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Ellen Lord, acquisition chief at the Department of Defense and four-time Wash100 awardee, said she is confident that DoD can hand down a decision in March on Lockheed Martin's readiness to begin full-rate production of the F-35 aircraft.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has made continued efforts to transform software procurement across the military,  FedScoop reported Thursday. Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and four-time Wash100 Award recipient, has developed pilot programs to test the acquisition.

After almost two decades of success hosting events and keeping the government contracting (GovCon) community woven together and informed on the latest developments in the industry.  Through Potomac Officers Club (POC), Executive Mosaic has launched ‘GovConWire Events’ to continue our mission of connecting executives to each other. 

Summit 7 Systems has been selected for the Microsoft 2020 MSUS Partner Award in the modern workplace category for providing customers with end-to-end security solutions based on Microsoft security and compliance capabilities in 365 and Azure.

Peter Warren Singer, strategist at the New America organization and author of "Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution," will serve as a keynote speaker at  Potomac Officers Club’s “AI Just Beyond Tomorrow” virtual event on Thursday, May 28th. 

In response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urging a nationwide halt for events that exceed 50 people or more for the next eight weeks, Executive Mosaic will be postponing and rescheduling our three upcoming 4x24 membership dinners for the rest of March. 

Katie Arrington,  chief information security officer at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, made an announcement on the accreditation body for the Department of Defense’s (DoD) new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). The Potomac Officers Club will host its CMMC Forum 2020 on April 2nd. Click here to register for the event.

Katie Arrington, a Department of Defense official and 2020 Wash100 awardee, said that DoD and an accreditation body aim to launch in late April a pathfinder training pilot program for third-party auditors who will assess companies as part of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, Fifth Domain reported Sunday. Arrington will deliver the keynote speech at the Potomac Officers Club’s CMMC Forum 2020 on April 2. Click here to register for the event.

Department of Defense acquisition officials are close to finalizing a memorandum of understanding with the accreditation body for DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program to define the responsibilities and roles of CMMC auditors, Inside Defense reported Wednesday. The Potomac Officers Club will host its CMMC Forum 2020 on April 2. Click here to register for the event.

The Department of Defense released the final Model Version 1.0 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework in January. The development of the CMMC framework is part of DoD’s efforts to enhance the protection of sensitive data within the Federal supply chain. 

The Department of Defense introduced the final version of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program in late January and Maurice Uenuma, vice president of federal at Tripwire, said CMMC is a key step to securing DoD’s supply chain, Signal Magazine reported Sunday. The Potomac Officers Club will host its CMMC Forum 2020 on April 2. Click here to register for the event.

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Michael Conlin, chief data officer for the Department of Defense, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his role in pushing data science in the department and working to improve talent recruitment to shift DoD’s culture. This honor marks Conlin’s first Wash100 win. 

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Bruce Jette, assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 for leading innovation and the service branch’s modernization initiatives.

During a recent GEOINT Symposium on June 4th, BG Matthew Easley, director of the U.S. Army Artificial Intelligence Task Force within the Army Futures Command, said that the service is looking to geospatial intelligence and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that can “cast the fog of war” on adversaries.

Executive Mosaic is honored to unveil Air Force Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, director of the Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his leadership in accelerating the implementation of artificial intelligence-driven tools and activities in joint force missions.