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Executive Moves/News
Jacqueline Janning-Lask Starts Tenure as AFRL Sensors Director
by Nichols Martin
Published on March 6, 2020
Jacqueline Janning-Lask Starts Tenure as AFRL Sensors Director
Jacqueline Janning-Lask Starts Tenure as AFRL Sensors Director

Jacqueline Janning-Lask, a long-time U.S. Air Force member, has begun duties to lead Air Force Research Laboratory's Sensors Directorate. She assumed her new role in January to oversee the development, demonstration and transition of sensor technologies across the Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base said Thursday.

Her duties cover intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, electronic warfare and precision engagement systems designed for deployment in air, cyber and space domains.

“There are various missions that the Air Force supports, but to me, there was one overarching goal which was to support the warfighter,” she said.

Janning-Lask began her USAF career in the late 80s as an engineer. She went on take up technical and business leadership roles in the service branch.

“I want to create an environment for limitless growth,” she said about her goal as the directorate's new leader.

The director is also part of the senior executive service.

News/Press Releases
NASA Holds Groundbreaking on Communications Research Facility
by Matthew Nelson
Published on March 6, 2020
NASA Holds Groundbreaking on Communications Research Facility
NASA Holds Groundbreaking on Communications Research Facility

NASA broke ground at the site of a new facility within the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland that will serve to accommodate research and development efforts for radio frequency communications.

The 54K-square foot Aerospace Communications Facility will enable NASA and its industry partners to build optimized communication capacities that may support potential missions to Mars and the Moon, the agency said Wednesday.

NASA will also employ the facility to explore potential communications technologies for autonomous and urban air mobility vehicles.

“The ACF positions us to further advance communication technology needed to meet the nation’s space exploration and aviation goals, as well as enable commercial and defense communications,” said Joel Kearns, director of facilities, test and manufacturing at Glenn Research Center.

Glenn Research Center tapped the Austin Company to construct ACF under a $33.8M contract. The center envisions to secure a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accreditation for the facility.

DoD/Government Technology/News
GAO: DoD Yet to Implement All Recommendations on Tech Modernization Program Mgmt
by Brenda Marie Rivers
Published on March 6, 2020
GAO: DoD Yet to Implement All Recommendations on Tech Modernization Program Mgmt
GAO: DoD Yet to Implement All Recommendations on Tech Modernization Program Mgmt

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the Department of Defense (DoD) addressed four out of 12 of the agency’s recommendations on business systems management as of November 2019.

GAO said in a report published Thursday that it assessed the recommendations it made to DoD from 2012 to 2018 as part of the study. Two of the recommendations focused on ensuring that the department doesn’t invest in too-complex systems, the watchdog noted.

According to the report, DoD’s unimplemented recommendations include those related to integrating information technology architectures, investment management and identification of personnel skills gaps. GAO noted that implementing all of its recommendations is “essential to helping the department achieve compliance with all of the requirements”.

DoD/News/Press Releases
DoD Eyes Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Bases; Ellen Lord Quoted
by Brenda Marie Rivers
Published on March 6, 2020
DoD Eyes Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Bases; Ellen Lord Quoted
Ellen Lord
Ellen Lord

The Department of Defense (DoD) plans to implement commercially-developed nuclear reactors on military facilities to support autonomous power generation and prevent disruption from affected electrical grids, Federal News Network reported Thursday.

Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, told attendees at a McAleese and Associates event in Washington, D.C. that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will oversee licensing for the small reactors that are meant to operate at approximately two megawatts.

“We have seen some commercial nuclear companies interested in this, and we think it’s a great way to bridge between civil/commercial nuclear and DoD nuclear,” she said. “One really feeds the other in terms of human capital, and we think that’s a good partnership.”

The effort, known as Project Pele, is under operation at the Idaho National Laboratory, according to Lord. Lord noted that the Strategic Capabilities Office has earmarked funding for a prototype mobile reactor for use in forward-operating and remote locations.

DoD plans to issue an award to multiple entities for Project Pele’s design phase ahead of downselecting contractors for construction work.

Government Technology/News
Senators Introduce Security Bill for Communications Networks
by Matthew Nelson
Published on March 6, 2020
Senators Introduce Security Bill for Communications Networks
Senators Introduce Security Bill for Communications Networks

Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., Mark Warner, D.-Va. and a three-time Wash100 Award recipient, and Deb Fischer, R.Neb., have unveiled a bill to require the U.S. government's executive branch to maintain the security of communications networks.

The Network Security Trade Act will modify the 2015 Trade Promotion Authority and work to address security gaps in supply chains and communications systems, the office of John Thune said Thursday. The bill will also respond to issues concerning unfair practices of communications equipment suppliers in trade agreements.

