On Monday, Business markets group head Teresa A. Taylor was appointed to fill the recently-vacated chief operation officer position at Qwest Communications International, Inc. The move was made necessary after former COO Thomas E. Richards, who served for the past 13 months, left his post to accept an offer to become the president and COO […] More

Cyber expert Marcus Sachs, director of SANS Internet Storm Center and executive director of government affairs for national security policy at Verizon had a few minutes to discuss with The New New Internet the future of cyber security. Sachs emphasizes the difference between what should be done and what will be done in terms of cyber […] More

$20 Billion in UK healthcare IT spending for Google or Microsoft? In the UK,  Conservative Party leader David Cameron has made it clear that he wants to scrap the Labour Party government“™s “centrally determined and unresponsive“ plan for a $20 billion national health data network, in favor of Google Health or Microsoft HealthVault, according to […] More

Doug Smith of Ericsson Federal Inc. (EFI) spoke with GovConExecutive about EFI’s plans to expand into the US Federal Sector and expand 3G wireless network access to rural areas, EFI’s impressive array of wireless capabilities and products, and his tricked-out Harley. GovConExecutive: The president has committed $7 billion to expand rural broadband access. How does EFI […] More

The Faces of a “New“ Washington-Power Chart Change came to the nation“™s capital this week, as President Obama was sworn in as our 44th President. Navigating through the myriad of names and faces of the new administration can be a daunting task. That“™s why The Financial Times (FT) created an interactive “Power Chart” detailing a […] More

Unprecedented government intervention into the credit, financial and insurance markets has taken the market-based, small government proponents down a notch or two when trying to argue that private industries can be left to themselves to self-regulate and avoid catastrophe. So given the prevailing climate, it was not altogether shocking to come across yesterday’s report issued […] More

GovCon held its annual event last night and named Booz Allen Contractor of the Year. October 7th, McLean Virginia, the 6th annual GovCon awards were held at the Tyson’s Corner Ritz Carlton before a fully packed 5th floor audience of government contracting executives. Of note, Booz Allen was named Contractor of the Year along with […] More

By the time it was reported earlier this week that Sprint CEO Gary Forsee resigned from the company, the news – which had been rumored for some time – held as much shock value as a 2pm traffic jam on I495 . Forsee, who assumed the CEO mantle in 2003, engineered two mammoth corporate moves […] More