Your FMA Community Report

FEBRUARY 2019

New approaches to training, contracting and war fighting key to Cyber Command’s success

Stepping before a microphone in a banquet room filled with business and community leaders dressed in suits, Lieutenant General Vincent R. Stewart declared his mission and challenge simply through his appearance.

The Deputy Commander of U.S. Cyber Command had decided to forego a dress uniform and wear fatigues because “one of the things we are trying to make sure everybody understands is that we are, no kidding, a war-fighting command,” Stewart said. “We didn’t build U.S. Cyber Command to sit on the sideline and react to the adversary… We are not going to allow nation states to continuously poke at us… We built U.S. Cyber Command so we can take the fight to our adversary wherever they are.” Read More

Continued funding, community support required for ACS programs

The annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey by Blue Star Families itemizes the personal costs of serving a nation.

Beyond the overarching challenges of time away from family and living on a military salary, active service members and spouses listed family stability/quality of life, children’s education, impacts of deployments on children, and military spouse employment as the biggest issues in their lives.

In the 2018 survey, 70 percent of military spouses reported being unemployed or under-employed, 52 percent of respondents identified spousal employment as the leading obstacle to military families’ financial stability, and 62 percent reported experiencing stress about their family’s current financial situation. Forty-seven percent of respondents said they want to see large corporations develop “military spouse friendly flexible work options.” Read More

Industry Day offers insights on acquisition opportunities and strategies for innovation

For federal contractors in the Fort Meade Region, the FMA Industry Day is a singular opportunity to gain new insights and connections.

“There is no other event like this,” said FMA President Doreen Harwood. “It’s the largest unclassified industry event held yearly that gathers together senior acquisition executives from the National Security Agency, U.S. Cyber Command and the Defense Information Systems Agency.”

Scheduled for March 7th, the half-day event at the Westin Baltimore Washington Airport Hotel will include a panel discussion by those acquisitions officials and ample opportunities to question them about strategic initiatives, contracting processes, agency needs and specific opportunities. Read More

Thank You to our New & Upgraded Members in 2019!

Members Upgraded to Partners

KeyW Corporation - 5 Star Partner

DataStax - Patriot Partner

New Members

Basis Technology Corporation

BCANetwork, LLC

DEHarwood, LLC

Galorath Incorporated

HRC LLC

JTEC Consulting LLC

M&T Bank

New Advanced Technologies

Old Line Bank

Panther LLC

Tipton Airport Authority

Upcoming Events

Meade Business Connect –

Facilities Clearance

February 27, 2019 | 8:00 am - 9:15 am

Fort Meade Alliance Offices

Join us for our Meade Business Connect session on Understanding the Facilities Clearance Process with Kathy Edwards of Praxis Engineering and Amy Walker of Synergy LLC.