Katie Arrington, a 2020 Wash100 Award winner and chief information security officer for defense acquisition, said she expects the Pentagon’s new cybersecurity vetting program to certify 7,500 companies by 2021.
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The Department of Defense (DoD) and its U.K. counterpart will host an International Space Pitch Day on November 16 and 17 in a move to promote allied efforts in the space community.
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ManTech has been awarded a five-year, $87 million task order to provide advanced IT Software Research, Development and Engineering for the Navy Maritime Maintenance Enterprise Solution (NMMES) for the Naval Sea Systems
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Robert Hood, assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the Department of Defense (DoD), will step down from his post on Friday, July 24th. Hood is responsible for arranging calls between the White House
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William Moore, principal deputy to the U.S. Army’s deputy chief of staff for logistics, has been appointed to serve as the Defense Commissary Agency's (DeCA) director and CEO. He succeeds Rear Adm. Robert Bianchi
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Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has announced plans to add an Innovation Factory Hub in Huntsville, Alabama to expand its presence and support to local customers, the company reported on Monday.
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The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) has seen the number of security clearance investigations rise to approximately 205,000, but the figure is still within DCSA’s “steady state” target of between 200,000
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Vice Adm. Nancy Norton, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and a 2018 Wash100 Award recipient, said DISA is collaborating with the National Security Agency (NSA) and other agencies to
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The U.S. Navy appointed RADM Kathleen Creighton as director of information warfare integration (N2/N6F), the service branch reported on Monday. She will succeed RADM Steven Parode.
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Mark Lewis, director of defense research and engineering for modernization at the Department of Defense (DoD), has been appointed to serve as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering on a temporary acting basis. Lewis temporarily
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