Service-providing GovCons that typically operate based on hours worked rather than outcomes achieved can expect to be targeted for further contracting reform, a top Army official said Wednesday at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Army Summit. Leonel Garciga, U.S. Army chief information officer and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, said he would kill “butts in […]
Guy Beougher became an expert on AI after having an epiphany while working for the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA about five years ago was using chatbots, he said, but they weren’t yielding a reduction in labor despite automating human processes. Beougher understands the power of AI and what it can do to improve Department of […]
The Department of Defense has issued another memorandum instructing acquisition officials to better consider commercial products to the maximum extent possible and, now, they better not cut corners in doing so. John Tenaglia, DOD principal director for defense policy, contracting and acquisition policy, said in a May 27 memo that the department must redouble its […]
David McKeown has lots of IT challenges at the Department of Defense and he wants industry to help him. McKeown, performing the duties of the DOD deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity and chief information security officer, expects requests for information to be issued for continuous monitoring and automation in the Risk Management Framework as […]
The U.S. Army’s broader effort to modernize its tactical communications network will leverage novel commercial technologies and provide lots of partnership chances for GovCons, according to a former high-ranking service official. Gabe Camarillo, former under secretary of the Army and a speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Army Summit, told Potomac Officers Club in […]
Gen. Michael Guetlein is no stranger to attendees of Potomac Officers Club summits. The U.S. Space Force vice chief of space operations and 2025 Wash100 Award winner has briefed GovCon executives on multiple occasions, sharing unique and actionable insights into future Space Force requirements, plans and programs and the best ways for industry to partner […]
Right to repair has been one of the most contentious topics in government contracting for decades. GovCons seek to secure valuable business sustaining weapon systems they develop for the Department of Defense while the agency seeks to minimize sustainment costs as much as possible. The stakes in this battle are enormous: DOD spends tens of […]
Bridget Bean is one of the cybersecurity industry’s most respected leaders. With malign cyber actors targeting critical infrastructure with growing sophistication, governments and GovCons today face unprecedented challenges protecting sensitive U.S. computing resources. This makes perfect timing for Bean’s highly-awaited May 15 keynote speech at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Cyber Summit. Bean, the executive […]
Determining the best way to share wireless spectrum with an industry thirsty for more is a key concern for the top U.S. Navy IT official. Jane Rathbun, Navy chief information officer, said Thursday at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Digital Transformation Summit that the service needs to ensure its warfighters have the spectrum resources they […]
Government contractors such as SpaceX are leveraging proliferated small communications satellites that regularly orbit Earth to help the U.S. Navy use cloud computing at the tactical edge. The service has been using the cloud in its Flank Speed and Flank Speed Edge efforts, which are unique enterprise systems for daily work. Barbara Supplee, SAIC executive […]
