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Christine Thropp

oversees day-to-day content production for ExecutiveBiz, a publication under Executive Mosaic's media group covering government contracting industry news. She also writes about executive movements and commentaries, M&A activities, contract awards and technology and service offerings of medium-sized businesses and other GovCon companies. Prior to assuming her current responsibilities with EBiz, Thropp produced daily competitive intelligence briefings for the company's GovCon customers.

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  • Paperless Innovations: Commercial Software Offerings Could Accelerate Government's Transition to Electronic Records - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paperless Innovations: Commercial Software Offerings Could Accelerate Government’s Transition to Electronic Records

    Federal agencies now have until June 20, 2024, to move paper-based records to an electronic environment as mandated by an Office of Management and Budget memorandum released in 2019. OMB Memo M-19-21 initially set a December 31, 2022 deadline for transitioning to electronic records and Paperless Innovations underscored the need to hasten digital recordkeeping implementation […] More

  • Show GovCon Industry Support & Vote for Your Favorite Wash100 Awardees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Show GovCon Industry Support & Vote for Your Favorite Wash100 Awardees

    The Popular Vote competition for the winners of the 2023 Wash100 Award is on for nearly three weeks now. Cast your votes at Wash100.com to show support for your favorite executives during the historic 10th year of the Wash100 season.  Executives from Microsoft continue to hold the top spots among Executive Mosaic’s selection of government […] More

  • Executive Mosaic Honors CISA Director Jen Easterly With 2023 Wash100 Award for Leading Efforts to Strengthen US Critical Infrastructure Resilience - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Mosaic Honors CISA Director Jen Easterly With 2023 Wash100 Award for Leading Efforts to Strengthen US Critical Infrastructure Resilience

    Executive Mosaic has named Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, among its 2023 Wash100 Award recipients for spearheading efforts aimed at reducing risk and building resilience to cyber and physical threats to U.S. infrastructure. This marks the second year that Easterly was presented with the most prestigious award in all of the government […] More

  • Paperless Innovations on P-Card Compliance With OMB A-123 Appendix B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paperless Innovations on P-Card Compliance With OMB A-123 Appendix B

    In the second part of its three-pronged series focused on OMB Circular A-123 Appendix B, Paperless Innovations tackled P-Card compliance with the risk management framework for government charge card programs. “The myriad of compliance guidelines necessitate P-Card administrative officers to make critical decisions on maintaining compliance and eliminating fraud, waste and abuse in the use […] More

  • Northrop, AT&T, Fujitsu Demo 5G-Enabled ISR Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, AT&T, Fujitsu Demo 5G-Enabled ISR Capabilities

    An industry collaboration was able to showcase transmission of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data and video using tactical data links of Northrop Grumman, private 5G network of AT&T and open radio access network of Fujitsu. Northrop said Wednesday the team conducted the 5G-enabled, open architecture ISR capability demonstration to support the establishment of digital battle […] More

  • SPA to Highlight Opportunities for Military Veterans on Military Makeover Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SPA to Highlight Opportunities for Military Veterans on Military Makeover Program

    Systems Planning and Analysis CEO Rich Sawchak welcomed the chance for the company to showcase through a Lifetime TV program how it provides opportunities for military veterans. Three SPA workers will appear on the Operation Career segment of Montel Williams-hosted Military Makeover series airing on Jan. 13 and 19, the national security services provider said […] More

  • Jay Jones Assumes HighPoint Digital President Role - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jay Jones Assumes HighPoint Digital President Role

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 24, 2022 — HighPoint Digital elevated Jay Jones to the role of president from his most recent position as chief operating officer of the information technology and customer experience services provider, GovCon Wire reported. Jones will be responsible for overseeing HighPoint’s growth efforts through the delivery of products and services meant […] More

  • Saab Receives Navy Contract for Target Recognition, Sensor R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Receives Navy Contract for Target Recognition, Sensor R&D

    Saab has won a potential $13.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to advance warfighters’ threat and situational understanding through networked-online machine intelligence. Work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract includes research and development efforts focused on autonomous sensor resource management as well as automatic target recognition, the Department of Defense said. The contractor will also aim […] More

  • Matthew Milas Named President of Defense & Space at Honeywell Aerospace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matthew Milas Named President of Defense & Space at Honeywell Aerospace

    Matthew Milas, former vice president at L3Harris Technologies, has joined Honeywell to serve as president of defense and space at its aerospace-focused business, according to his LinkedIn announcement. The executive is now responsible for driving Honeywell Aerospace’s delivery of electronic platforms, engines, power and mechanical systems, satellite technologies, space vehicles, microelectronics and other offerings to […] More

  • L3Harris Welcomes Defense Industry Vet Samir Mehta as Communication Systems President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris Welcomes Defense Industry Vet Samir Mehta as Communication Systems President

    Samir Mehta, a defense industry executive, was named president of the communication systems segment of L3Harris Technologies, where he will oversee operational execution, financial performance and strategy development to drive business growth in domestic and international markets. L3Harris said Tuesday Mehta served as president of advanced structures at Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Collins Aerospace and spent […] More

  • Former Pavilion VP Michael Tanner Joins Panzura to Lead Federal Sales Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Pavilion VP Michael Tanner Joins Panzura to Lead Federal Sales Efforts

    Michael Tanner, former federal vice president and general manager at Pavilion Data, has joined Panzura to serve as senior director of federal sales at the San Jose, California-based data management platform developer, according to his LinkedIn announcement. The executive spend more than three years at Pavilion, where he was appointed to establish the federal government-focused […] More

  • Oshkosh Defense Books $103M Army Award for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oshkosh Defense Books $103M Army Award for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Work

    Oshkosh‘s defense business has secured a $103 million award from the U.S. Army for bilateral modification work on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Family of Vehicles in support of Foreign Military Sales customers. The Department of Defense said Friday Oshkosh Defense will perform contract efforts at its Wisconsin location through June 30, 2024. Army Contracting […] More