GSA preps code for shutdown of text service for government benefits
Douglas Rissing/Getty Images By Natalie Alms,Staff Reporter, Nextgov/FCW By Natalie Alms | March 6, 2025 04:40 PM ET Though the agency did not confirm whether a Notify.gov shutdown was in the works, the agency’s Github repository shows code for an “end of life” banner for the service. GSA Customer Experience The General Services Administration appears […]
Official who safeguards whistleblowers drops lawsuit protesting his firing by Trump
Hampton Dellinger, shown here in June 2024, led the Office of Special Counsel. He was appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed for a five-year term ending in 2029. C-SPAN/SCREENGRAB GOVEXEC By Sean Michael Newhouse | March 6, 2025 01:14 PM ET An appeals court had allowed the Trump administration to remove Special Counsel Hampton […]
How 18F transformed government technology − and why its elimination matters
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images By Kayla Schwoerer,Assistant Professor of Public Administration & Policy, University at Albany By Kayla Schwoerer | March 6, 2025 11:18 AM ET 18F was a group of technology hotshots within the GSA. Healthcare.gov, the government health insurance marketplace website, launched in October 2013 only to buckle under the weight of […]
Social Security bans news access on government equipment
Lee Lawson/Getty Images By Natalie Alms,Staff Reporter, Nextgov/FCW By Natalie Alms | March 6, 2025 10:24 AM ET Employees were told Monday that “general news” will be blocked. SSA Employees at the Social Security Administration can no longer access news websites on government equipment, they were told in an agencywide email on Thursday morning. “SSA […]
Addressing Key Challenges for Data Discovery in the DOD Environment
Home GovCon Expert Addressing Key Challenges for Data Discovery in the DOD Environment By Amy Hilbert, executive vice president of government solutions at Casepoint and Kelly Swank, vice president of business development for government solutions at Casepoint Like other federal agencies, the Department of Defense requires resources to conduct investigations, manage litigation and respond to […]
Charlesbank Strengthens Velocity One With EMCORE Acquisition
John Borduin / LinkedIn Home M&A Activity Charlesbank Strengthens Velocity One With EMCORE Acquisition Private investment firm Charlesbank Capital Partners has finalized its acquisition of inertial navigation systems provider EMCORE to solidify the formation of Velocity One as a new company focused on providing highly engineered products for the aerospace and defense sectors. Velocity One: […]
Epirus Raises $250M in Series D Funding Round
Andy Lowery Home News Epirus Raises $250M in Series D Funding Round Defense technology company Epirus has raised $250 million in a round of Series D financing led by 8VC and Washington Harbour Partners. The Los Angeles-based company said Wednesday it will use the capital to advance the production of its Leonidas defense platform, support […]
Molly Beggy Named VP of Proposal Operations at Clarity Innovations
Home Executive Moves Molly Beggy Named VP of Proposal Operations at Clarity Innovations Molly Beggy, a former executive at Accenture Federal Service, has been named vice president of proposal operations at Clarity Innovations, effective Feb. 25. The Capitol Meridian Partners portfolio company said Wednesday Beggy will help drive its growth in the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community markets. […]
Duncan McCaskill, Ron Leidner Take on VP Roles at Maximus
Home Executive Moves Duncan McCaskill, Ron Leidner Take on VP Roles at Maximus Maximus has appointed technology leader Duncan McCaskill as vice president of data and Ron Leidner, most recently a senior adviser at the Internal Revenue Service, as VP of client engagement at the company’s federal services business. McCaskill and Leidner announced their new […]
Jeff Burdett Appointed Senior Vice President of C2ISR at SAIC
Jeff Burdett Home Executive Moves Jeff Burdett Appointed Senior Vice President of C2ISR at SAIC Jeff Burdett, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has been elevated to senior vice president of command and control intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or C2ISR at SAIC. Vincent DiFronzo, SAIC executive VP for Air Force and COCOM Business and two-time Wash100 Award winner, announced […]