Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Robert Cresanti, who has almost three decades of experience in private and public sectors, has joined Accenture as managing director to lead government relations activities in North America and to serve as head of the company’s global Government Relations Network. In his new role, Cresanti will report to Joel Unruch, Accenture general counsel and corporate secretary, […] More
Sanjay Beri, CEO of Netskope, has talked about President Joe Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order and how the Santa Clara, California-based software company can assist the federal government in bolstering its information technology systems. Beri wrote in a July 2 commentary posted by MeriTalk that the EO highlights Biden’s commitment to improving agencies’ cybersecurity posture by […] More
Boeing expects the U.S. Army to award a first production contract for the new variant of its CH-47 Chinook helicopter in fiscal year 2021, Defense News reported Thursday. “At this time, we really see no technical or programmatic challenges standing in the way of rewarding the Lot 1 production contract this fiscal year,” Heather McBryan, Boeing’s director of global sales and marketing, said of the CH-47F Block II variant. “We’ve been working closely with the Army to lay out a plan to meet all of our milestones and show a low-risk path to a first unit equipped in 2025, which was, you know, as planned originally."
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, said the U.S. needs to improve its cyber defenses and come up with a “robust menu“ of responses to cyber attacks like the SolarWinds breach, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. “We need to strengthen the nation“™s digital infrastructure and digital defenses, and that touches every part of the public sector, and every part of the private sector as well,“ Smith told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday.
The State Department has approved the request of the NATO Communications and Information Agency to buy 517 AN/PRC-158 manpack UHF satellite communications radio systems under a potential $65 million foreign military sales agreement.
The Association of Government Accountants and Grant Thornton's public sector arm have released a new survey describing how chief financial officers from federal and state government agencies manage the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and outlining several recommendations agency CFOs should consider as they navigate through the health crisis.
John Kamensky, a senior fellow with the IBM Center for the Business of Government, wrote in an article published Thursday on Nextgov that agencies should go beyond the Federal Data Strategy by taking into consideration four recommendations to promote intergovernmental data sharing.
Jason Ormsby, former quality, safety and improvement offering lead at Deloitte, has joined Aptive Resources as chief innovation officer tasked with overseeing various activities to deliver safe healthcare services.to providers and patients.
Microsoft supports the Cyberspace Solarium Commission“™s recommendations and calls on Congress to act on those suggestions, such as designating a national cyber director to oversee the implementation of the national cyber strategy and coordinate efforts across the federal government to address cyber threats.
Marty Edwards, vice president of operational technology security at Tenable, said recent initiatives by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency and measures being introduced in Congress could help critical infrastructure owners and operators improve OT security and cross-sector visibility to address cyber threats.
Boeing CEO David Calhoun said he believes the defense industry will continue to receive support from the U.S. government regardless of whoever wins the U.S. presidential elections in November, CNBC reported Wednesday.
Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password.
To use social login you have to agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website.
Accept