The moment is eerily prescient. David Walker, then US comptroller general of the United States, being interviewed by 60 Minutes two years ago this month when he offers this sobering message: “We suffer from a fiscal cancer, it is growing within us…” Two years later, Walker is sounding an even greater alarm. In an exclusive [...]
Curious who played a leading role in the federal IT community in 2008? Federal Computer Week has named K. Stuart Shea, president of the Intelligence, Security and Technology Group at Science Applications International Corporation, to its list of leaders in that space. Shea is among 100 individuals from government, industry, and academia who will be [...]
Gates planning on big Defense cuts? That’s what has been reported by Boston.com. According to the article, two defense officials claim that there will be an announcement of as many as six planned cuts. Although not authorized to share details on the topics, the sources claimed that among the potential major weapon cancellation possibilities were the Air [...]
It’s been a whirlwind last few days for Vivek Kundra. Last Thursday, FBI agents raided his former office at the District of Columbia’s technology department, where a former employee of his was charged with bribery. While Kundra was not a target in the raid — the FBI stated as much — the ensuing publicity was [...]
As chief operating officer for Alion Science, Stacy Mendler keeps her pulse on technology solutions coming down the pike. So, in the midst of Obama’s call for a federal contracting overhaul, ExecutiveBiz stopped by Mendler’s office for her take on what those possible cuts may mean for the government technology solutions arena. Here, Mendler debriefs [...]
Ask Isabel Reiff what she most enjoys about her work as senior vice president of ICF International, a global professional services firm based in Fairfax, Va., and she’ll be the first to tell you: the opportunity to work on some of the most pressing issues of the day. Here Reiff shares the latest trends to [...]
Lee Cooper has spent the last 23 years of his career focusing on business development. As vice president of business development for Raytheon Technical Services — one of the six companies within Raytheon — Cooper has helped his team grow revenue to nearly $3 billion. Here he shares a few steps to successful business development [...]
