Podcasts
PROJECT 38: How the way you think creates risk
Steve Kelman, professor at the Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and writer of FCW’s The Lectern blog, joins Editor Nick Wakeman for a conversation about the dangers of Black Swans and Gray Rhinos and why it is so important to break out of our typical way of thinking.
Lawmakers look to revive collusion case against Amazon in JEDI
Two GOP members of Congress are pressing the Justice Department and the Pentagon to reopen a probe into conflicts of interest between Amazon ex-employees and consultants and the government architects of a $10 billion cloud computing program.
How Leidos views the health market from its perch
Leidos released its first quarter financial results almost a couple hours before Booz Allen Hamilton announced the $725 million acquisition of Liberty IT Solutions. From Leidos' viewpoint, that deal confirms why it likes being in the federal health market.
Booz Allen's $725M deal for Liberty seeks more Salesforce, transformation skills
Booz Allen Hamilton will pay $725 million to buy Liberty IT Solutions in a move that bolsters offerings around several critical modernization and digital transformation capabilities.
New investment bank launched to serve middle tier
Two veteran investment bankers have opened up a new shop of their own to focus on the government market's middle tier.
Users report not being impressed with Beta.Sam.gov redesign
The redesign of Beta.Sam.gov's look and feel has failed to impress many users who still miss the functionality of the old FBO.gov system.
Noblis acquires naval engineering, transformation firm
Noblis makes an acquisition to further expand the nonprofit's work on engineering and enterprise transformation efforts for the Navy and other defense customers.
Board, executive and private equity appointments mark busy week in people movement
Additions to boards of directors, an executive appointment and a private equity firm's brain trust expanding are in this summary of people movements within the past week.
Senate defense committee delays NDAA markup
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), chairman for the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced that the committee would delay marking up the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act due to "uncertainty" in White House budget delivery.
How L3Harris links its internal muscle to outward success
L3Harris Technologies certainly gained a wider aperture in the market through its merger, but Wall Street also wants to know what kind of internal heft is needed to secure that growth.
Peraton names leaders for after Perspecta deal closes
Peraton CEO Stu Shea has told employees who will be on the leadership team once the combination with Perspecta closes in the next few months.
Peraton to bring over Perspecta's finance chief
The management team that will lead Peraton after it combines with Perspecta takes some more shape with the reveal of who will be chief financial officer.
ManTech, Google detail their cloud partnership
ManTech and Google are expanding their collaboration on digital transformation in government to further lean on the search giant's cloud offering.
Sev1Tech hires new chief growth officer
Sev1Tech has hired a new chief growth officer to drive organic expansion and customer satisfaction.
Northrop sees focus as its friend in a crowded space landscape
SpaceX's win (under protest) of the NASA moon lander highlighted how the overall space market has changed in both commercial and government segments, so Wall Street is wondering what Northrop Grumman and other defense companies make of it.
Opinion
Why and how GovCon CEOs should use LinkedIn
With millions of customers on LinkedIn, GovCon CEOs need to leverage the social platform or they are doomed to lag behind their competitors.
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