The House of Representatives has included $500M in election security funding in a recently-approved fiscal 2021 appropriations package. The funding for the Election Assistance Commission was part of a larger deal that included appropriations for the departments of Defense, Energy, Justice, Commerce, Transportation, Health and Human Services and Labor, The Hill reported. “The bill includes […]
Perspecta has appointed Jennifer Swindell, a public-sector market expert, as senior vice president and general manager of its risk decision group. She will be responsible for advancing the company's workforce initiatives and growing its risk decision business. Swindell will also manage day-to-day operations for the company's background investigations services, Perspecta announced Tuesday. "Jennifer is an […]
The Army's top cyber official has outlined the service's 10-year plan for advancing information warfare, announcing a focus on building new formations and skills to defeat adversaries in the information environment. Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, commander of Army Cyber Command and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, outlined a three-phase plan that involves realigning […]
Parsons announced that its CEO, Chuck Harrington, a 2020 Wash100 winner, has been appointed to the board of directors of Quality of Life Plus, a nonprofit education organization that serves disadvantaged groups and veterans. Harrington's experience and leadership will help QL Plus deliver science, technology, engineering and mathematics solutions to veterans and first responders, Parsons said […]
SAP National Security Services announced that it has rebranded itself on the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Marketplace to SAP NS2 Cloud Intelligence Enterprise. The company added that its Joint Authorization Board-approved SAP Analytics Cloud is now also on the marketplace. FedRAMP is a government-wide program created to standardize the security vetting and continuous monitoring […]
The Air Force has awarded cybersecurity company Corsha a $1.5M Phase II Small Business Innovation Research AFWERX contract to deploy its scalable application programming interface on Air Force platforms. The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX partnered to streamline the SBIR process to increase the program's pool of applicants and reduce its bureaucratic overhead, Corsha […]
The Department of Defense has announced its goal to develop a roadmap of cybersecurity capabilities that covers the next 25 years. The Pentagon's undersecretary of research and engineering posted a request for information to identify sources that can provide cyber science and technology roadmap activities and projections in line with the 2018 National Defense Strategy, FedScoop […]
The Department of Energy has awarded Nationwide Remediation Partners, a Huntington Ingalls Industries joint venture, a 10-year contract for nationwide deactivation, decommissioning and removal services at excess agency facilities. NRP's contract is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity deal that has a 10-year ordering period and a maximum ordering ceiling of $3B, HII announced Monday. “This contract award […]
From Apple's Steve Jobs to Tesla's Elon Musk, CEOs are increasingly embodying brand ambassadors who publicly exude charisma and authority. According to Quartz at Work, CEOs' near-celebrity stature makes it challenging for them to fulfill the other part of their job: providing internal leadership and direction. This is where the chief operating officer steps in. It […]
The Indo-Pacific Command has asked Congress for billions of dollars worth of personnel and weapons provisions to respond to China's expansionist ambitions. Adm. Philip Davidson, head of INDOPACOM and a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, asked for a new missile defense system, modern training ranges and funds for exercises and troop rotations, […]
