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Section 809 Panel Recommendation Highlights Need to Update IT Acquisition, Budgeting Approaches
Some industry experts say the Section 809 panel’s recommendation to exempt the Pentagon from the Clinger-Cohen Act highlights the need to fix the budgeting approach to provide agencies the ability to facilitate the information technology acquisition process, Federal News Network reported Friday. Mark Forman, vice president and global head of public sector at Unisys, said the Section 809 report suggests that agencies have now shifted to buying IT as-a-service, instead of treating or procuring IT as a capital asset.
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Defense Human Resources Activity Issues RFI on Commercial Tech to Back Federal Workforce Retraining Efforts
The Defense Human Resources Activity has asked industry to submit white papers on commercial technology platforms that could help federal agencies carry out career development and retraining initiatives for government employees, Bloomberg Government reported Friday. The agency released the request for information on Feb. 26 as the government prepares to launch a pilot program to assess the capabilities of learning management systems and processes to advance skills development among federal employees.
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Dell EMC Federal’s Cameron Chehreh: Edge Computing Can Support Agency Data, Device Mgmt
Cameron Chehreh, chief operating officer and chief technology officer of Dell EMC's federal business, has said he believes an edge computing approach could help government agencies manage multiple devices as “one common virtual enterprise,†FedTech magazine reported Thursday.
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Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler: Greater Transparency Could Help Agencies Improve Cyber Trust
Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, has said government agencies should build up trust when it comes to cybersecurity and one of the first steps is improving transparency with contractors. Trexler wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that having “security trust ratings†could help agencies improve trust and achieve greater transparency.
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Michael Moritzkat Promoted to CEO at Seagate Gov’t Subsidiary
Michael Moritzkat, president of Seagate Government Solutions and a more than three-decade public sector sales veteran, has been elevated to the CEO post at the Herndon, Va.-based data management technology contractor, ExecutiveBiz has learned.
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Chris Marzilli, General Dynamics EVP, Named to 2019 Wash100 for Leading Efforts to Build Mission Systems, Earn Several Major Contracts
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Chris Marzilli, executive vice president of General Dynamics Information Technology and Mission Systems segments, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his efforts building mission systems and earning multiple major contracts. This mark's Marzilli's third Wash100 award.Â
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Richard White, President of SSL Government Systems, Inducted Into 2019 Wash100 for Leading the Efforts to Revolutionize Space Exploration & Innovating Spacecraft Technology
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Richard White, president of SSL Government Systems, will be inducted into the 2019 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his efforts to innovate spacecraft technology and revolutionize humanity’s exploration of space. This marks his first Wash100 honor.
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Altamira Selects Two Machine Learning Ideas as 2019 Innovation Grand Challenge Winners
Altamira Technologies has selected two winning teams during a company-wide competition that challenged employee teams to develop technological concepts to help national security customers address mission challenges.
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Kratos Preps Valkyrie Combat Drone for First Flight Test
Jeff Herro, senior vice president for business development at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, said the company expects to conduct the initial flight test of its unmanned “loyal wingman†combat jet in the first week of March, Reuters reported Thursday.
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BAE Accelerates Installation of Updated F-35 EW Platforms
BAE Systems has installed updated AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare systems into the nation's fleet of F-35 Lightning II aircraft following efforts to expand the company’s manufacturing capacity.
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Former SAIC Exec Keith Smith Named IHRC COO
Keith Smith, former senior vice president of Science Applications International Corp.'s digital infrastructure service line, has joined consulting and professional services contractor IHRC as chief operating officer.