By Ross Wilkers
Feb 11, 2021
One publicly-traded blue chip defense company and two others with significant footprints in the federal market reported their financial results for 2020 and spoke to investors this week.
All in the name of putting a period to the paragraph on last year and looking ahead to whatever 2021 presents.
Here are snapshots of what these contractors said to investors in conference calls Thursday and Wednesday.
Huntington Ingalls Industries
The shipbuilding giant’s CEO began the call Thursday by summing 2020 up as a year that “will be remembered as one of the most challenging business environments that we ve ever had to navigate.”
The 5×5 Looking ahead for the Biden administration after a busy year in cybersecurity
This article is part of the monthly 5×5 series by the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, in which five featured experts answer five questions on a common theme, trend, or current event in the world of cyber. Interested in the
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It’s been a wild twelve months in the world of cybersecurity since the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative (CSI) launched the 5×5 series. In March 2020, the Cyberspace Solarium Commission released a report in which it mentioned the word “resilience” 121 times, highlighting the rising importance of creating resilient systems to defend cyberspace. The Commission also issued a white paper on
The Defense Department is working with the General Services Administration to work out reciprocity between the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
GSA Leadership Talks Priorities and Future of Trump-Era Initiatives Rena Schild/Shutterstock.com
email February 12, 2021
The General Services Administration’s acting administrator and commissioner of the acquisition division discuss its technology programs, the beta.SAM migration, D-U-N-S transition, SolarWinds and more.
A new set of leaders have taken their places at the General Services Administration, the agency responsible for managing federal property, providing acquisition resources to other agencies and, in recent years, offering technology assistance for a fee.
As these new leaders settle in, they’re getting acquainted with a slew of Trump-era programs and priority decisions. Acting GSA Administrator Katy Kale and new Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Sonny Hashmi familiar faces from the Obama administration spoke with
Quick Hits The
Chief Data Officers Council launched a new website and published a report to Congress on CDO activities. The CDO Council was mandated by the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act. With multiple winter weather events hitting in the National Capitol region this week, the Office of Personnel Managementreminded agency heads about the importance of communicating emergency situations to employees even amid the current maximum telework posture required under the COVID-19 pandemic.
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