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Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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  • Rise8's Bryon Kroger: Continuous ATO Could Help Accelerate Software Delivery in Support of Critical Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rise8’s Bryon Kroger: Continuous ATO Could Help Accelerate Software Delivery in Support of Critical Missions

    Bryon Kroger, founder and CEO of Rise8, said implementing the continuous authority to operate process could enable military and government agencies to expedite software development and delivery within days or hours to support critical missions, Air and Space Forces Magazine reported Aug. 12. Under the cATO process, developers replace traditional stability and security reviews with […] More

  • Carahsoft's Tim Boltz: AI Deployment Calls for Health Care Leaders to Address Cyber, Equity Issues - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s Tim Boltz: AI Deployment Calls for Health Care Leaders to Address Cyber, Equity Issues

    Tim Boltz, health care solutions executive at Carahsoft, said leaders in the health care sector that plan to field artificial intelligence tools to transform operations should first address cybersecurity and equity concerns before deployment. In a guest article published Thursday on Healthcare IT Today, Boltz wrote that the health care industry should reform its cybersecurity […] More

  • Recorded Future to Integrate Threat Intelligence Tools With Google Security Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Recorded Future to Integrate Threat Intelligence Tools With Google Security Operations

    Recorded Future announced that its threat intelligence capabilities will be integrated with Google Security Operations as part of a push to refine the latter’s security information and event management and security orchestration, automation and response components. According to a blog post published Wednesday on Recorded Future’s website, the integration intends to help organizations advance the […] More

  • Smoothstack's Chris Coligado: Cybersecurity, AI Among Top In-Demand Federal IT Skills in 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Smoothstack’s Chris Coligado: Cybersecurity, AI Among Top In-Demand Federal IT Skills in 2025

    Chris Coligado, executive vice president and federal market lead at Smoothstack, said cybersecurity, cloud computing, software development and DevOps, data analytics, project management, network administration and artificial intelligence and machine learning are among the top information technology skills that are needed in the federal sector in 2025. In an article published on the company’s website, […] More

  • SAIC's Jay Meil on AI Adoption Challenges in DDIL Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC’s Jay Meil on AI Adoption Challenges in DDIL Environments

    Jay Meil, vice president of artificial intelligence at Science Applications International Corp., said training the “human element” to trust and operate models through data science literacy is the biggest challenge to the adoption of artificial intelligence in denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited impact environments, FedTech Magazine reported Friday. “Being able to invert and essentially understand, […] More

  • NGA Awards Microsoft OTA for Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Awards Microsoft OTA for Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model Development

    Microsoft has received an other transaction agreement from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to develop a trained foundational neural network model that can ingest ground-level and overhead imagery, vector data and terrain data and can answer geospatial questions with accuracy and precision. According to an award notice published Thursday on SAM.gov, the potential $14 million OTA […] More

  • Hitachi Vantara Federal's Gary Hix on Need for Solid Data Foundation, Hybrid Cloud Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Gary Hix on Need for Solid Data Foundation, Hybrid Cloud Strategy

    Gary Hix, chief technology officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, highlighted the need for a solid data foundation to enable organizations to facilitate the decision-making process and improve business outcomes. At a recent webinar, Hix talked about Hitachi Vantara Federal’s hybrid cloud data offering, Virtual Storage Platform One, and how it helps organizations improve the user […] More

  • Deltek Launches Updates to ERP Software, Other Products for Government Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek Launches Updates to ERP Software, Other Products for Government Contractors

    Deltek has introduced enhancements to its cloud-based enterprise resource planning software, Costpoint, and announced other key product updates as part of efforts to help government contractors simplify business processes, automate tasks and improve user experience. The company said Thursday Costpoint’s artificial intelligence digital assistant, Ask Dela, now features expanded capabilities that allow users to ask […] More

  • Aaron Creel Named Second Front Systems Global Public Sector VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aaron Creel Named Second Front Systems Global Public Sector VP

    Software company Second Front Systems has promoted Aaron Creel, a security executive with over two decades of experience in security policy and compliance, to vice president of global public sector. TJ Rowe, chief revenue officer at 2F, announced Creel’s promotion in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. “In his new role, Aaron will lead our efforts […] More

  • Deloitte & Touche Wins $185M VA Contract for Cybersecurity Transformation Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte & Touche Wins $185M VA Contract for Cybersecurity Transformation Program Support

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Deloitte & Touche a potential five-year, $184.8 million contract to provide support services for VA’s Cybersecurity Transformation Program. VA launched a full and open competition and received three offers for the firm-fixed-price contract awarded through the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule, according to an award notice published […] More

  • Keith Moore Joins CyberCore Technologies as Growth, Business Development VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Keith Moore Joins CyberCore Technologies as Growth, Business Development VP

    CyberCore Technologies has appointed intelligence community executive Keith Moore as vice president of growth and business development. In a LinkedIn post published Monday, the Elkridge, Maryland-based information technology services company said Moore will oversee CyberCore’s business development, capture management and strategic growth initiatives. CyberCore CEO Jennifer Kauffman welcomed Moore’s addition to the leadership team. “Keith […] More