Top National Security Execs to Watch in 2024: Justice Department’s Melinda Rogers
Melinda Rogers Deputy Assistant Attorney General & Chief Information Officer, Justice Department Melinda Rogers highlights the Justice Department’s first-ever overall “A” on the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act of 2014 scorecard as her team’s biggest recent achievement. The scorecard measures a chief information officer’s performance across various areas. This “A” reflects the commitment and
Aerojet Rocketdyne Agrees to Pay $9M to Resolve False Claims Act Violation Allegations
Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc. has agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting its compliance with cybersecurity requirements in certain federal contracts, the Justice Department announced. Aerojet provides propulsion and power systems for launch vehicles, missiles and satellites and other space vehicles to the Defense Department, NASA and
NTT DATA Wins Contract to Modernize Background Check System for DOJ
NTT DATA has been awarded a contract with the Justice Department to build a case management system that will improve the process for federal submissions to support the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. These submissions will update criminal histories and provide better tracking of NICS prohibitors. The solution will then synchronize disparate data from
Top 10 Government CIOs to Watch in 2021: Justice Department’s Melinda Rogers
Melinda Rogers was faced with navigating the COVID-19 crisis and need to work from home in the early days of her stewardship as the CIO for the Justice Department. She considers it one of her biggest achievements of 2020 that her team successfully transferred the entire DOJ workforce from “normal” operations to maximum telework within
Research Innovations Awarded Spot on Justice Department’s $500M Data BPA
Research Innovations, Inc. has been selected as a prime contractor by the Justice Management Division on a Small Business Set-Aside Blanket Purchase Agreement to provide data analytics and analysis solutions to the Justice Department. The multiple award BPA has a 5-year term, and DOJ estimates it will buy $500 million in solutions and services. The
DOJ’s Approach to Modernizing IT
In an interview with “Government Matters,” Melinda Rogers, chief information security office at the Justice Department, discussed the American Technology Council’s IT modernization draft report, which, among many other things, outlines the strategies DOJ is adopting. The draft report can be broken into three primary segments: network modernization and consolidation; shared services; and realigning IT
Dan Dougherty Talks Big Data, the Cloud and the Red Sox
Dan Dougherty, Vice President of EMC’s Federal Division talked with WashingtonExec about big data and cloud computing, commenting particularly on the potential for big data analytics in the federal government. He also reveals a passion for Civil War history and the Red Sox. WashingtonExec: Please tell readers about your company and how you got started
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