The Professional Services Council re-elected several executives and appointed new members to its 2017 executive committee and board of directors during its annual meeting held Thursday. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture“™s federal services business; and Deb Alderson, president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions; were respectively re-elected as PSC“™s chair and vice chair, […] More

CLIFF GREENBLATT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL & CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER ASRC FEDERAL Cliff Greenblatt is ASRC Federal general counsel and chief compliance officer. Greenblatt has responsibility for all legal aspects of the ASRC Federal enterprise including business and corporate transactions; government contracts compliance, litigation and disputes; and labor and employment matters. Greenblatt brings over […] More

The government contracting industry and its agency customers are both grappling with questions as to how they can keep pace with fast technology advancements as requirements and demands of users change with those trends. With the rapid development of new technologies, legal counsel is more important than ever. The general counsel executives in the government […] More

  The government contracting industry experienced a robust period of mergers and acquisitions that reshaped its composition in 2015 and continued executive transitions between companies. As companies merge and new identities enter the market, some businesses face a challenge to fill vacant leadership positions. From time to time, GovCon firms of all shape and sizes […] More

Chief information security officers from 26 companies, universities and government agencies have discussed the challenges they faced in 2015 and shared their forecast on cybersecurity-related issues for 2016, Security Current reported Dec. 20. Bret Arsenault, CISO at Microsoft, told Security Current that commercial enterprises should focus on how to improve their current systems that work […] More

Dynetics has received a recognition from NASA for the company“™s role as an aerospace contractor of the space agency“™s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA presented the Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year award to Dynetics and a set of other awards to other recipients during the 2015 Industry & Advocates Awards […] More

Wyle Laboratories has been awarded a potential five-year, $270 million contract to provide research, development and project management services at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California. The company said Thursday that it will support the facility’s spaceflight technology projects as well as programs in aeronautics, virtual environment and astrobiology. Wyle’s partners include ASRC Federal Space, […] More

GovCon Executive covers the executives who shape the government contracting industry and part of that coverage includes leaders commenting on indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts their company’s have won a part on. The original contract announcement detailing the different companies that are included and other important details of the IDIQ is first reported on GovCon Executive’s sister […] More

Timothy Caswell is president of Mission Solutions Engineering, a ASRC Federal company. He leads more than 600 employees who provide full systems and software engineering services to U.S. and allied government customers. Caswell previously served as vice president and general manager of Computer Sciences Corp.“™s air, missile and national defense business unit. The business provided […] More

Angela Carrington is a vice president and partner in IBM“™s public sector business consulting practice, where she serves as the industry executive for the departments of Homeland Security, Justice and Foreign Affairs (USAID and State). As part of the IBM industry team, she leads IBM“™s go to market efforts for these agencies. Her areas of focus in […] More

Wyle has won a contract perform research and development work for the U.S. Coast Guard’s command and control systems. Under a $1.5 million contract, the company said it will provide engineering and technical research, development and analysis for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance combat systems. Through a previous contract, the company provided […] More

ARINC has developed iPad application that will provide military pilots with electronic versions of navigation charts and other printed manuals, the company announced Thursday. AEROMilBag took two years to develop and the company is preparing the app for operational trials, certification and accreditation. Deployment could occur by January 2013, according to Rob Simm, a program […] More