Appgate brings in new federal leader

Cybersecurity company Appgate hires a new executive to lead the delivery of zero trust offerings to federal agencies.

CSA closes acquisition & gets added backing

Digital transformation consulting firm Client Solution Architects hits the $100 million-annual revenue mark with an acquisition and gets added backing from one of the federal market's most active investors.

SAIC board adds new member to further build diversity

Science Applications International Corp.'s board of directors has named a former KPMG managing partner as a new member. That appointment means seven out of 11 directors are women or member of a minority group.

DOD CIO takes heat on the Hill for pace of MilCloud 2.0 migrations

Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.) called it a "delayed realization of enhanced security" amid recent high-profile cybersecurity attacks.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Booz Allen's next strategic plan and the power of diversity

This episode features excerpts from Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman's interview with Karen Dahut, the leader of Booz Allen Hamilton's defense and commercial business. They talk about the company's next strategic plan, the power of diversity and what it will take for Booz Allen to survive another 100 years.

CAES hires new space systems leader

Cobham Advanced Electronics Solutions hires a long-time veteran of Honeywell International as head of the space systems business.

Why can't Sam.gov get to the point already?

Why does Sam.gov send alerts for notices that have no real information to share? Why does it make users work so hard to find the newest information?

Top 100 diversity shows little improvement

There are a few small bright spots in our second annual analysis of racial and gender diversity among Top 100 executives. But the results continue to point at how diversity lags at many companies on the list.

New CEO, same agenda for L3Harris

The merger agreement to create L3Harris Technologies said a CEO transition would take place on the second anniversary of the deal's completion. That day has come and gone, but the road ahead is not done.

Former LGS CEO back with new venture, same investor backing

Kevin Kelly led the build and sale of LGS Innovations as its CEO and is partnering again with one of that company's investors to find more emerging government technology firms to back. Kelly tells us what they are looking for.

Wolf Den starts transition, names new CEO

Wolf Den Associates' founders Barry Landew and Kevin Robbins want their company to last more than one generation. Step one is complete -- hire a CEO.

Leidos scores $2.5B NASA takeaway

Leidos wins a $2.5 billion NASA IT services and solutions contract that represents a takeaway from the company it spun out nearly eight years ago and holds the bulk of that work under a predecessor award.

How ManTech turns its tagline into strategy

ManTech's tagline of "Bringing Digital to the Mission" is both in its logo and creates several threads of the overall strategy for the No. 26 company on the Washington Technology Top 100.

Peraton to continue Strategic Command IT support

Peraton receives a new $443.8 million contract to continue providing IT platforms and support services to U.S. Strategic Command.

T-Mobile elects former NGA director to board

T-Mobile’s board of directors has elects a new member in Letitia “Tish” Long, the four-decade intelligence sector veteran.

Opinion

Do the latest CIO-SP4 amendments create inequities?

NITAAC's latest CIO-SP4 amendments will allow small businesses to use the experience of large business partners in their proposals. The late change might put small businesses without large partners at a disadvantage.

BlueHalo further builds out exec team with new hire

BlueHalo has brought in a 20-year veteran of the federal market to lead its cyber and intelligence business.

DOD taps GMU to study financial dynamics of contracting

The Defense Department has turned to George Mason University's Center for Government Contracting to conduct four studies on cash flow, financing and small business, and accounting system requirements to better understand the financial dynamics of contracting.

Top 100 newcomer no stranger to fed market

V3Gate, a Colorado-based valued-added reseller, has leveraged its strong ties to the VA and DHS to grow and crack the 2021 Top 100. One of its leaders explains its strategy and the opportunities ahead.

DISA awards next ethernet gateway region

The Defense Information Systems Agency awards another piece of its nationwide upgrade effort to Comcast, which will provide new ethernet connectivity to DISA for accessing the military's global information network.