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Guidehouse Named Workday Authorized Consulting Services Partner; Scott McIntyre Quoted
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Guidehouse Named Workday Authorized Consulting Services Partner; Scott McIntyre Quoted


Guidehouse Named Workday Authorized Consulting Services Partner; Scott McIntyre Quoted
Scott McIntyre

Guidehouse announced on Tuesday that the company has been named a Workday Authorized Consulting Services Partner.

As a Workday Authorized Consulting Services Partner, Guidehouse will help customers successfully deploy Workday Financial Management and Workday Human Capital Management (HCM). Workday Financial Management and Workday HCM support a complete range of financial and people-based processes that provide clients with real-time operational visibility along with the speed and agility to adapt to business growth and change.

Through this partnership, Guidehouse will pair its consulting expertise with Workday applications to help clients accelerate their transformation efforts. The services that Guidehouse provides include strategic management, technology, and risk consulting to the public markets.

“By combining Guidehouse’s public sector expertise together with Workday’s innovative financial and HR cloud applications, we’ll be able to better support our customers in achieving their business transformations,” said Scott McIntyre, chief executive officer of Guidehouse and 2019 Wash100 Award winner.

“Government organizations are looking for new ways to streamline their operations, and we believe this partnership will enable us to deliver the best possible combination of software and service to meet the evolving needs of these organizations and their communities,” he added.

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is a leading provider of management, technology, and risk consulting services to the public and commercial markets.  We help our clients solve their toughest challenges through the co-creation of scalable, innovative solutions to prepare them for future growth and success.

Headquartered in Washington DC, the company has more than 1,800 professionals in over 20 locations. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company and led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies.

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KBR Named to Viqtory’s 2020 Military Friendly Employers List; Stuart Bradie Quoted
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KBR Named to Viqtory’s 2020 Military Friendly Employers List; Stuart Bradie Quoted


KBR Named to Viqtory’s 2020 Military Friendly Employers List; Stuart Bradie Quoted
Stuart Bradie

VIQTORY, a leading organization that connects the military to civilian employment as well as educational and entrepreneurial opportunities, named KBR to its prestigious 2020 Military Friendly Employers list.

“This is a designation we covet as a company,” said Stuart Bradie, KBR President and CEO. “We are keenly aware that the military community is an invaluable asset to an organization. We work hard to make KBR a place where military and veteran families feel appreciated and have the opportunity to grow both professionally and personally.”

The Military Friendly Employers list is a comprehensive guide to the best employers for the military community. Organizations are rated within six different categories that measure their commitment to serve the military and veteran community in meaningful ways with actual outcomes and impact. This list sets the standard for organizations that want to provide the best opportunities for veterans and their spouses.

KBR has a long history of working side by side with the military, and supporting active duty soldiers, veterans and their families. The company knows firsthand that by leveraging their incredible experience, discipline and innovation, it is able to deliver better solutions to customers.

About KBR 

KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors. KBR employs over 37,500 people worldwide (including our joint ventures), with customers in more than 80 countries, and operations in 40 countries, across three synergistic global businesses: Government Solutions, Technology Solutions and Energy Solutions.

KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, integrated EPC delivery and long term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.

At KBR, We Deliver.

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VMware Grants $2.5M to TechSoup to Scale Global Impact for Nonprofits; Jessamine Chin Quoted
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VMware Grants $2.5M to TechSoup to Scale Global Impact for Nonprofits; Jessamine Chin Quoted


Jeff Brody

TechSoup announced on Monday that the VMware Foundation gave $2.5 million in grants to the company to support initiatives to significantly expand its offerings and nearly double the number of nonprofit organizations it serves. 

“At VMware, we’re committed to strengthening the operational capacity of nonprofits, supporting their digital transformation, so they can meet their important missions,” said Jessamine Chin, director of the VMware Foundation. “We are thrilled to partner with the experts at TechSoup, an impactful organization that works with more than one million nonprofits globally, and provides solutions for a more equitable planet,” she added. 

