Microsoft touts top secret cloud as 'generally available'

Azure Government Top Secret is now "generally available" for national security workloads, Microsoft announced in a blog post.

How CACI thinks through the tech & talent legs of its strategy

Technology and talent are key components of CACI International's overall strategy but not as directly correlated compared to in years past amid renewed discussion about recruiting in the government market. In speaking with investors, CACI's chief executive explained why and how their thinking about that correlation has changed.

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More code than papers: inside Noblis' turn into that direction

Noblis is shifting to a new method and model of delivery amid the nonprofit organization’s continued push to be at the nexus of science and technology for federal agencies. Get the inside view on that multiple-year reinvention as described to our Ross Wilkers by CEO Amr ElSawy and Mile Corrigan, senior vice president of federal civilian solutions.

SAIC's protest dismissed, but fight over $2.5B NASA IT award likely to continue

Science Applications International Corp.'s protest over a $2.5 billion NASA IT infrastructure award to Leidos has been dismissed, but that doesn't mean that SAIC's challenge is over.

Baird adds another industry, banking veteran to government and defense team

Baird adds another director to its government and defense team that has worked in industry and banking.

General Dynamics, Sierra Nevada take seats on $774M Army key load contract

General Dynamics and Sierra Nevada win seats on a $774.2 million contract with the Army to provide cryptographic key load devices for securing network systems.

Maximus' challenge of $79M Social Security ticket contract falls short

In seeing its protest denied, Maximus has officially lost an incumbent contract at the Social Security Administration to a competitor.

AeroVironment board adds electronics firm CEO

AeroVironment's board of directors elects a new member in Cindy Lewis, a three-decade industry veteran and CEO of an electronics maker.

Sign of maturity: Applied Insight adds large business chops with its new CEO

Applied Insight has matured into the middle-tier and has brought in a new CEO with large business experience. The now-former CEO has moved to Applied Insight's private equity owner to bring a more tech focus there.

Lumen shifts public sector execs

Lumen Technologies' current public sector business leader is taking on a new role at the telecommunications company and elevating another executive to lead its work for government agencies.

What the trucking industry taught Lockheed's CEO about networks

In his last job prior to becoming Lockheed Martin CEO, Jim Taiclet began working with partners in telecommunications and other sectors on creating a network effect for the U.S. trucking industry to take it in an autonomous direction. Taiclet told investors that could be a model for doing the same in national defense.

LMI chair to retire, board elects successor

LMI's board chair will retire after nearly 13 years on the panel and the past two as its leader.

Another ECS Federal acquisition builds its health care offerings

ASGN and its government technology business ECS have made their third acquisition in less than a year, adding more health care capabilities and customers.

Leonardo DRS acquires gimbal tech maker

Leonardo DRS acquires a maker of gimbal technology to better enable the movement of sensors and cameras installed on platforms.

CNSI forms deeper partnership with Amazon Web Services

CNSI is forming a deeper partnership with Amazon Web Services to develop more cloud-based solutions for Medicaid management information systems.

Noblis' evolution told by this foray into solutions

Like many others in industry, Noblis is shifting more toward a solution-based model of delivery for customers that signifies how the federal ecosystem has changed along with the nonprofit organization's own approach.

CACI adds retired major general to national security tech sector

CACI International appoints a retired Army major general as a senior vice president to help oversee the company’s portfolio of technologies for national security.

LMI fights to get onto Army Futures Command vehicle

LMI is pushing back against its elimination from the competition to get on a $240 million contract to support the Army Futures Command.

PROJECT 38: Inside AT&T's three pillars for public sector growth

AT&T's public sector and public safety businesses have three main pillars for growth and a mandate to bring the company's commercial offerings into government. Get the inside view here in part two of our Ross Wilkers' conversation with AT&T's public sector business chief Jason Porter and Jill Singer, who leads the defense and national security business.

Search tech firm unveils public sector push

Yext, a maker of enterprise search tools, has launched a new public sector team and hired a nearly two-decade market veteran to be in charge of it.