The Office of Budget and Management has designated the General Services Administration and the Department of the Treasury as part of the Quality Service Management Office effort. OMB announced that GSA would lead the human services QSMO and that the Department of the Treasury would lead the financial management QSMO, Nextgov reported Monday. “By designating […]
The coronavirus pandemic is driving federal agencies to quickly migrate to the cloud, according to Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services' worldwide public-sector business. “The final principle I’m going to share with you is the most fundamental — migrate fast. The COVID-19 crisis showed just how fast organizations can move when missions need […]
The Navy has migrated its financial system of records from an on-site system to Amazon Web Services' GovCloud for 70K customers worldwide. The migration of the enterprise resource planning system included dozens of terabytes of data across multiple ledger systems and took 10 months, according to Edward Quick, program manager for the Navy Enterprise Business […]
The Navy Information Warfare Command plans to deploy a technology that will certify 180 ships for cybersecurity compliance by fiscal 2020. The cyber baseline system will allow NAVWAR to ensure that its fleet complies with the cybersecurity requirements set by the departments of Defense and the Navy, Defense News reported Tuesday. According to a NAVWAR […]
The General Services Administration has announced that Anil Cheriyan, the agency's Federal Acquisition Service deputy commissioner and Technology Transformation Services director, will leave his posts on July 17. Cheriyan joined the agency in January 2019 and will return to the private sector to pursue a new career opportunity, GSA announced Tuesday. “We are very grateful […]
Leonardo DRS, a military technology provider, announced it has won a $104M Army contract to deliver next-generation mission command computing systems. The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded the contract on behalf of Project Mission Command and the Army's Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. “We are proud to be able to provide […]
The Department of Defense recently finalized which counter-small unmanned aircraft system solutions it wants the joint force to use. The Army's Joint C-cUAS Office, which led the system selection, cut down the number of candidate systems from about 40 to a mere eight. Unmanned systems for combat and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions are gaining […]
Chris Pehrson, a Potomac Officers Club member, serves as General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.'s vice president of strategic development. He leads a team of business development professionals who provide the Department of Defense and other customers with various capabilities. He has served in GA-ASI for nearly 10 years in strategic development leadership roles. Pehrson was […]
Casey Moton commands the Navy's Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants. The role acts as a single program executive responsible for acquiring and maintaining the Navy's small combatants, mine warfare systems and unmanned maritime systems end to end. The PEO USC oversees programs that support the Littoral Combat Ship, Future Frigate, International Small […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has adopted measures to protect critical information transmitted internally and externally with health care providers during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a top agency official. HHS Chief Information Officer Jose Arrieta, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said that despite the department's high prioritization of cybersecurity, the […]
