She also meets with key Cyber personnel (across both DoD and Federal Agencies) as well as legislators to ensure that changes made in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) are supportive in reaching the goals of decreased spending and increased compliance with current and future standards. Arrington is leading efforts that will help to ensure a robust Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM), establish Defense Industrial Base Security and Resilience, and establish a common standard in Cyber Security Standards. Arrington is responsible to ensure the incorporation of integrated security/cyber efforts within USD(A&S) with the purpose of providing a focused and streamlined governance approach and to provide a central coordination point and common compliance standard that serves to synchronize the various existing disparate cyber security efforts and standards across the Department and Industry as it relates to A&S equities. In this position, she serves as the central hub and integrator within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, OUSD(A&S), to align acquisition cyber strategy.Īs the CISO (A), Ms. Katherine “Katie” Arrington currently is the Chief Information Security Officer, CISO(A) to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, ASD(A). Williams in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia during the 2008-2009 term. Arnold served as law clerk to the Honorable Glen M. He is currently pursuing is LLM in Government Procurement from George Washington University Law School. Arnold is designated as a Next Generation Partner by Legal500®. He also routinely represents federal construction contractors in the defense and prosecution of claims against the Government. Arnold also has expertise in the False Claims Act, suspension & debarment proceedings, and other matters related to procurement fraud. Arnold regularly represents clients prime contractors and subcontractors in litigation before the Government Accountability Office, the Boards of Contract Appeals, the Court of Federal Claims, and state and federal courts across the country. Arnold focuses his practice in all areas of government procurement, including bid protests, contract claims, procurement fraud, ethics & regulatory compliance, suspension & debarment, internal investigations, small business regulations, and contract drafting. Teddie Arnold is an Partner in the Government Contracts group in the Washington, D.C. He hosts his own radio show on government procurement, "Off the Shelf" on Federal News Radio in Washington, DC. He has testified often before committees of the US Senate, House of Representatives, and several state legislatures. He served as a member of the Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel and the "Federal Contracts Report" Board of Advisors. Larry is an expert in GSA and VA Multiple Award/Federal Supply Schedule contracting, as well as GWAC and IDIQ contracts. He regularly teaches classes on government acquisition and has been a guest of the governments of South Korea, Canada, and Great Britain speaking on the topic of how foreign companies can do business in the US government marketplace. He has written numerous articles on the state of federal acquisition in periodicals such as "Federal Computer Week" and "The Federal Times". Larry has written or contributed to three books on government contracting, including Multiple Award Schedule Contracting (contributing author), The Secret of Schedules Sales Success> (primary author), and Business to Government (contributing author). Larry Allen has over 20 years' experience in government acquisition.
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