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Symantec’s Chris Townsend Calls on Feds to Change Complex Cybersecurity Efforts
Chris Townsend, vice president of federal at Symantec, has said federal agencies should change how they manage limited cyber resources as the current approach of the government leads to complexity in the cybersecurity environment, Federal News Network reported Monday.
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NASA Glenn Research Center Sources for Construction Services
NASA's Glenn Research Center seeks market information regarding facility construction efforts at Lewis Field and Plum Brook Station facilities. Contractors would provide architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, plumbing, heat ventilation, air conditioning, electrical, instrumentation and demolition services at the facilities located in Cleveland and Sandusky, Ohio, NASA said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice.
RingCentral to Offer Cloud-Based Communications Platforms in SLED Market Through Cooperative Purchasing Program
RingCentral has started to market cloud-based communications technology platforms to the state, local and education sectors under a cooperative agreement with the National Association of State Procurement Officials.
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ICF’s Randy James: DoD, Public Sector Agencies Need a Coordinated Mission Assurance Strategy
Randy James, a senior vice president at ICF, has said the Department of Defense and other public sector agencies should work together to build up efforts in order to ensure mission assurance. James wrote in a Nextgov article published Monday that the current global security landscape calls for government agency leaders to collaborate with their counterparts across national security, defense and intelligence agencies to come up with “coordinated mission assurance plans.â€
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GSA Posts Draft RFP for Modernization, Enterprise Transformation BPA
The General Services Administration is seeking feedback from industry on the solicitation instructions and evaluation criteria for the agency’s CIO Modernization and Enterprise Transformation blanket purchase agreement, G2Xchange ETC reported Monday.
Northrop to Supply C4ISR, Control Systems for Coast Guard’s First Offshore Patrol Cutter
Northrop Grumman has received contracts from Eastern Shipbuilding Group to manufacture command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and control systems for installation on the U.S. Coast Guard's first Offshore Patrol Cutter.
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Kirk Shawhan Named Precision Strike Mission Area Exec at Johns Hopkins APL
Kirk Shawhan, who joined Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in 2004, has been appointed executive for APL's precision strike mission area.
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BAE to Expand New Hampshire Operations, Workforce Through New Facility
BAE Systems has signed a lease to occupy an approximately 200-square-foot building in Manchester, N.H., as part of efforts to expand footprint in the state.
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DoD CIO Dana Deasy Inducted Into 2019 Wash100 for His Leadership Promoting AI Development, Cloud Adoption
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Dana Deasy, Defense Department chief information officer, has been inducted into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his leadership promoting and developing artificial intelligence capabilities and spearheading cloud adoption effort. This marks the first Wash100 award for Deasy.
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