Executive Mosaic, publisher of ExecutiveBiz and a group of other online and print media properties, has named Gerry A. Simone editor-in-chief of the company. “Gerry is an accomplished and trusted adviser in online and print media,” said Executive Mosaic CEO and Publisher Jim Garrettson. “We are delighted to have Gerry on board to take Executive [...]
While whiteout conditions, widespread power outages and snow-covered roadways might keep some executives home and incommunicado, the fearsome weather proved no match for a dedicated teleworker with a smart phone and a car charger. Stephen O’Keeffe, executive director of the Telework Exchange told Washington Technology “I was 100 percent on my BlackBerry during the outage,” [...]
Change of administration is always a challenging time for government contracting as the markets realign in anticipation of where spending will flow and how to best position for the upcoming priorities. The Obama administration change is no exception with Military shifting from hard resources to soft, traditional defense firms shifting from projecting physical space to [...]
The newly created State Fiscal Stabilization Fund is shifting a total of $48.3 billion from the Federal budget to the states in an unprecedented opportunity to realize the stimulus effect envisioned by the current administration. The question of how the states will be able to absorb and spend these dollars, along with the billions of federal [...]
According to Wall St. Journal reporter Bret Stephens, 2008 winner of the Eric Breindel Awardfor Excellence in Journalism, Cyber-threats have the potential to pose a pernicious impact equivalent in numbers to an atomic bomb. Perhaps the outpouring of recent news stories on cyber crime has anesthetized much of the public, but our government says it is hard at work [...]
Defense Secretary Gates spoke today on the future direction of the Pentagon’s weapons programs and specifically how this change of direction will impact military personnel, existing weapons programs and long term planning. He touched on a large number of specific programs such as the Joint Strike Fighter. Large government contracting firms Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), SAIC [...]
In a rare public appearance, the nation’s first-ever Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, will be speaking at the Potomac Officers Club on May 5th at the Tyson’s Corner Ritz Carlton. Kundra is destined to make an impact within the industry and has already been recognized as one of the country’s top 25 CTO’s; earning the title 2008 IT Executive of the Year. [...]
