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The Senate on Friday confirmed the promotion of Jay “Scott” Goldstein from the rank of colonel to brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Goldstein serves as mobilization assistant to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s commander and holds experience in acquisition, cyber, intelligence and space operations. He joined the Air Force in 1990 as […] More
Health Net‘s federal services subsidiary has received a contract modification from the Defense Department to extend the unit’s support for the Tricare healthcare program through the end of March 2018. The company said Friday the modification covers three one-year option periods, the first of which is already in effect. “Health Net is gratified for the […] More
Mike Walsh is the director for Defense Department operations at EMC Corp.‘s federal division and oversees a range of EMC products designed to help U.S. defense agencies manage information technology systems. He leads a team of professionals who work with DoD to address the agency’s IT infrastructure, application and security management challenges through the use […] More
Industry analysts believe the Defense Department should ramp up its efforts in integrating biometrics technology with intelligence operations to keep pace with the rapid developments in the private sector, FCW reported Wednesday. Sean Lyngaas writes that DoD must explore commercial technology that would address concerns on the security and accuracy of information in its biometrics database. “[When] you think […] More
The Defense Department is working to develop additional security standards and practices for the commercial cloud that are tailored to protect sensitive and classified information, C4ISR & Networks reported Friday. John Edwards writes that the agency is looking to adapt commercial cloud security to fit DoD requirements for hosting its data. Stacy Cleveland, vice president of global practices […] More
John Powers, Deloitte‘s federal defense sector lead, has noted the U.S. Defense Department‘s openness to make changes in the way it does business and offer incentives to industry partners. “This approach by DoD can create opportunities for innovation in weapons systems, supply chain management, deployment and support service delivery,” Powers said in an interview published on Deloitte’s […] More
Leidos has been named a recipient of the U.S. Defense Department‘s Nunn-Perry Award for collaborating with a smaller company through the agency’s mentor-protege program. The company said Tuesday it received recognition for mentoring Minerva Engineering, an information security and cyber defense technology provider in the government sector. “The end result of our work with Minerva […] More
Jordin Cohen joined Noblis in January 2014 and serves as director for the homeland security and defense division within the company’s national security and intelligence mission business. His background includes work in areas such as cybersecurity, intelligence, critical infrastructure protection, homeland defense, counterterrorism, business administration. Prior to Noblis, Cohen directed technology risk programs at Deloitte […] More
The U.S. Defense Department has chosen WBB to receive the agency’s Nunn-Perry Award for the company’s work to mentor a woman-owned small business. WBB collaborated with Ohio-based information technology firm Edaptive Computing under the DoD Mentor-Protege program, WBB said Monday. “WBB believes the true success of this program is the long term relationship and continued […] More
SRA International has won a $32.8 million contract with the Defense Logistics Agency to update the defense retiree and annuitant pay system. SRA’s PeopleSoft and military retiree and annuitant payroll subject matter experts will work with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to upgrade and implement the retirement pay system, SRA said Monday. “SRA is proud […] More
Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush has said the company remains focused on expanding its services in targeted growth areas, Reuters reported Wednesday. “I’m excited about growing our company with what we have. We get the biggest return on the things we do inside the company,†Bush told the news agency. He noted the Defense Department’s reluctance to support […] More
Leon Panetta, former Pentagon and CIA chief, has been elected to the board of directors at Oracle. The yearlong appointment, which brings the number of Oracle’s board members to 12, was made via unanimous decision at the company’s annual shareholders meeting, Oracle said Monday. “Panetta is a dynamic leader with a distinguished record of public service at the […] More
