Jane Edwards
is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
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ManTech Sees Opportunities in Space Domain; Damian DiPippa Quoted
ManTech International plans to apply its cybersecurity knowledge to space as adversaries target satellites and related ground systems used to support communications and other critical missions of defense and intelligence agencies, SpaceNews reported Monday.
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CenturyLink Gets NASA Network Support Task Order Under EIS Telecom Contract; David Young Quoted
CenturyLink has secured the first task order under the General Services Administration’s potential 15-year, $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract for telecommunications and information technology services.
John Vollmer, AECOM Management Services Group President, Inducted Into 2019 Wash100 for Securing Major Contracts and Supporting Growth
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce John Vollmer, president of management services at AECOM, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena — for securing several major contracts in 2018 and supporting the company’s growth.
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Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns as DHS Secretary
Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday stepped down from her post as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, CBS News reported Sunday. President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that Kevin McAleenan, commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection, will serve as interim DHS secretary.
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Yogesh Khanna: General Dynamics IT Advances Collaboration Post CSRA Merger
General Dynamics completed its acquisition of CSRA in April 2018 and Yogesh Khanna, a senior vice president and chief technology officer at General Dynamics’ information technology business, said the merger brings a culture of collaboration across GDIT, Federal Times reported Friday.
Report: Airbus, Bell, Leonardo Eye Navy Helicopter Trainer Replacement Contract
The U.S. Navy issued in January a solicitation for a program to replace the TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopter trainer and companies such as Airbus, Bell and Leonardo have publicly announced plans to compete for the program, National Defense reported Friday.
Pegasystems’ Cynthia Stuebner: No-Code Approach Could Help Organizations Accelerate App Development
Cynthia Stuebner, defense director and industry principal at Pegasystems, told Federal News Network in a video interview aired Wednesday about the potential benefits of a no-code approach to organizations as they pursue information technology modernization efforts.
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: DoD Should Embrace Satcom as a Service, Advance ‘Commercial First’ Approach
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Inmarsat Government has said the Department of Defense should make a few steps in order to emerge as a better satellite communications customer and one is eliminating the one-size-fits-all approach to satcom acquisition.
Hughes to Conduct Research to Back Army Blue Force Tracking System Upgrades; Rick Lober Quoted
Hughes Network Systems has received a two-year cooperative research and development agreement from the U.S. Army to perform studies and recommend network updates for a system architecture used to monitor friendly military forces.
SolarWinds: Majority of Public Sector Tech Practitioners Not Fully Confident to Manage IT Systems by 2024
A new SolarWinds report shows that 75 percent of technology professionals from public sector organizations say they are not “completely confidentâ€Â that they have the skills needed to oversee IT environments in the next three to five years.