The White House has named Howard Schmidt to the position of cybersecurity coordinator. In this role, Schmidt will serve on the president’s economic council and National Security staff with direct access to the president. He will look to coordinate a national approach to cyber security issues. Schmidt was previously the president and CEO of the [...]
Norm Augustine once said that a bureaucracy’s idea of moving out is to hit the ground sitting. Not this time. In what OMB Deputy Director of Management Jeff Zients is calling a “very fast start,” federal agencies are nearly halfway through reaching a two-year goal set by President Obama back in March: They’ve already cut [...]
The Internet is the global communications and information infrastructure that provides the medium for communication and computation that facilitates the provisioning of numerous applications and infrastructure services, including e-mail, on-line banking, data storage, and quantum computing power. It brings with it promises of economic development and prosperity, scientific discovery, increased political participation, and ever changing [...]
It’s been called the Match.com of the government contracting community. Recently, mySBX, a Reston, Va.-based online community that allows government contractors to find qualified partners and land new opportunities, was acquired by Deltek. The latter company is a provider of enterprise applications software and solutions for government and commercial businesses. Deltek’s acquisition significantly expands the [...]
Today’s compliance standards are as challenging as ever. That’s as true for small businesses as large ones. As a company moves from a small to mid-sized, it’s scrutinized under a finer glass by DCAA, OFCCP, DoL and others. “Issues that weren’t as important when you were a $25 million company are critical when you’re $75 [...]
Early this week, Robert Stevens, CEO of Lockheed Martin, stated at the Reuters Aerospace and Defense Summit in Washington that Lockheed Martin will look to make more acquisitions in 2010. Stevens said the company will look for acquisitions in energy security, cyber security, intelligence surveillance and logistical support. “When we look to the future of [...]
It’s been over a year since Chuck Prow was named managing partner of IBM’s Global Business Services Public Sector business. Since then, Prow has been overseeing IBM’s consulting and systems integration business for the U.S. federal, state, local, education, and health care markets. Analytics play a key role in each market. Prow recently spoke with [...]
