Examining the Top Five Peak Markets in Government Contracting »
You can learn a lot from watching where an experienced leader goes. In this time of spending cuts and tightening resources, what kind of actions are the large and successful federal contracting companies taking? Who is divesting or acquiring, and what are they targeting? Where are resources being directed—are new departments or divisions emerging? Tracking [...]
A Keen Observer of People »
For Vangent CEO Mac Curtis, what’s behind every process or solution in a government contract are people — people whose needs should be served with respect and efficiency. Mac Curtis is a keen observer and a hands-on strategist, both qualities he brought to the fore in Vangent Holding Corp.’s pending $960 million acquisition by General [...]
The Go-to List of Top GovCon Advisers »
GovConExec’s Selected Who’s Who List of Strategic Advisers, Investment Bankers and Private Equity Players. It takes strong backs and deft hands to grow and move a company into a new market area—or even to beef up or align assets that a company already owns in a hot market. Strategic advisers take a long-term look, helping [...]
The Emerging National Security Challenge »
Given current and even more severe future budget constraints, the nation will have to respond to a growing range of security missions with declining resources, as well as shed outworn, Cold War-era defense acquisition practices to meet these emerging challenges. The new threats are all too familiar: worldwide and regional instabilities; domestic and foreign terrorism; [...]
STEM — Exciting America’s Future Workforce »
How the contracting sector is coming together to prepare today’s youth for tomorrow’s careers in math and science. Decades after leaving fifth grade, Ed Swallow still remembers the person who had a pivotal role in shaping his future career. A student who tested ahead in math and was already reading Scientific America at a young [...]
Executive Bookshelf: What the leaders are reading »
Being an executive in the ever-evolving government contracting industry requires a sharp mind. Every day, the industry presents new trends, technologies and challenges that impact corporate strategies, and a successful leader’s ability to generate efficient and innovative solutions comes down to one crucial trait — creativity. A creative mind produces ideas. Ideas grow into visions [...]
Potomac officer’s club – Threats Alive and Well Post-bin Laden »
Gen. Michael Hayden and Mike McConnell give their perspectives on terrorism a decade after 9/11. As veterans of the intelligence community, former CIA chief Michael Hayden and former Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell have become sought-out experts on terrorism, especially after the raid by U.S. Special Forces that killed the world’s most wanted terrorist, [...]
GovConExec News Recap »
Important news of the past quarter. Management Moves Northrop Grumman elected CEO and President Wes Bush chairman of the company’s board of directors. Bush has served on the board since 2009 and succeeds Lewis W. Coleman. SRA International named William L. Ballhaus CEO and a member of its board of directors. Ballhaus previously served as [...]
Out of the Shadows – Into the Future »
Many people have never heard of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Here’s why that will all change. In the world of clandestine intelligence, obscurity is desired. But the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has perfected the practice. When he met with federal employees for a photo op at a burger joint in 2009, even the president seemed unsure [...]
