Michael Carter, vice president of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and assurance services at Coalfire, has said Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) introduced in July a bill that would propose changes to FedRAMP. “Overall, the key benefits of the legislation, from our view, include improved efficiency …
Read More »Rep. Gerry Connolly Calls for Inquiry Into GSA’s Decision on FBI HQ Consolidation Project
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) has asked the office of the General Services Administration’s inspector general to conduct an inquiry into GSA’s decision to call off its plans for a new consolidated FBI headquarters. He wrote a letter Wednesday to GSA IG Carol Ochoa to investigate the factors agency officials used to arrive at …
Read More »Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: FedRAMP Should Continue Evolution Toward ‘Accelerated Process’
Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC’s federal business, has said he believes the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program should continue to streamline and play a role as government agencies work to advance their digital modernization efforts. “The goal is to get to a point where a vendor holding one …
Read More »TechAmerica Updates Federal Cloud Buyer’s Guide
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 …
Read More »House Passes Telework Bill
The House yesterday approved the Telework Improvements Act, legislation allowing federal employees to work remotely at least 20 percent of the hours worked in every two administrative workweeks. Under the bill, the Office of Personnel Management would develop a telework policy for all employees in federal agencies and create a …
Read More »Major Moves to Northern Virginia: Local Leaders Weigh In
In the United States, there have been six major corporate headquarter relocations in the past three years. Four of them came to Fairfax County: CSC, SAIC, Volkswagen North America, Hilton North America; and Northrop Grumman also chose Virginia, with a final decision on the site to be made soon. We …
Read More »Contactors Caught Up in Political Contention
UPDATED: Comment from Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee As political campaigns warm up for the 2010 election season, the race for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District is already in high gear. This week, Republican Keith Fimian accused incumbent Gerry Connolly (D-VA) of trading earmark requests for campaign contributions. From Mr. Fimian’s website, …
Read More »Gerry Connolly: “We Couldn’t Function…Without Private-Sector Partners”
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 …
Read More »Congressman Gerry Connolly on the Government Contracting Industry
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D) from the 11th district of Virginia spoke to us last week about the mood on Capitol Hill toward government contractors and the looming personnel crisis in the federal procurement sector. Connolly told us how he plans to fill Tom Davis’ big shoes as an advocate for the government …
Read More »At POC Lunch Event, Gov. Kaine Says Obama Tech Policy More Than Able
On Tuesday, the Tysons Corner Ritz Carlton served as ground zero for the intersection of politics and technology, drawing hundreds of the area’s leading political and technology leaders. Through the hotel’s wood and glass doors and up to the 5th floor ballrooms streamed, among others, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, Jim …
Read More »Jim Moran Predicts and Endorses
Jim Moran(D) Congressman for Virginia’s 8th District and serving his 9th term in office has shared with ExecutiveBiz his perspective on the upcoming elections and why he endorses Gerry Connolly(D) to sit beside him in Congress. The 8th district is a significant employer of government contracting jobs and Jim Moran has …
Read More »Gerry Connolly talks about his run for 11th Congressional District seat
For years, Tom Davis (R-VA-11th District) was known as a voice for the government contracting community in Northern Virginia. Now Gerry Connolly, Democratic nominee for US Representative from Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, is looking to fill those shoes. “He [Tom Davis] has been a voice for the industry, an advocate …
Read More »Jim Moran: Why I’m backing Gerry Connolly
Keith Fimian and Gerry Connolly — two contenders vying for the same congressional seat. This past week, we got Tom Davis’s take on why he supports Keith Fimian to lead Virginia’s 11th Congressional District. Now Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA, 8th District), lets ExecutiveBiz readers in on why he’s backing Gerry …
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