“This legislation would ensure the security of equipment and technology that create the global communications infrastructure are front and center in our trade negotiations, because you can’t have free trade if the global digital infrastructure is compromised,” said Thune.

DoD/Government Technology/News
Michael Griffin: DoD Seeks $484M Budget for 5G
by Nichols Martin
Published on March 6, 2020
Michael Griffin: DoD Seeks $484M Budget for 5G
Michael Griffin
Michael Griffin

The Department of Defense (DoD) is requesting a budget of $484 million for 5G technology efforts in fiscal year 2021, DoD News reported Thursday.

Michael Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and two-time Wash100 Award winner, revealed this information at this year's McAleese Defense Programs Conference that took place in Washington, D.C. He said the department seeks to use militarize 5G technology and protect the resulting network from threats.

"What we're trying to do with 5G is help keep DOD up to where the commercial telecom providers are eventually going to go," he said.

The undersecretary noted that part of the funds would support 5G projects at five locations including Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

About Wash100 

The Wash100 Award, now in its seventh year, recognizes the most influential executives in the GovCon industry as selected by the Executive Mosaic team in tandem with online nominations from the GovCon community. Representing the best of the private and public sector, the winners demonstrate superior leadership, innovation, reliability, achievement and vision.

Visit the Wash100 site to learn about the other 99 winners of the 2020 Wash100 Award. On the site, you can submit your 10 votes for the GovCon executives of consequence that you believe will have the most significant impact in 2020.

News/Press Releases
DoD CMMC Becomes a Global Intrigue As Countries Investigate New Cybersecurity Regulations; Stacy Bostjanick Quoted
by Sarah Sybert
Published on March 6, 2020
DoD CMMC Becomes a Global Intrigue As Countries Investigate New Cybersecurity Regulations; Stacy Bostjanick Quoted

DoD CMMC Becomes a Global Intrigue As Countries Investigate New Cybersecurity Regulations; Stacy Bostjanick Quoted

Stacy Bostjanick, the director of the CMMC policy office in the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, discussed how the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) has become a global intrigue as other nations look to the United States as the government implements the new model.

“They are all watching to see if we fall on our face or not. If we roll this out and make it work, they have indicated they will adopt CMMC as well,” said Bostjanick.

Along with the government contractors impacted by the new requirements, civilian agencies and allies like Canada, Sweden, Italy, the United Kingdom and others are paying close attention to how the Pentagon begins to fix supply chain and other cybersecurity challenges through this new initiative.

DoD plans to finalize the CMMC training and assessment guides in March. Bostjanick said those documents will tell vendors what it takes to be certified at levels 1, 2 and 3. “These guides are where people can find answers and what artifacts are needed. It is where all the answers to all your questions will be if you go through the assessment guide,” she said. “It’s not our intent to fool anyone.”

She noted that the accreditation body will develop the training classes for third party assessors. In the June or July timeframe, the first set of vendors can begin going through the assessment process in preparation for the first 15 procurements to call out CMMC requirements.

“The accreditation body is working with us to develop training material to accredit third-party assessors. There will be a marketplace for them as they go through the two-week course and test for level 3 accreditor certifications,” Bostjanick said.

Potomac Officers Club will host its CMMC Forum 2020 on April 2. Click here to register for the event.

DoD CMMC Becomes a Global Intrigue As Countries Investigate New Cybersecurity Regulations; Stacy Bostjanick Quoted

Katie Arrington, chief information security officer at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, will serve as a keynote speaker at the CMMC Forum 2020. She will address the CMMC’s timeline, how the certification process could change and will provide a memorandum of understanding with a newly established CMMC accrediting body.

A full expert panel will include Ty Schieber, senior director of executive education and CMMC-AB chairman of the University of Virginia and Richard Naylor of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) among other members of the federal sector and industry.

Register here to join Potomac Officers Club for its CMMC Forum 2020 on April 2nd to learn about the impact DoD’s CMMC will have on cybersecurity practices, supply chain security and other aspects of the federal market.

News/Press Releases
FireEye Wins NAVWAR AI Challenge, Securing 100K for 1st Place in AI ATAC; Seth Summersett Quoted
by Sarah Sybert
Published on March 6, 2020
FireEye Wins NAVWAR AI Challenge, Securing 100K for 1st Place in AI ATAC; Seth Summersett Quoted
FireEye Wins NAVWAR AI Challenge, Securing 100K for 1st Place in AI ATAC; Seth Summersett Quoted

FireEye Endpoint Security has received the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) $100,000 first place prize on the Artificial Intelligence Applications to Autonomous Cybersecurity Challenges (AI ATAC), the company announced on Friday.

