Companies

SEC proposes mandatory breach reporting for publicly traded companies

The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing new rules requiring companies to disclose to investors material cybersecurity incidents within four business days.

Contracts

Joint venture resurrects protest of $300M DHS contract

HeiTech-PAE saw an earlier protest rejected as premature but is back now complaining that the Homeland Security Department did exactly as feared -- pick someone else for a $300 million contract.

Opinion

From mentee to mentor: My journey from new hire to co-founder

GMarkU co-founder Stephanie Geiger shares what she's learned about the importance of finding mentors and driving your professional growth.

Companies

New finance chief, health leader & a promotion mark the week in exec movement

Our latest roundup of executive movement in the government market begins with the company that spun off from Peraton and includes several other hires made in the wake of large acquisitions and integrations.

Contracts

For defense IT, acquisitions need to be more than 'just in time'

Contract planning and boosting small business in 2022 are top of mind for Debra Daniels, the vice procurement services executive for the Defense Information Systems Agency.

Companies

DC Capital Partners acquires unmanned avionics provider

DC Capital Partners' latest acquisition in the government market is of a company that works to help customers manage civilian airspace as more unmanned aircraft fly in it.

Companies

Robbins Gioia hires new CEO

Retired Air Force Gen. Chuck Wald joined the program management consulting firm earlier this year as its next chief executive.

Companies

Data drives decisions for Jacobs' clients and shapes the company's strategy

Jacobs' shift away from its old engineering-and-construction identity is well in the rear view mirror as customers take on data and digital transformation challenges that are front-and-center in the company's new strategy.

Opinion

What COVID-19 taught me about cybersecurity

How COVID-19 risks are mitigated parallels how to approach cybersecurity and there's a lesson to be learned there about communications, specifically how effective cybersecurity conversations go beyond network administrators and other technology experts.

Contracts

MetTel secures Marine Corps telecommunications recompete

MetTel has won a chance to expand the connectivity services it provides to the Marine Corps' recruiting arm under a $58 million EIS task order.

Opinion

Can you spot your Achilles' heel in your next pursuit?

To understand the competition and your weaknesses, you need to recognize and analyze how your customer makes their procurement decisions.

Companies

SOSi hires Booz vet to lead data analytics subsidiary

SOS International's appointment to lead its Exovera data analytics and software subsidiary joins after nearly three decades at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Companies

Exiger names former DHS-CISA official as critical infrastructure head

Exiger's new leader for its critical infrastructure vertical joins the risk management consulting firm after previously being a key official at the Homeland Security Department's cyber agency.

Companies

Tetra Tech acquires climate data services firm

Tetra Tech's government business is adding a company that specializes in large data sets for helping clients address climate change.

Companies

SEC considers climate disclosure rules for U.S. companies

The Securities & Exchange Commission is inching closer to requiring companies to disclose how climate changes might affect their businesses. Here's what we know and what we don't.

Companies

Intelsat hires former Raytheon tech services leader as CEO

Intelsat's incoming CEO earned a reputation for disruption and transformation when he led Raytheon's technology integration and government services segment prior to its merger with United Technologies.

Companies

Vectrus' convergence strategy leads to combination with Vertex

Vectrus and Vertex are joining forces to create a larger and more converged provider of government services that cut across both the digital and physical realms.

Contracts

Deloitte protest pushes Army to reset energy support contract

Deloitte and Booz Allen Hamilton are battling to help the Army Corps of Engineers manage energy initiatives and a protest has knocked the competition back to square one.

Companies

Gaming advancements led BAE to acquire this training company

Bohemia Interactive Simulations' co-founder Pete Morrison believed video games could drive advancements in training and after partnering together for two years, BAE Systems has acquired "BISim." Here is how they are carrying that vision forward.

Companies

Hawk Carlisle to step down from NDIA leadership

Retired Air Force Gen. Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle is stepping down as president and CEO of the National Defense Industrial Association: one of the major trade associations representing government contractors.