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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 …

Link Solutions, Inc. (LSi), a rapidly-emerging provider of high-end solutions to the federal government, announced today that Steve Walker has been named Executive Vice President for Operations. Mr. Walker will be responsible for the day-to-day operations, growth, customer satsifaction and delivery of LSi's contracts, and will report to Mr. John …

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 …

The time is now for business intelligence in government. Obama's call for greater transparency proves as much. So does the appointment of a first-ever chief performance officer. Helping to meet the need is CadenceQuest, an Arlington, Va.-based company that provides BI solutions to top retailers such as Staples and CVS. …

DLT Solutions, Inc., an industry-leading value-added reseller of information technology (IT) products and services, has announced that CEO Rick Marcotte has been selected as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year ® 2009 Award in the Greater Washington area. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards …

Ambassador Eric S. Edelman will join the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments as a Distinguished Fellow. As a senior official at the State Department, DoD, White House, and as a Career Minister with three decades of Foreign Service experience, Dr. Edelman brings a wealth of experience and accomplishment in …

The McLean-based Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum (SECAF) named Jack Hughes, former CFO of Alion Science, to its board of directors on Thursday.  Mr. Hughes is also a principal at the consulting firm, Phoenix Financial & Advisory Services. He told ExecutiveBiz.com in April he was “too young to retire.”  He kept busy in the …

offered an early look at his new role, priorities, and plans Tuesday, saying he would focus on game-changing innovations. At the American Council of Technology and Industry Advisory Council's Management of Change Conference in Norfolk, VA, in one of his first public appearances since being confirmed as the nation's new …

Citrix Systems, Inc. has announced that it will join Microsoft Corp. Intel, and HP in encouraging government and industry to excersize responsible energy consumption practices on the second Power IT Down Day, scheduled for August 27 of this year. Citrix and its partners will promote Power IT Down Day through a series of …

The Obama administration was expected to name a Cyber Czar and release a cyberspace policy review last Friday.   The administration released the 76-page “Cyberspace Policy Review”  as expected.   Unexpectedly, the administration did not name a “Cyber Czar.”  Melissa Hathaway, acting senior director for cyberspace at the National Security Council and the …

As any Lakers fan knows, Zen philosophy has important management applications.  Ancient Zen masters were famous for their kōan, often-perplexing one-liners “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”  Perhaps these ancient teachers were trying to communicate to their students that there are no easy answers and maybe today’s IT contracting gurus have picked …

Consumers spent almost $19 billion on video games last year, compared with only $9.7 billion at the box office. Last summer, Iron Man led the box office with a $200 million opening weekend, while Take2 Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto IV took in more than $500 million in its first week alone, with …