The Professional Services Council purchased the TechAmerica Foundation from CompTIA in a deal that sees the foundation’s annual Vision Forecast and Conference and other initiatives continue under the auspices of the PSC. “As we evaluated our strategic direction, we recognized that the activities of the TechAmerica Foundation could be better served by an organization aligned to […] More

CACI International Executive Chairman Jack London has been selected to receive the TechAmerica Foundation’s corporate leadership recognition. The award is meant to acknowledge London’s contributions to the technology sector, CACI said Monday. “We congratulate Dr. London on receiving the corporate leadership award from TechAmerica Foundation,” said Ken Asbury, CACI president and CEO. “For more than 40 […] More

The TechAmerica Foundation has a new version of its “Cloud Buyer’s Guide for Government,’ a 30-page document designed for federal cloud investment decision makers, Fedscoop reported Friday. Jake Williams writes the guidelines include best practices, techniques and strategies available for information technology and contract officers to explore and consider, supplemented by business cases and case […] More

Michael Spierto, a former staffer at a House Homeland Security subcommittee, will officially join TechAmerica as director of cybersecurity policy on April 14, Government Technology reported Friday. Brian Heaton writes that some of Spierto’s work on Capitol Hill has included policy discussions with stakeholders about the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. “Over 90 percent […] More

Peter Smith, chief operating officer at AMERICAN SYSTEMS, has been elected to join the public sector board of directors at TechAmerica. The more than three-decade industry veteran will provide counsel on technology strategies for the government IT contracting sector as a TechAmerica public sector board member, AMERICAN SYSTEMS said Monday. Members of the TechAmerica public sector […] More

Sonya Cork, Verizon Enterprise Solutions vice president of public sector markets, has been appointed to the TechAmerica public sector board of directors, TechAmerica said Wednesday. The public sector board focuses on issues that are of the most importance to federal and state government contractors, according to TechAmerica. “Sonya brings an extensive background in the world of government […] More

Floor Tech America will design, renovate and repair commercial and institutional buildings at Naval Base Ventura County in California under a potential five-year, $49M contract from the U.S. Navy. 

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Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that David Drabkin, chairman of the Section 809 Panel, was selected to join the 2019 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his role in the realignment of the Department of Defense’s acquisition process in 2018.

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David Logsdon, CompTIA‘s Space Enterprise Council senior director, has joined the Commerce Department‘s International Trade Advisory Committee on Aerospace Equipment and will serve through the committee’s four-year charter term. The ITAC on Aerospace Equipment works to provide advisory support to the secretary of commerce and the U.S. trade representative on market access, trade barriers and other regional […] More

Information technology trade group CompTIA has recorded a 25 percent increase in membership across its public sector councils between the first quarters of 2015 and 2016. The rise in membership at CompTIA’s Space Enterprise Council, State and Local Government and Education Council and Human Services Information Technology Advisory Group comes a year after the nonprofit […] More

Stan Soloway has announced plans to leave the Professional Services Council after 15 years as president and CEO of the trade association that represents several government contractors. Soloway said Wednesday he will continue to serve in his roles until the organization finds a replacement and begins the transition process. Anne Altman, general manager at IBM […] More

Peter Smith has held the position of president and CEO of American Systems since 2014 and serves on the company’s board of directors. He joined American Systems in 1980 as a Systems EngineerProgram Manager and since then has held several key leadership roles such as chief operating officer, executive vice president and general manager, vice […] More