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Why vendors can't wait for CMMC to raise their cyber standards

"The current geopolitical climate...should have companies thinking about how they are currently defending themselves against cyber attacks," a defense official said on Thursday.

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Amentum details chief executive transition

Amentum's next chief executive will start in the new role on March 28 and lead the integration of a business he knows very well.

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Kratos' 2021 acquisitions foreshadow its 2022 goals

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' optimism on its space and satellite business can be found in a pair of acquisitions the company made as 2021 was coming to a close.

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Where ManTech sees some of the market stagnation loosening

ManTech is mindful that agencies have a great deal of catchup work to do if they get appropriations but some also have the ability to move quickly on their priorities.

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Gunnison adds cyber skills with third acquisition

Gunnison Consulting's third acquisition in 15 months sees the company add a cyber solutions provider.

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ManTech co-founder retires from the board

ManTech's co-founder and longtime leader George Pedersen is retiring from the board of directors.

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Guidehouse hires new technology chief

Guidehouse's new chief technology officer will lead the consulting company's agenda for delivering digital platforms to customers in the public sector and certain commercial industries.

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Parsons sees infrastructure spending opportunities on the horizon

Parsons Corp.'s plan for this year is already in place, but the company also has the infrastructure spending bill and any potential opportunities from it on its mind for 2023.

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Noblis looks within for its next chief executive

Noblis' chief executive for the past 15 years is stepping back from the position later this year and his successor is another member of the nonprofit's senior leadership team.

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BigBear.ai adds new execs to lead research, product functions

A public company for nearly two months, BigBear.ai brings in a pair of senior-level executives to help oversee its research and product development aspects.

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Parry Labs hires Palantir vet as tech chief

Parry Labs' new chief technology officer joins that defense technology company from Palantir, where he led federal capture.

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Intel brings in Dell vet to lead public sector

Intel's new public sector leader joins the global computer chip making giant from Dell, where he most recently was technology chief for the federal arm.

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Palantir touts its market lock-in

Palantir climbed the government market's (in)famous barrier-to-entry and talks up that achievement in telling its story to investors, but the software maker also described other complicating factors it deals with.

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GovCon entering new era of workforce management

Government contractors are working to embrace a permanent hybrid workforce that brings many challenges still to be solved, even with the benefits being recognized and realized.

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Russian hackers are hitting cleared defense contractors, security agencies warn

The two-year campaign targeted sensitive but unclassified information stored by defense contractors.

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Accenture’s federal arm hires new applied intelligence leader

The U.S. federal subsidiary of Accenture hires a veteran of SAIC and IBM to lead the applied intelligence practice focused on data science and other aspects of automation.

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NetImpact hires new CTO

Naren Dasu brings 25 years of experience in commercial markets to NetImpact as its new chief technology officer.

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Cyber firm brings in new public sector leader

Redacted appoints a new leader for its public sector business whose background includes work in cybersecurity policy and computer forensics.

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Leidos board adds former deputy defense secretary

The newest member of Leidos' board of directors was formerly the Pentagon's second-highest ranked official and led the development of many strategies involving IT and hardware.

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Leidos CEO quantifies the risks they and others face

Leidos sees questions around the budget and contract delays as risks that "need to be retired" out of the contracting ecosystem as the company's growth slows for 2022.