Pinnacle Award Finalist Shila Cooch: ‘Don’t Shy Away from the Hard Work’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2024 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 20, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 21. Next is Shila Cooch, chief information officer of the Office of Science at the Energy Department, and finalist in the Government Cybersecurity Executive of the Year, category. Here,
Akima Subsidiary Wins $63M Energy Contract for Engineering, Professional, and Technical Services
Akima subsidiary Akima Infrastructure Services has been selected by Consolidated Nuclear Security to provide staff augmentation capabilities for engineering, professional and technical services at the Energy Department’s Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas. The award has a 4-year period of performance and a total contract value
Parsons Finalizes Requirements for Salt Waste Processing
Parsons announced Aug. 18 it has completed the necessary steps to begin treating radioactive waste at the Energy Department’s Salt Waste Processing Facility in South Carolina. The facility is the first of its kind and will process the site’s salt waste at seven to eight times the rate it’s currently processed, the company said. “This
Energy Department Launches AI and Technology Office
Energy Secretary Rick Perry has stood up a new Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office within his agency to serve as a coordinating hub for the AI work already being done enterprisewide. Following President Donald Trump’s call for a national AI strategy, the office intends to “accelerate the delivery of AI-enabled capabilities, scale the department-wide development and
Leidos CEO Roger Krone’s Story to Suppressing the Opioid Epidemic: From an Email to the White House
When Roger Krone and his wife had dinner with a former Georgia Institute of Technology classmate and his wife, they didn’t know their longtime friends’ son was struggling with an opioid addiction — until he succumbed to an overdose two weeks later. Krone, the chairman and CEO of Leidos, got word when he was preparing
Elizabeth Saris Back at SAIC, Now Leading Energy Account
Science Applications International Corp. has named Elizabeth “Liz” Saris, a long-time company executive, as a senior director responsible for managing the company’s Energy Department account. Saris, who previously spent 30 years with SAIC, will be responsible for growing and expanding operations with the company’s DOE accounts. Saris first joined SAIC in 1983 and rose through
Evoke Research and Consulting Awarded $65M US Energy Department Contract
Evoke Research and Consulting, LLC (Evoke) has announced that it has won a five-year, $65 million dollar blanket purchase agreement to provide policy, strategy and governance support services to the U.S. Department of Energy. “We are honored to be selected by the Department of Energy to meet the needs of a project of this scope,
TandemNSI Founder Jonathan Aberman on Bringing ‘Nontraditional Performers’ to the National Security Sectors
The government is more creative than we give it credit for. And while, according to Jonathan Aberman, founder of TandemNSI and managing director at Amplifier Ventures, it’s been that way for a while, current federal contracting rules and institutional conservatism are hampering the government’s ability to effect fast-moving and entrepreneurial technology as efficiently as it
FCC CIO Dr. David Bray’s ‘Start-up Mentality Culture’ Connects People, Pipes to Modernize Agency’s 207 Legacy IT Systems
If, as the father of modern management, Peter Drucker says, “culture eats strategy for breakfast” then IT strategy at the Federal Communications Commission will not be resembling a morning meal any time soon — at least not while Dr. David Bray heads the agency as chief information officer. The self-branded generation X/Y “tweener” stepped into
CNSI Selected to Continue Supporting Los Alamos National Laboratory
CNSI, an IT company based in Gaithersburg, Md., has been selected by Los Alamos National Security LLC (LANS) to continue its work providing telecommunications support and related services at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), according to a CNSI announcement released earlier this week. “Los Alamos National Laboratory is widely recognized as a backbone to our
Dr. Mark Hewitt Promoted to Executive VP and Chief Strategy Officer at QinetiQ NA
Dr. Mark Hewitt has today been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at QinetiQ North America (QNA). Hewitt, who has been with the company since 2010, will lead strategy formation, corporate development and strategic investments. His responsibilities also include overseeing business development activities and will lead QNA defense and commercial innovation programs.
Q&A with DOE’s Peter Tseronis: BYOD, Green Button Initiative and Doing More with Less
U.S. Dept. of Energy Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Peter Tseronis is taking a big interest in Big Data these days, and trying to do more with less. He sat down with WashingtonExec to talk about changes in federal IT, such as bring your own device policies and the Obama Administration’s Green Button Initiative. WashingtonExec: Could
Interview With Pete Tseronis Of The DoE: Cloud Computing, Going Green, Public Sector Innovation
Pete Tseronis began his government career as an intern at the Pentagon “before the Internet was truly born” and is now the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the U.S. Department of Energy. In his interview with WashingtonExec, Tseronis explains how and why the Department of Energy is moving towards a modern cloud-based infrastructure and other
Department of Energy Awards Aquilent Contract for Solar Decathlon 2011
Aquilent announced yesterday that the Department of Energy (DOE) is sponsoring its IT services and support contract for Solar Decathlon 2011. Aquilent is the recognized leading provider of Web-based solutions in shaping the next generation of technology for the federal government. The contract will allow Aquilent to provide comprehensive web-based IT solutions including infrastructure hosting
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