GovConWire's Government Contracting News 4/13/2022

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Video Interview: K2 Integrity’s Juan Zarate on Crypto Adoption in the US & Globally

After recent cryptocurrency-related developments across the federal landscape, including the Federal Reserve’s white paper on central bank digital currencies and President Biden’s executive order on the responsible development of digital assets, the U.S. has “crossed the Rubicon of legitimacy” into the crypto economy. Juan Zarate, global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer for K2 Integrity, spoke on the

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Executive Spotlight: Doug Barton, Chief Technology Officer of the Leidos Health Group

GovCon Wire recently spoke with Doug Barton, chief technology officer of the Leidos Health Group, to discuss the challenges in the company’s digital transformation efforts to address the significant mission gaps and future needs as well as drive innovation for greater capabilities. In addition, Barton also provided a first-hand look into how the federal sector is using

Contract Awards

Army Taps 21 Companies for $450M Facility Repair & Renewal Program

Twenty-one companies have won spots on a five-year, $450 million contract to provide design-build services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Facility Repair and Renewal program. USACE received 80 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Contractors will compete to carry out projects at locations that the

Executive Moves

PCS-Mosaic Buys 4 ASRC Federal Businesses to Grow Intell Community Footprint; Pierre Chao Quoted

PCS-Mosaic Holdings has launched a new operating company to serve the national security and intelligence sectors following the acquisition of four businesses from ASRC Federal’s defense and intelligence group. The newly formed Athenix Cyber & SIGINT Solutions business comprises OSI, Agency Consulting Group, Kimmich Software Solutions and ExaTech Solutions, PCS-Mosaic said Tuesday. All the acquired

M&A Activity

ClearShark Eyes Contract Portfolio Expansion With FedBiz IT Buy; Brian Strosser Quoted

ClearShark, a federal information technology platforms provider, has agreed to buy FedBiz IT Solutions in a transaction that will expand its portfolio of government contracts, resources and expertise in contracts management and capture and compliance. ClearShark President Brian Strosser said in a statement released Tuesday that FedBiz IT’s contracts portfolio and capabilities are complementary to

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Policy Adjustments Necessary for Defense Department to Pace Adversaries, Implement JADC2

The Defense Department’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative is underway within federal agencies and military branches, following the release of the DOD’s JADC2 implementation plan in March 2022. One central component of JADC2 is modernizing the way mission partners and coalitions share information, especially as today’s defense landscape requires more informed, unified, real-time decision making capabilities

Executive Moves

Ryan Hinkle Appointed Hitachi Vantara Federal Sales Director

Ryan Hinkle, a government technology market veteran, has been named director of federal sales at Hitachi Vantara’s wholly owned subsidiary located in Reston, Virginia. He will responsible for developing and strengthening Hitachi Vantara Federal‘s business relationships across the public sector, the company said Tuesday. In his new capacity, Hinkle will also offer advice to government

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Executive Spotlight: Deltek President & CEO Mike Corkery on Company’s Growth, 40th Anniversary, Core Values

In its most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Mike Corkery, president and CEO of Deltek, to discuss the company’s growth and record breaking year in 2021 ahead of its 40th anniversary. He also talked about the efforts to sustain that momentum, the company culture and Deltek Project Nation as well as the recently

M&A Activity

Oracle Extends Tender Offer in Connection to Cerner Buy

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has once again extended its tender offer of $95 in cash per share to buy all outstanding shares of common stock of health information technology company Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) to provide more time to satisfy the remaining conditions. Oracle agreed to acquire Cerner for approximately $28.3 billion through an all-cash tender offer

Executive Moves

Taimeka Hollis Named Illuminate President; Scott Crane Appointed CFO

Taimeka Hollis, formerly chief operating officer at Illuminate, has elevated to the role of president at the Herndon, Virginia-based analytics company. She brings to the role over 20 years of leadership experience in business development, strategy, engineering and operations, Illuminate said Tuesday. Prior to Illuminate, Hollis spent 17 years at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 4/13/2022

Video Interview: K2 Integrity’s Juan Zarate on Crypto Adoption in the US & Globally

Executive Spotlight: Doug Barton, Chief Technology Officer of the Leidos Health Group

Army Taps 21 Companies for $450M Facility Repair & Renewal Program

PCS-Mosaic Buys 4 ASRC Federal Businesses to Grow Intell Community Footprint; Pierre Chao Quoted

ClearShark Eyes Contract Portfolio Expansion With FedBiz IT Buy; Brian Strosser Quoted

Policy Adjustments Necessary for Defense Department to Pace Adversaries, Implement JADC2

Ryan Hinkle Appointed Hitachi Vantara Federal Sales Director

Executive Spotlight: Deltek President & CEO Mike Corkery on Company’s Growth, 40th Anniversary, Core Values

Oracle Extends Tender Offer in Connection to Cerner Buy

Taimeka Hollis Named Illuminate President; Scott Crane Appointed CFO

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