Parsons announced that its CEO, Chuck Harrington, a 2020 Wash100 winner, has been appointed to the board of directors of Quality of Life Plus, a nonprofit education organization that serves disadvantaged groups and veterans. Harrington's experience and leadership will help QL Plus deliver science, technology, engineering and mathematics solutions to veterans and first responders, Parsons said […]
CACI International has expanded the capabilities of its secure federal mobile communications application, called SteelBox, with the addition of a new feature from RigNet, a technology company that specializes in customized communications services. RigNet’s “Break Out” feature now enables SteelBox app users to establish communications with non-app users, but data security would only be provided […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has partnered with the University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to improve its research, assessment and acquisition of unmanned maritime systems. “Innovative use of unmanned systems will benefit many NOAA programs, augmenting data collection often at lower cost, increased safety and reduced risk — especially in remote or […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has named Todd Simpson as deputy assistant secretary and new head of DevSecOps. His main priorities in the said role are software development and cybersecurity. Simpson, who brings almost 30 years of IT management experience to the agency, took his oath before VA chief information officer James Grefer administered, Fedscoop […]
Jack Wilmer, the Department of Defense's chief information security officer and deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity, will leave his post by the end of July, according to a defense spokesperson. DOD CIO Dana Deasy announced that Mark Hakun, Wilmer's principal director, will take over the top cybersecurity role in an acting capacity, FedScoop reported […]
President Donald Trump has nominated John Gibbs, an appointee at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to serve as the permanent director of the Office of Personnel Management. If confirmed, he would replace Michael Rigas, who holds both the directorial and deputy roles at OPM. Gibbs currently serves as HUD's acting assistant secretary for community planning […]
Attain, a technology and strategy consulting firm, has appointed homeland security market veteran John Mandell as a managing director. Mandell will be responsible for leading and growing Attain's national security practice, with a focus on the Department of Homeland Security, the company announced Tuesday. "We are proud to welcome John to Attain. We look forward […]
Heidi Grant, the Air Force’s eight-year deputy undersecretary of international affairs, has been named as the new head of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, succeeding outgoing Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper. Grant’s appointment would mark the first time the DSCA would be headed by a civilian since its inception in 1998, considering the post has traditionally […]
LMI has announced that Doug Wagoner, a 2015 Wash100 awardee and a technology industry veteran, will join the company as president and CEO, effective Aug. 3. Wagoner will bring into his new role over 30 years of leadership experience in the federal information technology and management consulting sectors, Intelligence Community News reported. “From Doug’s long history […]
The 1901 Group is integrating the Red Hat OpenShift software into its Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipeline to facilitate the automated migration of mission-critical legacy applications to the cloud. The Red Hat OpenShift software has been selected to be the backbone of 1901 Group’s CI/CD pipeline as a result of a Gold and Cloud Services partnership […]
