The pandemic tested the limits of supply chains in many industries, exposing critical vulnerabilities and gaps in the resilience of many organizations. As is the case in the semiconductor industry, supply chain weaknesses can pose risks to national security, according to one senior defense official. Government and military organizations, including the U.S. Air Force, have […]
The Department of Defense is pushing back to December the awarding of contracts for its multi-vendor enterprise cloud computing program, according to top officials. Officials previously said that awards for the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract could be issued by April. DOD Chief Information Officer John Sherman, a speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s upcoming […]
Steve Cook, currently deputy group president of Dynetics, has been promoted to the role of group president of the Leidos subsidiary. Incumbent Group President Dave King will continue serving at Leidos in a consulting capacity and provide advice on important matters, Leidos said Tuesday. Leidos Chairman and CEO Roger Krone, a member of the Potomac […]
President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget proposal includes $10.9 billion in funding for federal civilian cybersecurity, about $1 billion more than the fiscal year 2022 level. The funding is on top of a proposal to increase the federal civilian information technology budget by 11 percent to $65.8 billion. The IT budget for the current […]
Expansia, a digital transformation consultancy, said it has secured a multimillion-dollar contract to develop a digital marketplace for the Air Force. The company said that it will create a prototype of the AGORA advanced manufacturing digital marketplace. The program is led by the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office, an organization tasked with modernizing the military […]
The Department of Energy has announced the first 22 communities that will participate in its Communities Local Energy Action Program. Communities LEAP seeks to help energy-rich communities create locally tailored action plans toward a clean energy future, DOE said Tuesday. The department said it expects the investments to result in new efforts to reduce local […]
The Biden administration has requested $773 billion in fiscal year 2023 funding for the Department of Defense, including a $130.1 billion allocation for research, development, test and evaluation. The RDT&E budget represents a 9.5 percent increase over what was enacted for the current fiscal year. The money is expected to finance research in technologies like […]
President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2023 budget proposal includes an additional $300 million in funding for the Technology Modernization Fund. TMF is a government-wide program authorized in 2017 to finance information technology modernization projects proposed by government agencies. In budget documents, the administration said that continued investment in IT will help ensure that the government can […]
The pandemic and societal pressures have created uncertainties in the job market. According to Deloitte, the availability of talent is of growing importance for many businesses. Organizations may need to invest in reskilling or tapping into alternative workforces to adapt to trends in talent acquisition. In the public sector, agencies are facing a historical shortage […]
NewSat North America, a defense communications company, announced that it has secured a multi-million dollar contract to support the Navy’s Communications and Global Positioning System Navigation program office, or PMW/A-170. The company said that the new contract calls for cybersecurity, engineering and technical support services. The deal includes a one-year base period of performance and […]
