Bob McCord made a conscious decision over 20 years ago to focus his career at the intersection of health, IT and government. “I believed the health industry had underinvested in health information technology and the government would play an expanding role in this marketplace,” says McCord. He was right. Today, government agencies are planning to [...]
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) has elected John J. Hamre, Ph.D., to their Board of Directors. Dr. Hamre is president and chief executive officer for CSIS, the Center for Strategic & International Studies. Recently, Jim Lewis of CSIS was featured on a 60 minutes special on Cybersecurity. Before joining CSIS, Dr. Hamre served as the 26th [...]
Though Beijing has vocally opposed the “weaponization” of space in the past, China’s air force chief, General Xu Qiliang, this week called military competition in space “inevitable.” Is dramatically increased funding for NASA also inevitable? The remarks, indicated a major policy shift from their previous demands for a ban on space weapons. The comments were [...]
Ed Amoroso, author of Cyber Security, has been active in cybersecurity since he got involved in adding enhanced security to the Unix operating system in 1985. He shared with us his thoughts on the implications of cloud computing to cybersecurity, the “inertia” against adoption of the cloud, how the generation gap affects the introduction of [...]
Senior DHS cybersecurity official Bruce McConnell recently compared current US computer security response to the game “Whac-A-Mole.” “A threat pops up here, we whack it down, and another one comes up here – this is the environment that many of your enterprise cybersecurity officers are facing,” said McConnell, as quoted by FCW’s Ben Bain at [...]
When it comes to government contracting, women have arrived. Look at any major government contractor, and the proof’s in their executive ranks. But that ascent hasn’t come easily. It’s involved its share of hard work, of course, as well as the task of balancing other life pursuits. Recently, ExecutiveBiz asked some of the Washington, D.C., [...]
Another FightNight has come and gone, raising millions for DC’s underprivileged children and providing a venue for DC’s culture set to see and be seen. The night opened up with a VIP reception for the myriad boxing legends in attendance, including “Sugar” Ray Leonard, “Smokin’” Joe Frazier, Gerry Cooney, “Buster” Douglas, and “the Bronx Bull” [...]
