Assured Information Security wins $300M Air Force recompete
The company will continue its support of SecureView, a government-wide standard for enabling remote network access at multiple levels. Assured Information Security has won a potential 10-year, $300 million contract to continue its role as a main provider of software and hardware for the Air Force’s remote access functions. The Air Force Research Laboratory received three bids for the […]
Gregory Barbaccia named federal CIO
The Palantir alum has also served in the Army and as an intelligence analyst. The U.S. government has a new federal chief information officer, Palantir alum Gregory Barbaccia, who started in the role Monday, according to two people familiar with the personnel change who were not authorized to speak on the record. He’ll be in charge of overseeing, […]
WT 360: The ties between tech and talent in the public sector
Jill Jones and Yoko Jolly, executives at CrossVue, discuss the connections between technology and transformation efforts across government with respect to their human capital initiatives. Many questions about talent in public sector often center around the hiring process and what happens after the offer letter is signed, that being the onboarding phase. Where technology fits […]
Transformation and strategy leadership moves across the market
One high-profile defense tech startup and a second, much larger player expand the roles for some on their executive teams. Acentra Health Ezmeralda Sager joined the technology solutions and services provider on Jan. 6 as chief transformation officer, a role that involves company-wide change initiatives. Sager will lead Acentra’s transformation office in its ongoing work to […]
GSA announces new FAS, TTS leadership
The new leaders are interested in working with Elon Musk’s DOGE. Silicon Valley and Tesla alum Thomas Shedd is the newest leader of the Technology Transformation Services at the General Services Administration, the agency announced on Friday. TTS — charged with creating cross-government tech products and services, as well as helping other agencies with their tech […]
Contractors face greater scrutiny from anti-DEI executive orders
President Trump’s actions come with enforcement provisions that encourage employees to report on their companies. President Trump’s slate of executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs have several provisions that will apply to government contractors, including enforcement pressure if companies don’t go along. Along with rolling back executive orders that date back to Lyndon Johnson’s […]
COMMENTARY: How to build a winning relationship in the digital age
BD expert Nic Coppings writes that there is a connection crisis in today’s market because too many people lean on digital tools instead of the personal touch. One poor relationship can cost your team millions in lost awards. While your competitors obsess over pricing and capabilities, they are missing what truly drives decisions: the human connection. […]
HHS pause on external comms delaying upcoming health summits
Two planned events have been indefinitely postponed as a result of the Trump administration’s freeze on HHS-related mass communications and public appearances. Several upcoming health summits have had to be postponed following the Trump administration’s order that employees of the Department of Health and Human Services and its sub-agencies refrain from external communications or work-related appearances […]
CACI’s CEO weighs in on efficiency and acquisition
In talking with Wall Street, John Mengucci looked to provide a bigger picture for what he would like to see the DOGE efficiency group look at beyond just protest numbers going down. One public company chief executive, that being Chris Kubasik of L3Harris Technologies, has made his voice heard to the Department of Government Efficiency in […]
Alpha Omega acquires a pair
The nine-year-old company using these additions to grow its national security division and stand up a new health vertical. Alpha Omega has acquired a pair of IT services providers in moves aimed at further building out the buyer’s presence in defense and health programs. Macro Solutions expands Alpha Omega’s national security division, while SeKON becomes the […]