Chris Merdon is the Group President of NTT DATA Services Public Sector, a position he has held since August 2022. NTT DATA Public Services sector works with government agencies to navigate the complexities of public sector-focused business and technology. Who Is Chris Merdon? Christopher Merdon is a highly experienced professional with a deep understanding of […] More

Austin Pugh, former public sector head at a Xerox company, has been appointed as the first vice president of government business development at autonomy system developer Merlin. He will be responsible for leading Merlin’s expansion activities into the defense and broader public sector markets in both domestic and global scales, the Boston, Massachusetts-based flight technology company said […] More

Defense contractor ADS have promoted two of its vice presidents to join the executive team and support growth opportunity pursuits. Julie Cooke will transition from VP of vertical sales to the role of chief growth officer at ADS and Mark Libonate will move from VP of market sales to chief sales officer post, the Virginia Beach, Virginia-based company […] More

Christopher Merdon will take over the position of group president of public sector at NTT Data‘s services business arm from Tim Conway who is set to retire on July 31. Prior to his most recent promotion, Merdon worked as division president at NTT Data Services and oversaw 1,500 employees working to support state and local […] More

The Internal Revenue Service has awarded five companies contracts under a program to test new platforms to digitize paper documents and send the files back to the IRS through a digital channel. Xerox, Government CIO, Ripcord, Brillient and Resultant, formerly known as KSM Consulting, each secured a contract worth $7.5 million under the Pilot IRS […] More

Three companies, one nonprofit organization and three universities helped the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop computational tools and foundational math concepts for designing complex defense or commercial systems. Participants in DARPA's Transformative Design project worked to align design techniques with new manufacturing technologies, such as 3D printing, to help designers manage space complexities

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Xerox's PARC subsidiary will build additional solar-powered drifters under the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency effort to collect ocean data using a floating distributed network. PARC produced 1,500 floating devices during the initial phase of DARPA's Ocean of Things program and aims to provide up to 10K compact units for the next round, Xerox said Thursday.

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Chuck Brooks, a more than three-decade professional in the government contracting industry, has established a firm focused on government relations and marketing named Brooks Consulting International where he will also serve as president.

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Xerox’s PARC subsidiary and George Mason University have received a contract to identify security configurations designed to protect the country's critical infrastructure and internet of things-based systems.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected a team of Xerox‘s PARC subsidiary and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to create artificial intelligence software that would automate design of complex mechanical systems. Xerox said Tuesday PARC and UW-Madison will collaborate to develop the Design by Function-sharing thrOugh Compositional qUalitative Synthesis platform through DARPA’s  Disruptioneering program. D-FOCUS will serve as a mathematical framework […] More

Five companies have gained priority status to work with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Joint Authorization Board to offer cloud products to the federal government. FedRAMP’s program management office said Feb. 15 it chose the five cloud service providers as part of the FedRAMP Connect program based on existing and potential government customer demand for their products […] More

Information technology trade group CompTIA has appointed information technology industry executives to its communities executive board for 2018. CompTIA said Monday the association’s member communities and public sector councils  include leaders at multiple technology vendors, distributors and service providers. Member communities are slated to convene for the inaugural CompTIA Community Forum that will take place in Chicago […] More