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Gerry Connolly (D) is the freshman Congressman from Virginia’s 11th District, including parts of Fairfax and Prince William Counties.  He replaced Tom Davis (R) after Tom’s retirement last year, and has some big shoes to fill as an advocate for the GovCon community.  Here are some highlights from our interview: I …

Lockheed Martin has placed itself to become a major player in solar energy as an engineer of “concentrated solar power plants”. There is no doubt that government on both the federal and the state level has taken steps to prioritize generating renewable energy. Congress has renewed the solar power investment …

BAE Systems, Inc. aims to broaden its security business beyond the DoD, according to its new CEO, Anthony Zinni.  BAE and other large contractors are increasingly interested in the U.S. government’s nonmilitary efforts to improve economic and political stability in war-torn or dangerously dysfunctional countries, a concept called “smart power.” BAE …

Recently we reported that Federal CIO Vivek Kundra planned on leveraging dashboards to further government transparency and accountability. In particular, Kundra envisioned a dashboard as a way to gauge the productivity of the US government’s $74 billion investment in federal technology projects. That vision has now become reality. Just yesterday, …

Is she or isn’t she? In the weeks leading up to the release of the 60-day cyber security review, the question has been circulating: Is Melissa Hathaway, the Obama administration’s acting director of cyber security and chief author of the report, in the running for cyber czar? Some reports suggested …

The recent release of the defense budget for 2010 makes one thing clear: With $61 billion requested for Iraq (versus $65 billion for Afghanistan), a shift in US priorities is underway. As the Obama administration looks to new challenges in Afghanistan and secondly, Pakistan, ExecutiveBiz recently caught up with Mary …

Boeing Intelligence and Security Systems (I&SS) demonstrated its cybersecurity capabilities in its Arlington facilityon June 9, addressing the emerging need for integrated, synchronized and responsive cyber operations. The Integrated Cyber Operations Demonstration gave potential customers an inside look at how Boeing harnesses its experience managing its own networks (among the world’s …

Responding to recent budget changes from the new administration, government contractors like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are increasingly diversifying their national defense strategy to include civillian and business assets. The new administration’s defense budget includes major cuts to Missile Defense, Future Combat Systems and Navy shipbuilding operations, as well as killing controversial programs …

If ever there was a time to demonstrate value to your customers, this is it. Obama’s recent contracting memo articulated that urgency and raised the stakes over a key issue: how to add value to federal customers — and show it. That’s something Gregg Mossburg, who leads CGI Federal’s Solution …

Now that the results of the 60-day cyber security review led by Melissa Hathaway are in, what’s next? ExecutiveBiz recently brought that question to leading figures in the cyber security discussion — everyone from think tanks to industry — to get their take on what the report may portend for …

Larry Allen isn’t one to mince words. “Contractors right now have a target painted on their back,” says Allen, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement. That prognosis comes on the heels of President Obama’s recent contracting memo and a subsequent timetable by OMB that’s focused on five main areas: …

We called him a Beltway Game Changer to watch. Now, this just in: Larry Prior, who has served as chief operating officer of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) since October 2007, has just accepted the position of president and COO of ManTech International Corporation. The news was announced this morning …

Aneesh Chopra, the new administration’s new Chief Technology Officer, said he will actively support Dr. David Blumenthal in his efforts to advance the adoption of health IT, one of the president’s priorities for health reform.  Prior to his senate confirmation in May, Chopra was secretary of technology for Virginia. Aneesh …

In the wake of Obama’s release of Melissa Hathaway’s 60-day cyberspace policy review and his announcement that he will appoint a “Cyber Czar” to coordinate federal cybersecurity, we caught up with Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI), co-chair of the House Cybersecurity Caucus. He detailed his vision for the future of the …

Cybersecurity isn’t just a technical issue, it’s a matter of policy — and influence. So said Melissa Hathaway at a recent conference on the issue. “It takes a combination of strategies aimed at a handful of vital behaviors to solve weighty and persistent problems,” said Hathaway to an audience of …