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Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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    Paperless Innovations Announces ICE as FedRAMP Agency Sponsor for Procurement Tool; Mike Tocci Quoted

    The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement will sponsor a security assessment of Paperless Innovations’ cloud software-as-a-service offering under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Actus is a cloud-based SaaS platform that ICE intends to use for its system designed to automate purchase card approvals, Paperless Innovations said Wednesday. Mike Tocci, president […] More

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    AWS’ Clint Crosier on Cloud’s Role in Enhancing Connectivity in Space

    Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite at Amazon Web Services, discussed how the federal government and industry look for ways to improve connectivity in space using cloud computing, which he said has unique capabilities ranging from artificial intelligence to data analytics. He said during a fireside chat aired by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce […] More

  • in M&A Activity, News

    Carlyle Closes ManTech Buy; Kevin Phillips Quoted

    Global investment firm Carlyle completed its acquisition of ManTech International and took the government services contractor private through an all-cash transaction worth approximately $4.2 billion. ManTech said Wednesday it stopped trading on Nasdaq following the completion of the deal and that it will continue to operate through its Herndon, Virginia, headquarters. Stockholders at ManTech approved […] More

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    Iron Bow Gets Army ATO Accreditation for AttackIQ Threat Emulation Platform

    Iron Bow Technologies has received an Assess Only Authority to Operate designation from the U.S. Army for AttackIQ’s Security Optimization Platform. The three-year Assess Only ATO will enable the service to use AttackIQ’s breach and attack simulation platform to come up with a more strategic posture to protect from cyberthreats its mission-critical assets used to […] More

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    Empower AI Seeks to Accelerate Federal Digital Transformation With AI Product Set; Paul Dillahay Quoted

    Empower AI has introduced a set of artificial intelligence platforms designed to help federal technology professionals manage code development and other digital transformation efforts. The product suite, dubbed Empower AI Develops, uses machine learning, natural language processing, hyperautomation and proprietary algorithms to speed up code analysis and development and detect vulnerabilities in their information technology […] More

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    Bill Rowan: DOD Customers Complete Splunk Cloud Platform Deployment

    Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk and a three-time Wash100 awardee, said Department of Defense customers have completed fielding the company’s cloud service offering to handle sensitive data at Impact Level 5. The company secured the Defense Security Information Systems Agency’s IL5 provisional authorization in 2021 that allows Splunk Cloud Platform to […] More

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    Tidelift Secures Additional Investments to Further Develop Open Source Software Management Tech

    Tidelift, which provides platforms meant to improve the resilience of open source software supply chain, expanded its Series C financing to $33.5 million after securing additional investments from AEI HorizonX, a venture capital group formed by AE Industrial Partners and Boeing, and Cisco Investments. Tidelift said it will use the additional funding to expand its […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    Kate Johnson to Succeed Jeff Storey as Lumen CEO

    Kate Johnson, a veteran technology executive, will join Lumen Technologies to serve as president, CEO and a board member, effective Nov. 7. She will succeed the retiring Jeff Storey, who will stay with the company through the end of December to facilitate the transition process, Lumen said Tuesday. Johnson spent four years at Microsoft, where […] More

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    Lockheed, AT&T Demo 5G Capabilities in Aircraft Data Transfer Test; Dan Rice, Lance Spencer Quoted

    AT&T and Lockheed Martin conducted a test in August and achieved an 80 percent reduction in transfer time of health and usage data for analysis from a Sikorsky-built UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to the 5G.MIL multisite pilot network using AT&T’s 5G private cellular network. The test demonstrated the interoperability between the 5G.MIL network and private […] More

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    Mahfuz Ahmed: DISYS Eyes More Acquisitions to Expand Reach in Federal Contracting Sector

    Digital Intelligence Systems acquired MAKE, a Chicago-based professional and information technology recruiting firm, in August and DISYS CEO and Founder Mahfuz Ahmed said the McLean, Virginia-based staffing and services provider plans to purchase more companies to further expand its presence in the federal contracting market, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. “Being in the Washington […] More