Costello College of Business News

Federal contractors are facing great uncertainty amidst the ongoing changes across the government.

The Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting’s Executive Director Jerry McGinn, Ph.D. joined Nick Wakeman, Editor-in-Chief on Washington Technology’s WT360 Podcast to talk industrial base mobilization.

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Stephanie Halcrow, Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting; James Chew, Cadence Design Systems; Dr. Scott Phillips, Vannevar Labs; and Thomas Moore, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Prototyping and Experimentation

Dr. Suzette Johnson, Northrop Grumman Corp.; Ben Harris, National Armaments Consortium; Dr. Chris Powell, SAIC; and Eileen Wrubel, Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. Arun Seraphin, Emerging Technologies Institute; Stephanie Halcrow, Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting; and Anna Kim, Emerging Tecnologies Institute

Opening Remarks: Jerry McGinn, Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting and Brig. Gen. Guy Walsh, NDIA. Fireside Chat: The Hon. Ellen Lord, The Hon. Doug Bush, and The Hon. John J. Young, Jr.

This timely discussion focused on how recent changes in federal contracting are impacting small business as they work to adapt and to remain competitive. There are many questions and today’s panel explored how businesses are navigating these challenges and finding opportunities. Many small businesses, for example, are tightening their belts to weather the upheaval. Others are just plain showing resilience during this time.

A pair of George Mason University professors are helping needy nonprofits refine their messaging strategies with the help of customized chatbots.

While book bans are not new to the American electorate, the rise in these bans since 2021 has sparked contentious media debates. Paradoxically, this has increased the readership of banned books and given politicians on both sides a platform to exploit controversy.