Government contracting executives and companies will gather Nov. 1 at the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards to recognize their peers in seven categories. They will also witness the induction of a long-time GovCon leader into the hall of fame (click over to GovCon Wire to find out his identity). The Fairfax County, Va. Chamber of […] More

Maximus President and CEO Richard Montoni will speak Feb. 8 at UBS‘ global healthcare services conference in New York, Maximus announced Tuesday. Maximus said Bruce Caswell, president and general manager of health services, will also speak at the conference. Maximus will make the presentation available as a webcast on the company’s investor relations webpage. More

In its 2011 winter issue, GovCon Exec Magazine published its annual list of government contracting executives and government officials who are poised to shape the industry in the upcoming year. Below, you’ll find the 12 members of the private sector who were awarded positions on the “15 to Watch in 2012”. For their public sector counterparts, check […] More

MAXIMUS CEO Richard Montoni will present at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Jan. 12. in San Francisco according to a MAXIMUS release. The company said Bruce Caswell, president and general manager of health services, will also present at the conference. The company will make the presentation available via webcast on its investor relations page. More

The Information Technology Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced that Jeremy Grant is joining the NIST team as a senior executive adviser to manage the launch of a National Program Office for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. Grant has previously served in various leadership positions across the […] More

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will lead the way on a $2.8 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to improve Social Security Administration (SSA) business and technology practices. “Northrop Grumman's established expertise as a leading integrator of advanced technology applications and customized hardware and software solutions will help modernize and keep secure the technical environment of […] More

CyberSecurity Malaysia and stratsec Australia have signed an agreement to allow the Australian company to set up in Malaysia under the Malaysian Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification (MyCC) Scheme. Stratsec Australia is a information security and risk consulting services provider. The agreement was signed between tratsec chief executive officer Peter Lilley and CyberSecurity Malaysia chief […] More

Thomas Grissen is the CEO of Daon, a biometric identity management company. As CEO, Grissen oversees all strategic and operational aspects of the company. In an interview with ExecutiveBiz, Grissen describes his leadership style at Daon as “someone who thrives on making hard things happen.” The qualities that allow for his success as a leader […] More

More government contractors announced fiscal figures this week. MAXIMUS announced a 15% revenue growth. ICF’s Sudhakar Kesavan commented on his firm’s numbers. Meanwhile NCI (NASDAQ: NCIT) reported the following: “For the first quarter of 2010, NCI reported revenue of $115 million compared to $105 million for the first quarter of 2009 with an organic revenue […] More

Michael Plymack is senior vice president of strategic programs at Serco Inc. He is responsible for leading the planning and development of programs to support the strategic growth of the company into new business initiatives including the healthcare sector and he plays a key role in merger and acquisition activities. He also oversees the corporate […] More

This week’s GovCon M&A activity was headlined by IBM finalizing their deal to purchase NISC.  IBM boss Chuck Prow shared his thoughts. Meanwhile, BAE and Northrop teamed to pursue a deal with the Army to provide ground combat vehicles. Also, MAXIMUS teamed up with Broadbean and KPP split from OAOT. More

Good news for Northrop Grumman this week: the firm landed a $100 million BPA to go along with a $775 million CANES award from the Navy. SAIC turned heads with a $625 million software deal from the Navy and added a BPA through subsidiary R.W. Beck for good measure. Paul Cofoni chimed in on CACI’s […] More