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Matt Grimm, chief operating officer of Anduril, said the defense technology company has approximately 400 employees and plans to increase its workforce to 700 to 800 by the end of 2021, Inside Defense reported Friday. Grimm said the company is looking for hardware and software engineers and employees with artificial intelligence skills.

Government affairs leaders at Washington-based technology companies discussed policy issues they expect the Biden administration to address once it takes office and one of those is the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how it applies to broadband internet access and workforce, GeekWire reported Tuesday.

Toni Townes-Whitley, president of U.S. regulated industries at Microsoft, has described how the company helped agencies increasingly pursue digital transformation efforts as the COVID-19 pandemic tested the government's mission resiliency. She wrote in a blog entry posted Monday that the departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense implemented Microsoft offerings, such as Bing Maps Platform and Azure Government, to support continued operations.

Ryan Oakes, senior managing director for strategy and consulting for Accenture’s global public service segment, has said that agencies should consider implementing permanent approaches to access management in a post-pandemic environment.

William Conley, the chief technology officer of Mercury Systems, has said he aims to continue growing his office as it works to assess and identify vulnerabilities in the company’s businesses.

John Vollmer, chief executive officer with Amentum, and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s recent announcement of its planned acquisition of DynCorp. He addressed how the purchase would expand the combined company’s offerings, the expansive culture and the new markets that will come into play after they complete integration. 

Guidehouse has been recognized as a “Military Friendly Employer” by veteran-owned recruitment marketing company Viqtory for the second consecutive year.

CenturyLink has been named to Military Times’ annual list of top 100 best employers for veterans in recognition of the company’s efforts to provide benefits, programs and support for former military personnel.

Ira Entis, growth and strategy lead at Accenture’s federal arm, has said that while implementing artificial intelligence could heighten investment returns, a significant amount of productivity gains might vanish due to lack of staff training.

A National Defense Industrial Association survey shows that clear information from the Department of Defense, access to capital and revenue expectations are the areas where small businesses in the defense sector continue to experience the highest level of continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patrick Perry, director of emerging technology for federal DOD/IC at Zscaler, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on FCW that there are three measures agencies should consider as they advance their digital transformation efforts and one is sharing modernization guidelines and lessons learned.

William Brown, CEO of L3Harris Technologies and former Wash100 awardee, has said the company is making progress in its technology development and expansion efforts despite experiencing disruptions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida Today reported Friday.

Lloyd Howell, chief financial officer of Booz Allen Hamilton, told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the need to continue supporting investments in several technology areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and cloud.

Mike Petters, CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries and former Wash100 Award recipient, has said that the company transitioned over 11K employees to telework settings due to the ongoing pandemic, Inside Defense reported Friday.

Dave McClure, Malcolm Jackson and Jason Layman of Accenture Federal Services wrote in a Nextgov article published Monday that there are three lessons from the company’s Future Systems research that show how federal information technology leaders approach IT modernization and the first is that these leaders invest in innovation infrastructure.