Posts from GovConWire for 09/15/2015

PSC: OMB’s Cybersecurity Acquisition Guidance Lacks Uniformity

The Professional Services Council has called on the Office of Management and Budget to revise or withdraw the agency’s draft guidance entitled “Improving Cybersecurity Protections in Federal Acquisitions…

House Bill Aims to Head Off Gov’t Shutdown

Four House Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill that calls for bipartisan efforts to raise sequestration spending caps and avert another government shutdown at the end of this month. Rep. Chris Van Hollen’s (D-Md…

Eric Scholten Appointed as Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Sector VP, Controller

Eric Scholten, formerly director of business management at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has been named vice president and controller for Northrop’s aerospace systems sector. He will report to Sunil Navale, VP of the company’s business management and chief financial officer of aerospace systems, Northrop Grumman said Monday…

DLA Taps Valero Marketing for $182M Aviation Fuel Supply IDIQ

Valero Marketing and Supply Co. has won a potential one-year, $181.9 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply aircraft turbine fuel to the government of Israel. DLA Energy in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, received six proposals for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Monday…

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Clark Named DHA Healthcare Operations Director

Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Clark, director at Maryland-based Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, has been appointed director of healthcare operations at the Defense Health Agency, the Defense Department said Monday…

September 14 Market Close: GovCon Index, US Stocks Fall on China Selloff

The GovCon Index hit a setback Monday after two consecutive sessions of gains to record a loss of 0.367 points and close at 72.333. A selloff in Chinese markets triggered declines in U.S. markets Monday after data showed that country’s factory production and fixed-asset investment activity in August missed the consensus analysts’ estimate, according to the Wall Street Journal…