“A security analyst’s time is valuable, and very limited. MalwareGuard, our machine learning-based malware detection and prevention engine, was developed by a world-class team of data scientists, combining our unique data with frontline intelligence to enable our clients to focus on the threats that matter,” said Seth Summersett, chief scientist at FireEye. 

FireEye Endpoint Security delivered the top ranking performance based on the criteria and cost-benefit framework of the AI ATAC, including accuracy metrics, time to detection in terms of costs lost due to malware and the monetary cost for setup, triage and incident response. 

Also, the malware collection used spanned categories likely to be seen in the real-world to produce the most effective evaluation. AI ATAC explored the capability for endpoint security products to incorporate machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) models to detect and defeat indicators of compromise from various advanced malware strains.

AI ATAC is managed by Program Executive Office (PEO) for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) and Space System’s Cyber Security Program Office (PMW 130). 

FireEye noted that the award marks a milestone in cybersecurity innovation for the Navy. The company has continued to defend against sophisticated threat actors from the Cloud to the Tactical Edge.

An advanced, threat-informed endpoint security solution will serve as the foundation for the next generation of countering cyber warfare and can help meet the complex operational needs of the Navy’s Enterprise, Tactical, and Excepted Networks.

FireEye plans to incorporate its defensive capabilities in its Security Operations Centers (SOCs), Fleet Maritime Operations Centers (MOCs), Systems Command (SYSCOM), Cyber Planning and Response Centers (CPRCs), Afloat and Cyber Protection Teams (CPTs) missions.

“We are honored to be recognized for this innovation and to support the Navy as they continue to hone cyber security solutions that will keep the fleet safe today and into the future,” added Summersett.

News/Press Releases
Amyx Completes CMMI for Services Level 3 Appraisal to Improve Customer Satisfaction; Satya Akula Quoted
by Sarah Sybert
Published on March 6, 2020
Amyx Completes CMMI for Services Level 3 Appraisal to Improve Customer Satisfaction; Satya Akula Quoted
Amyx Completes CMMI for Services Level 3 Appraisal to Improve Customer Satisfaction; Satya Akula Quoted

Amyx has successfully completed a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for Services v 1.3 Level 3 appraisal for its Professional Services Projects, which will improve customer satisfaction, the company reported on Friday. 

“Adding to our appraised CMMI and registered ISO processes, this appraisal enables Amyx to achieve even higher levels of customer satisfaction, improve the organization’s professional service offerings, and improve management and programmatic processes,” said Satya Akula, President and CEO of Amyx, Inc.

Amyx’s appraisal was performed by Process Works. With the company’s new rating, it will enable Amyx to improve and maintain customer satisfaction, deliverables and project performance. 

CMMI is a capability improvement framework that provides guidance on how an organization develops and delivers products and services that ultimately improve their performance.  The framework is widely used by leading organizations around the world to improve services to meet the needs of customers and end users.

The integration will provide advanced support to customers as well as the company’s work on contracts, including work with the U.S. Air Force and Defense Logistics Agency, awarded in Aug. 2019.

Amyx has secured prime contracts with the U.S. Air Force, the Defense Logistics Agency, the Army National Guard and the U.S. Department of Agriculture

In support of the Air Force Global Strike Command Cyber Surety Contract, Amyx will continue to provide cybersecurity expertise and experience supporting the Department of Defense and Federal agencies. Amyx will also support the Wyoming Air National Guard and the 153rd Command and Control Squadron by developing innovative technical solutions and cybersecurity.

For the Defense Logistics Agency, Amyx won the contract to enable an enterprise-wide Electronically Stored Information Disclosure and Discovery (ESIDD). Amyx will implement a multi-phased approach using the e-Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) to develop a requirements baseline and establish a system architecture to support new software and processes.

About Amyx

Amyx’s Mission is to exceed our customers' expectations on every contract. To provide an environment which encourages, recognizes, and rewards the extraordinary contributions of our employees. To advance the wellbeing of the communities in which we work. 

Amyx’s Vision is to be the preferred provider and trusted partner to our Federal customers and business partners for Management and Information Technology support services on programs of national importance.

News/Press Releases
WPEO Celebrates Significant Increase In Number Of Contracts With Women Business Owners
by William McCormick
Published on March 6, 2020
WPEO Celebrates Significant Increase In Number Of Contracts With Women Business Owners

WPEO Celebrates Significant Increase In Number Of Contracts With Women Business Owners

The Women Presidents’ Educational Organization (WPEO) today announced significant accolades at the Annual Awards breakfast, reflecting singular accomplishments by a dynamic community of certified women-owned businesses and companies with which they do business. This year’s theme focuses on Women’s Leadership in the New Decade (#WPEOWomensLeadership). Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor, Morgan Stanley, was the keynote speaker.

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