Companies

Inside General Dynamics IT's 'Digital Accelerators' initiative

The company's strategy for focusing on some of the federal market's hottest technology priorities helped net close to $2 billion in contract awards for 2023.

Companies

General Dynamics promotes two-decade vet to finance chief

Current CFO Jason Aiken has worked for one year in both that position and as head of the technologies segment.

Companies

Education withholds payments from student loan servicers

The department says Maximus' Aidvantage subsidiary, EdFinancial and Nelnet are not sending timely and accurate statements to borrowers.

Companies

Finance and tech mark the week in exec moves

RTX and General Dynamics were far from alone in detailing senior leadership appointments for the government market to take note of.

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RTX promotes insider to lead defense hardware segment

The company has another senior leadership change in the works amid the transition to a new CEO.

Companies

2023 was just the start of generative AI’s rise, government and industry leaders say

Generative artificial intelligence is not just a buzzword. The number of use cases is going and looks poised to keep doing so.

Opinion

Recent signs show the government is getting open source right. Is your organization?

White House and OMB initiatives are driving security concerns around open source because while it is a powerful tool, it needs to be managed effectively, our expert writes.

Companies

Paul Lombardi dies at 82

The former DynCorp CEO leaves a wide-reaching legacy as a business leader, friend, mentor and family-centric man.

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Management Science and Innovation makes AI-focused acquisition

MSI is also looking to further build out its cloud migration and consulting service offerings.

Companies

Acentra Health buys employee assistance program provider

The Carlyle Group-backed company is growing its offerings for mental health initiatives in workplaces that prioritize employee engagement.

Companies

ASRC Federal hires SAIC vet as finance chief

Joe Winthrop joins ASRC Federal in the wake of its acquisition of a supply chain and logistics business from Science Applications International Corp.

Opinion

A better compass for guiding tech investments

Justin Fanelli and Jonathan Aberman, two experts on technology investing, share their thoughts on how to know when you are getting what you paid for when you buy technology.

Opinion

Five things to remember about CMMC

The draft rule for how government contractors will protect their customers' information is long and defense as it was two years in the making, but here are five things to keep in mind in putting together your comments.

Companies

NetCentrics hires former ASRC Federal exec as finance chief

The government IT services provider is now in year three of being held by Cerberus Capital Management.

Companies

Cloud software startup brings in GSA vet Sonny Hashmi

He most recently led the General Services Administration's acquisition team and now will oversee Unqork's public sector expansion push.

Contracts

DISA developing contract to modernize messaging systems

The Defense Information Systems Agency wants small businesses to provide the work if they can provide the updated capabilities DISA needs.

Contracts

Battle renews over $356M Veterans Affairs records contract

General Dynamics IT has now twice won the contract for file conversion and indexing after an initial victory by GovCIO.

Companies

A post-holiday catchup on health award activity

The National Institutes of Health and U.S. Agency for International Development finalized a trio of awards on large, multiple-award contracts just before and during the holiday week.

Companies

Dexis Consulting, Shield AI fetch new capital

These transactions represent a cross-section of private equity and venture investment activity happening all across public sector.

Contracts

DOD plans four-phase roll out of CMMC

The Defense Department expects companies will need two years to be fully compliant with this new standard for protecting information on their systems.