NEW: FedTech Soundoff »
In this new section, private-sector experts share perspectives on some of the biggest issues facing federal IT. From looming IPv6 deadlines and the identity ecosystem to FISMA’s shortcomings, over the next few pages, government-contracting tech gurus sound off. IPv6 The switch to the next-generation Internet is coming. By 2012, all public-facing government servers and services [...]
For Your Eyes Only? »
How Insidious Insiders Perfected the Art of Spilling Secrets Trading in national security secrets and corporate proprietary information has evolved into a different animal that reaches well beyond war and international politics — and the culprits may not be who you think. It’s been two decades since the Cold War ended, but that conflict’s legacy [...]
The Spies are All Right »
Cries of an intelligence failure following the social unrest in the Middle East sparked a furious public debate. But it also illuminated a new role for the intelligence community in a world transformed by Twitter. It’s long been a truism of national security politics: There are policy successes and intelligence failures. The highest-ranking intelligence officials [...]
The Family Man »
From Millions to Billions Sitting in a 10th-floor conference room with floor-to-ceiling windows and expansive views of Reston, Ed Casey points to a building just across the street. “See where it says Serco on that building?” Casey asks, referring to the large letters on the top floor marking Serco’s growing territory. “That used to say [...]
Data Breach »
Stolen and leaked data. Website defacements. Compromised information. A data breach could happen to anyone, anywhere, with a potential for sky-high costs. Experts share what to do after hackers strike or insiders act. 1 DETECT “You can’t respond to a data breach unless you know that it’s happening, and you can’t know that it’s happening [...]
FOCI in Focus »
Foreign Ownership, Control, Influence A quick survey of the Tysons Corner skyline yields the logos of some of the key players in government contracting. SAIC. Booz Allen Hamilton. Deloitte. But BAE Systems, a firm as established on the scene as any other, is different. Since appearing on the Northern Virginia landscape in 1999, the company [...]
GovCon’s Executive Bookshelf »
President Harry S. Truman found successful people fascinating. How they accomplished greatness intrigued him, so he read all he could about them, seeking insight and enlightenment. What he no doubt found can be summed up in the words of Sir Isaac Newton: “If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of [...]
It’s All in the Details »
Dr. Vishal James Makker could be a medical miracle worker, saving Medicare patients from perpetual back pain, or he could be a fraudster, bent on bilking Medicare of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Portland, Ore., spinal surgeon’s higher-than-normal rate of spinal fusions jumped off the page when The Wall Street Journal conducted a survey [...]
Long Road to Reform »
President Barack Obama swept into office issuing executive orders promising to reform government contracting. Congress also jumped into action. But two years later how likely are the reforms to stick? And what does government success mean for industry? In the spring of 2009, the Government Accountability Office issued its annual report on the Defense Department’s [...]
insight »
Advanced Persistent Threats & the Human Factor — By Ed Kanerva, vice president, Booz Allen Hamilton The ever-expanding sophistication, ubiquity and distribution of Advanced Persistent Threats — well-planned, targeted hacking attacks on computer networks — put a lot of pressure on those individuals tasked with maintaining network security within their organizations. When adversaries have a [...]
