In a webinar organized by the Fort Meade Alliance addressing 370 participants on Tuesday morning, Diane Dunshee and Mollie Quasny of the NSA provided additional details on the agency’s implementation of Section 3610 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Summarizing the agency’s approach, Dunshee, the Deputy…...
Fort Meade Alliance Names New Treasurer to the Board
The Fort Meade Alliance (FMA) has appointed former FMA president Jay Baldwin to its 27-person board of directors effective March 6, 2020. Baldwin, Senior Vice President, Maryland Commercial Banking Team Lead of Atlantic Union Bank, will also serve on the Executive Committee as the organization’s Treasurer. “Jay’s insight and expertise as…...
Understanding COVID-19’s impact and relief measures for your business
The Fort Meade Alliance recently convened a panel of leaders to discuss available resources to help members interpret and implement the various pieces of federal and state legislation that have recently been passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 200 attendees signed on to Tuesday’s webinar. Harry Gatanas,…...
Industry Day highlights growing performance-based contracts, collaboration and small-business opportunities
The recent establishment of a Cybersecurity Directorate within the National Security Agency is impacting the flow of information and contracting opportunities from the NSA. That was one key takeaway from the FMA Industry Day keynote address by Tammy Griffith, Cybersecurity Directorate Portfolio Manager on February 13. NSA Director General Paul…...
Kiosk project puts resiliency at your fingertips
Fort Meade personnel and family members will soon have a new way to access resiliency services from mental health resources to nutrition counseling to music camps for kids. Members of the Fort Meade Alliance have been constructing a Resiliency Resources kiosk. In recent months, members of the Military and Family…...
DoD contracts to include new cybersecurity requirements
Experts in defense contracting are advising small and mid-sized businesses to start preparing for the looming rollout of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. Developed through the Department of Defense’s Office of the Undersecretary for Acquisitions and Sustainment, CMMC is designed to make cybersecurity a foundational component of all…...
