Catherine Kuenzel, a two-time Wash100 awardee, serves as vice president of Microsoft services for the U.S. public sector. Microsoft’s public-sector business offers public safety and national security solutions and services to defense, intelligence, homeland security, criminal justice and first response customers. Kuenzel has about two decades’ of experience in the technology business. She has served […]
Leidos CEO Roger Krone, a Potomac Officers Club member and eight-time Wash100 winner, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. The NAE is a nonprofit non-governmental organization that operates national interest programs and recognizes the achievements of engineers. The organization is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. “As an […]
Nick Michaelides, a two-time Wash100 awardee, serves as Cisco’s senior vice president for the U.S. Public Sector organization. Cisco describes him as someone who puts customers first and understands the challenges they face in carrying out their mission. He and his team work with federal, state and local public sector clients, helping the U.S. Public […]
Jay Humphlett serves as Dataminr’s Executive Vice President, Public Sector and as a member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team. Humphlett has over 30 years of experience in the aerospace, defense, security, and government services industries executing major growth strategies worldwide. By way of background from his Linkedin, Dataminr’s AI platform detects the earliest signals […]
Red River and Cisco have jointly launched an integrated collaboration infrastructure designed for voice and video calling, messaging and mobility. The Unified Communications-as-a-Service offering is powered by Cisco's Unified Communications Manager Cloud and UMC Cloud for Government, Red River said Thursday. “This alignment of partnerships between Red River and Cisco brings a new level of […]
The Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office needs help integrating the High Energy Laser with other technologies to help combat small unmanned aircraft systems. Government-owned HEL technology will be combined with a power and thermal subsystem and sensor package to help protect Special Forces operators, SAM.gov posted. The Army RCCTO said it is requesting […]
The Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is looking for vendors that can provide test and evaluation services. On behalf of JAIC, the Army Contracting Command-Rock Island plans to award multiple blanket purchase agreements worth $249 million in total, SAM.gov posted Thursday. The performance work statement calls for the acquisition, development, integration, operation, support […]
The Department of Energy has earmarked $100 million in funding for the development of clean energy technology in support of the Biden administration's climate agenda. The funding will be made available through the Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy's OPEN 2021 program, the Department of Energy announced Thursday. “Today we are inviting scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs and creative […]
The General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service posted record revenue for information technology products and services in 2020. Laura Stanton, assistant commissioner of the FAS Office of IT Category, credited the high figure to data transparency and the trust put in by other federal agencies, Federal News Network reported Thursday. Stanton said the IT category […]
The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Department of Veterans Affairs delay the deployment of its new electronic health record system at planned locations. VA has not yet resolved all critical and high-severity test findings, whose fixes were called for in the department's testing plan, GAO said Thursday. Critical test findings are issues that […]
