FedBizBeat is our B2G blog, dedicated to providing government contractors with the latest news and information in government and industry. It is also the source for updates regarding executive leadership, content marketing, contract wins and more.
First AI Director Appointed at VA
The Dept. of Veterans Affairs appointed its first-ever artificial intelligence director, Dr. Gil Alterovitz, to lead its work in improving veteran care with AI-powered solutions. Alterovitz is a Harvard Medical School professor, as well as a member of the...
Trump/JEDI Cloud Contract Review
At long last: The Department of Defense has prevailed after their eight-month-long battle over the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract.
December is the Month for GovCon Pay for Play
Marketing directors and BD leaders, are you suddenly inundated by calls from media offering to do interviews with your executives? Does it seem too good to be true? You know that old saying… if it looks too good to be true, it usually is. Before you start scheduling...
New 2017 Data on Feds’ Media Habits
Last week, Market Connections presented the results from its Federal Media and Marketing Study (FMMS). In its 9th year, the research survey was able to reach a 3,000+ sample size of federal government customers who provided insights into their media consumption...
How to Tap the Art and Science of a Successful GovCon M&A
Originally appeared in WashingtonExec on May 17, 2017 There’s no shortage of merger and acquisition GovCon events in and around D.C. But good ones are a bit harder to come by. This week, there was a good one, featuring several industry heavyweights who hit the mark on...
Top 5 SEO Myths You Should Leave Behind
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine’s unpaid results – often referred to as “natural,” “organic” or “earned” results. The term has been thrown around a lot on social media platforms,...
For Today’s Cybersecurity Woes, Let’s Look Back to the R&D of Yesteryear
When President Kennedy said the United States was going to put a man on the moon, nothing was impossible. He was able to state that because the R&D community in the 1960s—government, academia and industry— was a tenacious bunch, dedicated to problem solving,...
Thrill on the Hill
Ask a group of corporate executives what makes for an effective CEO, and you are liable to get a range of replies. Yet it is doubtful that any particular CEO would exhibit all of the traits mentioned. It’s the same with witnesses who provide testimony before...