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Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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  • Paperless Innovations on P-Card Data Transparency With OMB's Risk Management Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Technology

    Paperless Innovations on P-Card Data Transparency With OMB’s Risk Management Framework

    Paperless Innovations, distributor of procurement management software, describes transparency provisions in the third of a three-part series on guidelines outlined in the Office of Management and Budget’s risk management framework for government charge card programs. Appendix B of OMB Circular A-123 includes a requirement for agencies to produce statistical, narrative and violation incident reports based […] More

  • Gen. Chance Saltzman, USSF Chief of Space Operations, Selected to 2023 Wash100 for Stewarding Tech-Driven Space Domain Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Wash100

    Gen. Chance Saltzman, USSF Chief of Space Operations, Selected to 2023 Wash100 for Stewarding Tech-Driven Space Domain Security

    Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force, as an inductee into the 10th edition of the Wash100 — an esteemed group of executives and officials with influence in the government contracting sector. His selection to this year’s prestigious class of influential GovCon figures is in […] More

  • Peraton Recognized for NASA Sounding Rocket Mission Support; Darin Skelly Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Space

    Peraton Recognized for NASA Sounding Rocket Mission Support; Darin Skelly Quoted

    Peraton has received the Contractor Excellence Award from NASA for the company’s key role in helping the space agency launch suborbital rockets designed for scientific research. NASA commended the Sounding Rockets Operations Contract team and its support of a specific customer mission at an Australia-based range during the Wallops Flight Facility’s annual Peer Awards ceremony, […] More

  • CMS Selects Axonius Platform for IT Asset Management; Tom Kennedy Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity, News

    CMS Selects Axonius Platform for IT Asset Management; Tom Kennedy Quoted

    Axonius‘ federal arm has helped the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implement a company-built platform for the agency to manage and secure information technology infrastructure. CMS has worked with the cybersecurity asset management platform vendor over the past year to establish a process to automate asset data access, Axonius said Thursday. The agency chose […] More

  • BAE Unit Wins $72M Navy Submarine Component Manufacturing Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    BAE Unit Wins $72M Navy Submarine Component Manufacturing Contract

    A BAE Systems business unit will produce components for the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class submarine program under a $71.9 million contract. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division awarded the contract to BAE’s land and armaments group after a competitive procurement process, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Three offerors competed for the work via SAM.gov. […] More

  • Former Novetta, HII Director Laura Drummer Forms Analytics Company - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Former Novetta, HII Director Laura Drummer Forms Analytics Company

    Laura Drummer, who previously held director positions at HII and Novetta, has formed her own company with the goal of developing technology products and services to help government customers unlock data-based insights. Drummer said Wednesday in a LinkedIn post Wednesday that she is now the founder and CEO of TAS Labs.  The newly created company’s […] More

  • Esri Develops Data Analysis Software Offering for Intelligence Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Technology

    Esri Develops Data Analysis Software Offering for Intelligence Sector

    Geographic information system software provider Esri has created a desktop application for intelligence analysts and other government users to visualize, integrate and share data from multiple sources. ArcGIS AllSource is designed to combine time- and location-based disparate data that can support pattern assessments of defense, public safety and national or enterprise security events, the company […] More

  • Redhorse's John Zangardi: Secure Networks, Cloud, AI Key to Military Decision-Making - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Technology

    Redhorse’s John Zangardi: Secure Networks, Cloud, AI Key to Military Decision-Making

    John Zangardi, CEO of Redhorse Corp. and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, pointed to secure networks, cloud technology and artificial intelligence as the key capabilities he believes will help the U.S. military make data-driven decisions. The retired naval flight officer gave his perspective on the game-changing potential of AI in defense missions during a recent […] More

  • Army Places $102M Oshkosh JLTV Order for US Allies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Army Places $102M Oshkosh JLTV Order for US Allies

    Oshkosh‘s defense subsidiary has received a $102 million order to manufacture Joint Light Tactical Vehicles for five U.S. allies. Brazil, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Romania will receive the JLTVs through the order from Army Contracting Command-Detroit Arsenal, the company said Tuesday. Lithuania accepted a second batch of 50 JLTVs in November and John Lazar, […] More

  • Terran Orbital Ships Final Satellite Bus for Lockheed's Smallsat Mesh Network Demo Under SDA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Terran Orbital Ships Final Satellite Bus for Lockheed’s Smallsat Mesh Network Demo Under SDA Program

    Terran Orbital has shipped the 10th hardware that Lockheed Martin will integrate into small satellites for an optical crosslink mesh network demonstration with the Space Development Agency. The satellite bus delivery marks the completion of an order for Tranche 0 of the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer constellation, Terran Orbital said Thursday. SDA awarded Lockheed […] More

  • SAIC Enters Loitering Munition Production Assistance Pact With Mistral, UVision - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR, News

    SAIC Enters Loitering Munition Production Assistance Pact With Mistral, UVision

    Science Applications International Corp. has agreed to assist loitering missile builder UVision and its business development partner, Mistral, in establishing a supply chain for a munition product to support government customers. All three companies will collaborate on domestic manufacturing efforts related to the Hero 120 offering for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Organic Precision Fires-Mounted requirement […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Paperless Innovations' Actus SaaS Offering to AWS Marketplace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds Paperless Innovations’ Actus SaaS Offering to AWS Marketplace

    Actus, a cloud-based procurement management platform from Paperless Innovations, has debuted on Amazon Web Services‘ online marketplace via Carahsoft Technology. Carahsoft manages the AWS Marketplace distribution of the commercial off-the-shelf software-as-a-service offering designed to help organizations automate purchase card processes and compliance requirements. Paperless Innovations said the listing for Actus allows new customers to purchase […] More