The VMware Foundation grant was made through Vanguard Charitable, a donor advised fund, to fund TechSoup’s $11.5 million Growth Capital Campaign. The campaign, launched in November 2018, is financing five new initiatives to help nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society organizations around the world leverage technology to create, connect, activate and transform their organizations and communities. 

The VMware Foundation joins a growing coalition of 155 individuals and organizations, including Microsoft and the Nonprofit Finance Fund, who have come together to invest in TechSoup’s future through grants, loans and direct investments. To date, more than $8 million has been committed to funding TechSoup’s Growth Capital Campaign. 

“With VMware’s support, we will reach many more changemakers,” said Rebecca Masisak, TechSoup’s CEO. “Whether it’s providing food to people who need it, helping young people learn to code, or supporting communities after a disaster, civil society organizations bring people together to make an impact on the issues they care about most,” she added.

New Law Mandates Electronic System for Constituent Privacy Release Form Submission
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New Law Mandates Electronic System for Constituent Privacy Release Form Submission


Jeff Brody

President Trump signed a bipartisan bill into law on Friday to establish a system for constituents to electronically submit a request for assistance on government services and allow congressional offices to contact federal agencies on their behalf through an electronic authorization process. 

The Creating Advanced Streamlined Electronic Services for Constituents Act mandates the Office of Management and Budget to create a uniform casework privacy release form and implement authentication procedures for government use, the office of Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., said Friday.

“When the American taxpayers we represent need assistance with Social Security, Medicare, Veterans Affairs or any other federal agency, they should be able to get the help and information they need quickly and in a straightforward manner,” Carper said.

He and his fellow Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, sponsored the legislation to update a provision under the Privacy Act of 1974. The new law retains the paper-based option for privacy release form submission.

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NIH Awards Funds 11 Health Disparity Research Projects
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NIH Awards Funds 11 Health Disparity Research Projects


Jeff Brody

A division within the National Institutes of Health has issued and renewed awards to fund three new and eight existing research efforts on biomedicine. NIH said Friday that its National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities provided the funds under the Research Centers in Minority Institutions program to support biomedical research efforts in underrepresented communities.

The program also seeks to bolster the biomedical research field’s infrastructure, address health imbalances across multiple disciplines and diversify the biomedical workforce. The agency will provide a total of $187M across five-years to support 11 projects concerning different issues on health disparity. 

The award recipients are:

  • Accelerating Excellence in Translational Science
  • Border Biomedical Research Center
  • Center for Translational Research in Health Disparities
  • Enhancement of Cancer Research at Clark Atlanta University
  • FAMU Center for Health Disparities Research
  • Health Disparities Research at University of California, Riverside
  • Howard University Research Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
  • PHSU Specialized Center in Health Disparities
  • RCMI at Morgan State University: Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation
  • San Diego State University HealthLINK Center for Translational Health Disparities Research
  • Xavier RCMI Center for Cancer Research

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Army Acts to Bolster PNT, EW Capabilities
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Army Acts to Bolster PNT, EW Capabilities


Jeff Brody

The U.S. Army is working to boost the capacity of its ground-based precision navigation and timing technologies to address spoofing threats, or when signals are disrupted to produce inaccurate information. The service branch said Thursday that its current PNT technologies are still prone to spoofing issues caused by various factors such as weather, terrain or near-peer adversaries.

Col. Nick Kioutas, the Army’s PNT project manager, said the branch has adopted a layered approach to boost the accuracy on position and timing data, with the integration of inertial-based navigation systems, odometers and other non-radio frequency tools.

“Our systems will integrate all these data sources to determine which one we can trust the most,” Kioutas said. 

The Army also plans to gain access to more PNT data sources via external networks of the global positioning system. The service branch is also working on a new Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool in addition to PNT efforts. The tool would work to facilitate the control and management of EW assets supporting land missions.

