New-age problem solver
Jason Khan, CTO and business development director at Touchstone Consulting Group, helps federal clients tackle tough privacy and security challenges of new technologies.
ManTech's new COO names his three keys to growth
Lawrence Prior was drawn to the chief operating officer position at ManTech because of the company's aggressive nature and its track record of growth.
Hathaway’s departure renews worries about cyber-czar vacancy
Melissa Hathaway's resignation as the Obama administration’s acting senior director for cyberspace has caused scrutiny about how the Obama administration is accomplishing its extensive cybersecurity agenda.
Clifford is named CIO at DynCorp International
DynCorp International LLC has hired Daniel Clifford as its chief information officer and vice president of information technology.
Cloud computing faces confusion, but contractors still see an opportunity
A new survey finds confusion among federal agencies about cloud computing, yet Network contract holders are gearing up to offer such services.
Fed CIO helps search for new procurement policy leader
Vivek Kundra said the OFPP administrator should understand the overall challenges in government procurement and be able to speed up the acquisition of rapidly changing technologies.
Former Harris exec named as chief operating officer at Applied Signal Technology
Former Harris Corp. executive Mark Andersson has joined Applied Signal Technology Inc. as chief operating officer.
Who's on First?
Key IT and acquisition jobs remain unfilled in the Obama administration and even the rumormill is strangely quiet.
ManTech International unveils cyber solutions subsidiary
ManTech International Corp. has established ManTech Cyber Solutions International Inc., which will build new tools and develop tactics that meet customer needs in the cyber field.
Disaster recovery improving, but downtime still hurts
A Symantec survey reveals the "rising [disaster recovery] pressures on organizations caused by soaring downtime costs and more stringent IT service-level requirements to mitigate risk to the business."
SAIC confirms Havenstein will replace retiring Dahlberg as CEO
Science Applications International Corp. has confirmed that Ken Dahlberg will step down as CEO on Sept. 20 and be replaced by Walt Havenstein, formerly president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc.
BAE’s Havenstein headed to SAIC in September
Walt Havenstein is leaving BAE to become CEO of SAIC as Ken Dahlberg nears mandatory retirement age.
New thoughts invited: ACT-IAC's CXO dinner gets ideas flowing
ACT-IAC gets government and industry leaders together to look at the five pillars of transparent government being proposed by CTO Aneesh Chopra and CIO Vivek Kundra. Each table took one of the pillars and was asked to come up with a succinct definition, describe what success would look like, identify barriers to success and come up with three to five actions to accomplish the purpose.
TechAmerica adds voice of state and regional council group
TechAmerica and the Technology Councils of North America have signed an agreement to coordinate the memberships, programs and services.
Northrop Grumman taps Cheryl Janey as VP of Civil Systems
Cheryl Janey is named vice president of operations for Northrop Grumman’s Information Systems sector’s Civil Systems division.
Jerry Williams named HUD CIO
Williams fills the vacancy left by Lisa Schlosser, who left HUD in December to take a job with the Environmental Protection Agency.
Virginia CIO ousted in contract dispute
The CIO of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency has been removed from his post in an apparent dispute with the newly installed Virginia Secretary of Technology.
Northrop promotes health exec
Northrop Grumman promotes George Peach Taylor Jr. as first chief medical officer.
Chopra calls RFP process ineffective for health IT
CTO Aneesh Chopra is seeking to improve innovation in government health IT by seeking new procurement channels to increase input from vendors, according to a research firm.
Jim Allen named CFO at Global Strategies Group
Global Strategies Group of North America Inc. names Jim Allen executive vice president and chief financial officer.
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