AI promises to transform homeland security in the U.S. by improving the accuracy, speed and ease of many of the Department of Homeland Security’s key missions. It has the potential to advance automation, enhance data analysis and bolster the nation’s resilience against cyber threats, among other uses. Potomac Officers Club sat down with a pair […]
As 2025 draws to a close, the Potomac Officers Club and its sister publication GovCon Wire are hosting a powerful lineup of events that bring together public- and private-sector leaders to discuss the technologies reshaping defense, security and federal operations. From AI and cybersecurity to healthcare modernization, these conferences and webinars represent the quarter’s must-attend […]
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, is designed to tackle the toughest problems in healthcare. It advances programs in biomedical and health research that have both great potential and high impact for projects that need help not available through usual research or commercial methods. ARPA-H in 2025 made a number of contract […]
Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and a 2025 Wash100 Award winner, has positioned technology at the heart of her agenda. She is refocusing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on cyber and overseeing the Coast Guard’s procurement of advanced unmanned aircraft. As governor of South Dakota, Noem made strategic investments to […]
Co-authored by Pat Host The 2025 Intel Summit, held Oct. 2 at the Hilton McLean in Tysons Corner, Virginia, convened just as the U.S. government entered a shutdown. Despite the timing, the event drew a strong lineup of recently retired intelligence community leaders, innovative industry executives and national lab experts who came together to explore […]
The Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 program—dubbed CMMC 2.0—is the Pentagon’s biggest effort to improve cybersecurity and better protect department information in decades. The program provides DOD with improved confidence that GovCons and subcontractors are meeting the requirements for processing controlled unclassified information, or CUI. It’s also a requirement for bidding on […]
U.S. intelligence professionals have outsized influence in policy and budgets beyond their spy personas. Operating at the intersection of national security, foreign affairs and advanced technology, their careers often span decades in field operations, strategic leadership, technical innovation and policy development, giving them a deep understanding of mission priorities, operational risk and interagency coordination. Potomac […]
IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the prolonged government shutdown, the 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit has been cancelled. Potomac Officers Club, the national capital region’s premier GovCon networking events organization, is elated to announce that Lt. Gen. Jered Helwig, U.S. Transportation Command deputy commander, will give a keynote address at the 2025 GovCon International […]
Potomac Officers Club has confirmed Secretary Kristi Noem as a keynote speaker for the 2025 Homeland Security Summit, its annual GovCon conference devoted to the Department of Homeland Security. The much-anticipated, all-day event will take place on Nov. 12 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Virginia, and the announcement comes as the Trump administration places […]
Technology is rapidly changing intelligence-gathering. AI is transforming collection, analysis and dissemination while outdated acquisition frameworks risk slowing innovation and exposing vulnerabilities. U.S. lawmakers are also intensifying scrutiny of academic research security as concerns grow over Chinese espionage at U.S. colleges and universities. These converging challenges—foreign interference, AI disruption and acquisition inefficiencies—signal a new era […]
