Justin Johnson, a senior staff member under Defense Secretary and 2020 Wash100 winner Mark Esper, will take on the duties of an assistant secretary of defense for space policy, The position in a new office is required under the National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress in December 2019. The NDAA authorizes increases in active […]
The Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute has received a $2M contract from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate together with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to form a national network of cybersecurity technical institutes. The CIRI is a DHS Center of Excellence spearheaded by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a public […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit is testing artificial intelligence to stay abreast of emerging cybersecurity threats, according to its director for the cyber portfolio. Jeff Kleck said automation, machine learning and intelligence of new technology allow the agency to identify and address the growing number of online attacks. “We are not increasing the number of […]
CSRA has secured a potential 10-year, $4.4B blanket purchasing agreement from the Pentagon to offer office productivity tools, including word processing and spreadsheets, file sharing, email, collaboration and storage across the Department of Defense. The agency re-awarded the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract to the Virginia-based IT service company, almost 14 months after the DOD […]
DLT Solutions, a Virginia-based IT reseller, has received a contract to support the IT modernization efforts of the U.S. Army. The wholly owned subsidiary of Tech Data landed the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 award by the service’s Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solution office, in coordination with the Army Contracting Command-Rock Island. […]
ICF has landed a potential $31M contract to support the Department of Health and Human Services’ child care initiatives. Consisting of three task orders, the HHS’ Administration for Children and Families award tasks the company to offer training, technical assistance and IT modernization support to state, tribal and territorial early education and child care programs. […]
After two decades of federal service and more than a year as chief technology officer at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Mark Munsell will retire on Nov. 9. Munsell took on the CTO position in February 2019 and spearheaded the design of the agency’s first technology strategy. He also helped establish the organization’s geospatial technology ecosystem […]
Emily Murphy, the administrator at the General Services Administration and a 2020 Wash100 winner, said the agency’s latest solicitation for drone services is meant to bring performance-based contracting back to the government. The solicitation, called ASTRO, aims to place 10 multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for “manned, unmanned and optionally manned platforms and robotics” that the Pentagon […]
Perspecta has landed a potential nine-year, $42.5M contract to offer data center and migration services for a pension program. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System award has a three-year base contract value of $17M with additional two three-year option terms. The network provides retirement, disability and survivor benefits to over 960K public school educators and […]
Carl De Groote, a Potomac Officers Club member, has served as Cisco’s area vice president for U.S. Federal since November 2019, leading the team focused on sales, engineering, business development and partner relations. Previously, he was senior director for U.S. Defense for more than three years, overseeing the digital migration of the military branches in […]
