Acquisition

Rising Star: Kaitlin I. Bulavinetz

Managing Director, Washington Cyber Roundtable

Acquisition

Rising Star: Jonathan Riksen

Associate Partner & Client Leader, IBM

Acquisition

Rising Star: Ellen Nadeau

Deputy Manager, Privacy Framework, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Acquisition

Rising Star: David Catanoso

Director, Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office, Department of Veteran Affairs

Acquisition

Rising Star: Travis Sorensen

CEO, Oddball, Inc.

Acquisition

Rising Star: Ryan V. Hendricks

USA Performance Product Development Supervisor, Office of Personnel Management

Acquisition

Rising Star: Gilberto Castro

Global Networking Manager, Georgetown University

Acquisition

Rising Star: Mahtab Emdadi

Regional Sales Director, Dell Technologies

Acquisition

Rising Star: Lt. Jason A. Pawlak

Cyber Battle Captain, U.S. Transportation Command

Acquisition

Rising Star: Dr. Leonie Heyworth

Director of Synchronous Telehealth, VHA Office of Connected Care/ Telehealth Services, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

Acquisition

Rising Star: Michelle Johnson

Communications Manager and Senior Research Analyst, Section 809 Panel, Defense Acquisition University

Acquisition

Rising Star: Christopher Rorvig

Senior Consultant, Consulting Services, CGI Federal

Acquisition

Rising Star: Omid Ghaffari-Tabrizi

Acquisitions Lead, Centers of Excellence, General Services Administration

Acquisition

Rising Star: Samer Madarani

Partner Account Director - Partnership Development, Dovel Technologies

Acquisition

Rising Star: Anna Cordrey

Deputy Program Manager, NASA

Acquisition

Rising Star: Will Cahoe

Projects Coordinator, 10x, General Services Administration

Cybersecurity

Civilian Vendor Cybersecurity Certification Would Look Very Different From DOD

A civilian counterpart to the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification would need to suit the varying missions across government, according to federal deputy CIO Margie Graves.

Cybersecurity

Report: 2020 is the Year Data Gets Weaponized

Research firm Forrester experts criminals and bad actors to weaponized artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the results won’t be pretty.

Digital Government

DOD data strategy nearing release

Navy chief data officer says the final draft should be out in November, with service-specific implementation plans to follow.

Cybersecurity

Russian Hackers Launch Cyberattacks Against International Athletics Organizations

The attacks come as the World Anti-Doping Agency threatens to bar Russia from participating in major competitions, including the Olympics and other world championship events.