Congressional activity over the 2010 defense budget is heating up. On July 30, the House of Representatives passed a defense spending bill for fiscal year 2010 that included money for four programs the Obama administration opposed. Now it’s up to the Senate to come up with a version of the legislation that meets with White [...]
The post-9-11 world requires a different approach to cybersecurity — we all know that. Knowing what to do about it is the hard part. That’s where Dan Chenok comes in. By day, Chenok is a senior vice president and general manager at Pragmatics, Inc. Chenok has also served on several prominent boards, including the Technology [...]
Insourcing. Organizational conflict of interest. Transparency. If ever industry had its share of issues on the table, this would be it. For ideas on how to navigate the hot button issues of the day, ExecutiveBiz recently caught up with industry veteran Jim Sheaffer, president of CSC – North American Public Sector. In a candid exchange, [...]
When it comes to leveraging technology for greater government transparency, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has something new in mind: dashboards. The New York Times Bits blog reports that by the end of the month, Kundra “hopes to start yet another federal Web site that will give officials and the public a window into all of [...]
If ever there was a time to demonstrate value to your customers, this is it. Obama’s recent contracting memo articulated that urgency and raised the stakes over a key issue: how to add value to federal customers — and show it. That’s something Gregg Mossburg, who leads CGI Federal’s Solution and Business Development organization, knows [...]
Transparency has been a buzzword of the Obama administration from day one. “We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency,” wrote Obama in a memo released the day after he was sworn in. Still unclear is what transparency actually means, and how the government contracting community should position itself [...]
