Posts from GovCon Daily for 09/10/2015

Mac Thornberry: FY 2016 Defense Authorization Bill Deal Close

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said Congress is close to a deal on provisions in the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill in an interview with the Washington Free Beacon reported Thursday…

James Clapper: Cyber Threats Create ‘Impactful’ National Security, Economic Issues

National Intelligence Director James Clapper told House Intelligence Committee members Thursday that cybersecurity threats are getting more sophisticated and pose a significant impact on the U.S.’ economic and national security programs…

Sutherland Global Rolls Out Public Sector Arm, Teresa Weipert on Civilian Agency Focus

Rochester, N.Y.-based business process outsourcing and technology management services provider Sutherland Global Services will formally unveil a new unit in September that will focus on work with federal and other public sector agencies…

Tom Aikens Appointed Leidos Health Deputy Group President; Jonathan Scholl Comments

Tom Aikens, formerly executive vice president of operations at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been named deputy group president for the company’s health business. Leidos said Thursday Aikens will report to Jonathan Scholl, health and engineering sector president, and oversee the health business’ financial, staffing and marketing operations…

Deltek’s Alex Rossino: Hydrid Cloud Deployment, Data Mgmt Trends Drive Gov’t IT Activity

Alex Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, has identified three cloud computing trends that have started to take place in the federal information technology sector. Rossino wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that there has been an increase in the deployment of both public and private cloud infrastructures across federal agencies in fiscal year 2015…