Lockheed exec Michele Evans has died

Michele Evans, executive vice president of the aeronautics segment at Lockheed Martin, died on Friday at age 55.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Deadline extended for Federal 100 nominations!

FCW has extended the deadline for Federal 100 nominations until Friday, Jan. 15. Now is your opportunity to recognize your customers and even your employees, who have done something extraordinary in the past year.

  • By Troy K. Schneider

What one person's transgender journey teaches about the power of change management

Cassandra Grace has spent a career honing her change management skills, so it was natural that she leaned on those skills as she embarked on her transgender journey. Her story conveys the power in all of us to make a positive change, whether personal, professional or corporate.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Architect of Lockheed Martin dead at 89

Daniel Tellep, one of the primary architects behind the merger that made Lockheed Martin, has died at age 89.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Delivery should be focus for Biden administration, 18F co-founder says

With government agencies spending billions each year to deliver services to agencies, improving delivery should be a Cabinet-level priority, says 18F co-founder Greg Godbout. What other advice does he have for the incoming Biden administration?

  • By Nick Wakeman
Podcasts

PROJECT 38: COVID's permanent impact on GovCon and human capital

Government contracting is a people business even as technology and connectivity loom large. In this episode of Project 38, senior staff writer Ross Wilkers talks with Jon Barney of Odgers Berndson, and Sam Dinte of Dinte Executive Search about permanent changes COVID has brought to how GovCon firms recruit and develop their workforce.

CGI taps new lead for health care business

CGI Federal has hired nearly two-decade public sector veteran Horace Blackman to lead its health and human services business.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Serco's CEO challenges peers to this 'intelligence test:' Hire a veteran apprentice

Serco Inc.'s Dave Dacquino is challenging his peers to participate in a Labor Department program that finds apprenticeships for people leaving the military. In his words, it's a "no brainer."

  • By Nick Wakeman

WIT leadership awards recognize multiple GovCon execs

Women executives from government contracting firms took home multiple awards during the annual Women In Technology Leadership Awards program.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Podcasts

PROJECT 38: How implicit bias can lead to bad decisions

In this episode of Project 38, diversity and inclusion expert Minal Bopaiah tells us how unconscious bias can permeate how we make decisions and even how we design our technology. But Bopaiah also sees ways to mitigate the impact.

One big question: how does everyone return to the office?

The IBM Center for the Business of Government has leveraged a series of commentaries it wrote for Washington Technology into a new report exploring how the sudden rush to telework is reshaping the workplace.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Former DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen joins IBM

Terry Halvorsen, the former Defense Department chief information officer, has joined IBM to help lead transformation and modernization efforts for public sector clients.

  • By Nick Wakeman

OM Group expands biz development efforts with new hire

OM Group, No. 3 on the 2020 Washington Technology Fast 50, has hired new vice president of business development as it looks to continue rapidly growing.

  • By Nick Wakeman

SAIC defense leader's retirement triggers reorg

Long-time Science Applications International Corp. executive Jim Scanlon is retiring as the leader of the company's defense business, triggering a reorganization of the company's lines of business.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Maximus unveils new public health shop

Maximus' newly-established public health organization will work with federal, state and local government agencies on their response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Where diversity lags among the Top 100

An analysis of the senior leadership teams of the 2020 Washington Technology Top 100 show that African Americans and minorities are greatly under represented, and while women seem to have made strides, 25 percent of Top 100 companies have no female executives.

  • By Nick Wakeman

MetTel names new leader for federal business

MetTel has named Robert Dapkiewicz as the new leader of its federal business, replacing the late Diana Gowen.

  • By Mark Rockwell

Chvotkin set to leave PSC

Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel of the Professional Services Council, will leave the association at the end of 2020.

  • By Nick Wakeman

How Pedersen's legacy shapes ManTech's future

Pedersen might be stepping down as executive chairman, but he remains on the board and his legacy will continue to guide the company he founded in 1968.

  • By Nick Wakeman

ManTech's Pedersen steps down as chairman

George Pedersen, founder of ManTech International, is stepping down as executive chairman of the company, but he'll remain active on the ManTech board.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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