NSA, Pennsylvania State University Establish Online Course on Cyber Policy
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NSA, Pennsylvania State University Establish Online Course on Cyber Policy


Jeff Brody

The National Security Agency partnered with Pennsylvania State University professors to create an online course on law and policies for cyber activities. PSU said Friday that the “Principles of Cyber Law and Policy” course is comprised of four modules with 30 lesson units that span topics such as domestic law, national security and cyber technology. 

The course is designed to educate students, employees, academic representatives, business professionals and national security experts on topics such as cyber governance, national court systems and U.S. government sructure. The program, supported by the National Initiatives in CyberSecurity Education partnership, went live this summer at NSA’s Clark Center.

“Combining the expertise of domestic cyber law and national security professors gave the curriculum greater depth,” said James Houck, director of the PSU Center for Security Research and Education and one of the professors that created the course.

Other professors that helped establish the program include Anne Toomey McKenna, professor of practice for PSU’s Institute for CyberScience, and Scott Sigmund Gartner, director of the university’s School of International Affairs.

Vice Adm. Matthew Kohler: Navy to Focus on Dynamic Maritime Operations
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Vice Adm. Matthew Kohler: Navy to Focus on Dynamic Maritime Operations


Jeff Brody
Matthew Kohler

Vice Adm. Matthew Kohler discussed the U.S. Navy’s efforts to address the information warfare needs of dynamic maritime operations, DVIDS Hub reported Saturday.

“The warfighting construct challenge has gotten so complex in the maritime domain that we’re no longer focused just on tactical warfighting that we see ahead of us,” he said during the Defense Intelligence Agency’s recent DoDIIS Worldwide Conference in Tampa, Florida.

Kohler, who serves as director of naval intelligence and deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, said warfighters need information warfare to operate across wide geographies in a distributed, timely manner. He also noted that information warfare would help the service branch develop the Navy Tactical Grid, an updated maritime strategic design.

The new design emphasizes on the Navy’s joint, collaborative work with foreign allies for future missions, he added.

Air Combat Command Expects IOC Status for New Numbered Component This Fall
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Air Combat Command Expects IOC Status for New Numbered Component This Fall


Jeff Brody

Gen. Mike Holmes, head of Air Combat Command, has said a new numbered U.S. Air Force component that consolidates ACC’s 24th and 25th air forces could reach initial operational capability in the fall, Air Force Magazine reported Friday. 

ACC initially expected to complete the integration effort at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas during the summer. Holmes noted the service branch is in the middle of deciding the “information spectrum” in which the new organization will operate in addition to its anticipated reconnaissance, cryptography and intelligence functions.

“He’ll be our service cryptological component commander, working in support of any airmen that we provide to the National Security Agency and the other things we do across the intelligence community,” Holmes added, according to the report.

The NAF’s future commander will be Air Force’s representative in U.S. Cyber Command and will have several network and security responsibilities within the Air Force. The unit will also support electromagnetic spectrum planning in the military.

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Beau Houser to Bring SBA Cybersecurity Experience to Census Bureau
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Beau Houser to Bring SBA Cybersecurity Experience to Census Bureau


Jeff Brody
Beau Houser

Beau Houser, the incoming chief information security officer of the Census Bureau, said he looks forward to addressing the challenge of safeguarding the technological platforms behind the 2020 population count, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. 

Houser is set to join the bureau in mid-September after serving as CISO of the Small Business Administration for two years. “I’m hoping Census is the same kind of challenge for me because that’s where I find joy as a CISO, solving these large complex challenges,” he said in an interview on Ask the CIO.

During the interview, he discussed the challenge associated with cloud security. Houser also mentioned the approaches SBA used to implement the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program and the Trusted Internet Connections initiative. 

“Skepticism of cloud security is still prevalent,” he said. “That’s probably one of the biggest challenges and you really have to get folks to see it firsthand. We’ve done over 30 demonstrations as an agency to other federal agencies. We are trying to be transparent about what we are doing and how we are doing it.”

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