is a program created to standardize the government’s approach to security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. Authorization entails that a product has been rigorously evaluated and […]
The Defense Intelligence Agency has released the second minimum viable product under its Machine-assisted Analytic Rapid-repository System initiative. MARS is an effort to use cloud and other emerging technologies to upgrade the existing systems that house foundational military intelligence, DIA said Monday. The new minimum viable product was designed to depict foreign military unit hierarchy, […]
Mesur. io, an environmental data company, will provide analysis and reporting of outbreak-related data to the Department of Homeland Security. The Science and Technology Directorate awarded the North Carolina-based company $199,648 in funding under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program‘s Emerging Needs: COVID-19 Response & Future Mitigation solicitation, DHS said Monday. Mesur .io’s work will support […]
