GovConWire's Government Contracting News 5/3/2022

News

Executive Mosaic Announces 2022 Wash100 Popular Vote Winner; CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted

Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, has announced that following one of the most competitive voting seasons in the award’s nine-year history, Department of the Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger has won the 2022 Wash100 Award Vote Standings. After finishing in second place during last

Executive Moves

John Ustica Named Siemens Government Technologies Interim CEO

John Ustica, chief financial officer of Siemens‘ U.S. federal government subsidiary since 2018, has been appointed interim CEO. He succeeds Tina Dolph, who stepped down as CEO of Siemens Government Technologies after more than three years at the helm to join CRDF Global as chief global officer, SGT said in a LinkedIn post published Monday.

News

DOD CIO John Sherman Presented 1st Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that John Sherman, chief information officer for the Department of Defense (DOD), officially received his 2022 Wash100 Award during the 3rd Annual CIO Summit from Potomac Officers Club where Sherman was featured as the leading keynote speaker. John Sherman was presented with the most prestigious and acclaimed award in all of government contracting

Healthcare IT

What Does Health Care Look Like in the Cloud?

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, health care organizations were forced to modernize at a rapid pace in order to handle the massive influx of patients, adapt to constantly changing federal guidelines and address quickly-evolving medical needs. Over the past two years, the health care industry has initiated a slew of

M&A Activity

NuScale Power Closes Merger With Spring Valley Acquisition; John Hopkins Quoted

NuScale Power will begin trading Tuesday, May 3, on the New York Stock Exchange after it completed its merger with blank check company Spring Valley Acquisition (Nasdaq: SV) that was first announced in December. Shareholders at special purpose acquisition company Spring Valley approved the business combination Thursday and the combined entity will operate as NuScale

Artificial Intelligence

Intell Community Targets Cloud Migration, AI Capability in Reinvigorated Modernization Push

The U.S. Intelligence Community is prioritizing cloud migration as it works to push capabilities out to the tactical edge and better support U.S. warfighters with access to critical data. Notably along this effort, the Department of Defense recently released its software modernization strategy, which replaces its 2018 cloud strategy and more clearly defines the department’s impetus

M&A Activity

Two Six Technologies Buys Software Company Thresher; Joe Logue Quoted

Two Six Technologies has purchased software company Thresher Ventures in an effort to expand its offerings for government and industry customers in support of their information operations. Joe Logue, CEO of Two Six, said in a statement published Monday Thresher has workforce and analytics and monitoring capabilities that are aligned with the company’s product innovation

Contract Awards

Navy Selects AECOM-EnSafe JV for $400M Environmental Engineering Support Contract

A joint venture between AECOM (NYSE: ACM) and Ensafe has won a five-year, $400 million contract from the Department of the Navy to perform architectural and engineering work for environmental action projects within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command’s Atlantic area of operations. Resolution Consultants will also help manage DON’s environmental restoration and munition response

Executive Moves

FBI Vet Jason Fickett Joins Booz Allen to Provide National Cyber Strategy Leadership

Jason Fickett, a two-decade FBI veteran, was tapped by Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) to drive its national cyber strategy in support of civilian, defense and national security customers. The firm said Monday Fickett will use his over 20 years of leadership experience in FBI operations to provide clients across its businesses with defense against