Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since Feb. 2021, has received the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon) for his contributions to the federal sector, Executive Mosaic announced on Friday. More specifically, Mayorkas drive for excellence and efforts to advance the cyber spendi...
Alejandro Mayorkas, former deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, was sworn in as DHS secretary Tuesday shortly after a 56-43 confirmation vote by the Senate. He became the first immigrant to hold the No. 1 position at the department, DHS said Tuesday....
President Donald Trump on early Thursday signed a continuing resolution to fund the operations at federal agencies through Dec. 11 at current spending levels. The short-term measure was designed to head off a government shutdown at the start of fiscal 2021 and cleared by the White House almost one hour after the midnight deadline passed as Trump cam...
Robert Genesoni, a former executive at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, has joined ManTech (Nasdaq: MANT) as executive director of Department of Homeland Security business development....
Tim Prange, formerly a PAE vice president, has joined FSA Federal as head of a company division that offers support to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services....
Govplace has received a potential four-year, $109M blanket purchase agreement to provide commercial cloud hosting services to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The company said Monday USCIS will have access to a catalog of cloud providers that have been certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program....
Chad Wolf assumed his new role as acting homeland security secretary on Wednesday, replacing Kevin McAleenan (2019 Wash100 recipient) who resigned from the role last month, The Washington Post reported Thursday....
This week, Jose Arrieta was confirmed as the chief information officer for the Department of Health and Human Services. Arrieta confirmed his appointment on Thursday during the Association for Federal Information Resources Management’s Leadership Awards event. In Virginia news, it was also revealed that President Trump intends to nominate Ken ...
Excella has received a potential $292M blanket purchase agreement to provide software development and DevOps support services for the Office of Personnel Management. The company said Tuesday the BPA has one base year, followed by four options, and includes systems analysis and architecture; development; enhancement, systems testing and maintenance; ...
John Coleman, formerly president of the investigative service group at Omniplex World Services, has been named president of Peraton‘s homeland security sector in a move slated to take effect March 5. Peraton said Tuesday Coleman will oversee programs and growth efforts within the company’s business that offers a range...
