by Linda Rawson | Aug 6, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Contracting
At DynaGrace Enterprises, we believe that clarity is the cornerstone of ethical contracting. As President, I’ve seen how vague language, misaligned expectations, and rushed scopes can derail even the most promising projects.
Technology moves fast. Contracts must move with intention. — Linda Rawson
Clarity in contracts means:
- Defining deliverables with precision
- Aligning scope with mission
- Embedding ethical boundaries and feedback loops
- Ensuring all parties understand their role in the system’s impact
We use the Soulprint Framework to guide our approach:
- We begin with intention
- We protect stakeholders through clear terms
- We reflect shared values in every clause
- We evolve agreements to meet real-world needs
- We tell stories that empower—not confuse
Why It Matters
In federal contracting, clarity isn’t just operational—it’s energetic. It sets the tone for collaboration, trust, and transformation.
Whether we’re building AI systems, deploying cloud solutions, or crafting public-facing platforms, our contracts must be as thoughtful as our technology.
A contract is a container. What we put inside it shapes the future. — Linda Rawson
Our Commitment
At DynaGrace, we don’t just sign contracts—we shape them. We work with agencies and partners to ensure every agreement is clear, conscious, and aligned with purpose.
Let’s lead with clarity. Let’s contract with care.
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by Linda Rawson | Jul 29, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence
In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, one question echoes louder than ever:
Can algorithms earn our trust?
At DynaGrace Enterprises, we believe the answer lies not just in code, but in conscience—and our founder, Linda Rawson, is leading the charge.
As the voice behind the debut episode of GovConBiz, Linda dives deep into the soul of AI, exploring how ethics, clarity, and wisdom must guide the future of government technology. With a legacy of winning millions in federal contracts and a growing presence in the Trusted AI space, she’s uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between innovation and integrity.
Designing AI with Soul
Linda’s approach to AI isn’t just technical, it’s transformational. She introduces actionable principles for responsible AI development:
- Clarity: Systems must be understandable, not just functional.
- Empathy: Technology should reflect human values, not override them.
- Intentionality: Every algorithm must serve a purpose rooted in service.
- Accountability: Developers must own the impact of their creations.
These aren’t just ideals, they’re imperatives. And Linda is helping technologists, entrepreneurs, and government leaders see that ethical design isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity.
From GovCon to Global Impact
At DynaGrace, we’re proud to support Linda’s mission to make AI trustworthy, transparent, and human-centered. Her insights are shaping not only how we build technology, but how we build trust, in systems, in institutions, and in each other.
Want to learn how to integrate ethics into your tech strategy or government proposal? Linda’s your guide. She’s not just asking the hard questions, she’s answering them with clarity and conviction.
Trusted AI is about earning, not demanding, confidence from the people it serves.
Read the article here ->https://govcon-biz.com/2025/07/29/can-algorithms-earn-trust/
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Watch on YouTube -> https://youtu.be/csf0iL-VHPA
by Linda Rawson | Jun 11, 2025 | Business
DynaGrace Enterprises is proud to be recognized on the 2025 Women Tech Council Shatter List, an honor that underscores its dedication to fostering diversity and inclusion in technology. This annual list highlights companies that actively foster opportunities for women in STEM, promoting leadership representation, mentorship, and equitable career growth.
Empowering Women in AI and Emerging Technologies
At DynaGrace Enterprises, we believe innovation flourishes when diverse perspectives are embraced. Led by Founder & CEO Linda Rawson and Vice President Jennifer Remund, DynaGrace combines AI-driven data science, autonomous sensor networks, and trusted AI systems with a culture of collaboration, empowerment, and strategic leadership.
Our team excels in data-driven intelligence, predictive analytics, and AI-enhanced decision-making, bridging both government and commercial applications while ensuring women have leading roles in these transformative fields.
What the Shatter List Means for DynaGrace
Making the Shatter List reinforces our commitment to:
✅ Hiring, mentoring, and elevating women in AI and data science
✅ Creating a workplace that champions innovation, inclusion, and leadership growth
✅ Expanding opportunities for women in government contracting and defense technology
✅ Pushing boundaries in AI-driven decision support systems
Looking Forward
This recognition is more than an award; it’s a testament to our ongoing mission. As AI and data science continue shaping industries, DynaGrace remains dedicated to ensuring women are at the forefront of innovation.
We invite others to join us in building a future where diversity drives progress.
Learn more about the Women Tech Council Shatter List here
Want to explore career opportunities with DynaGrace? Check out our employment page and connect with us to be part of the change!
by Linda Rawson | Feb 7, 2021 | Information Technology, System Engineering
Building a cyber secure system is one of the fundamental objectives of software developers and system engineers and the absence of security is a severe problem. Software developers focus on building feature-rich applications and improving user interaction and user experience. Security of applications and overall systems is left out to be tackled by third parties AFTER the system is developed.
The absence of security in the initial stages of System Engineering is the single most significant cybersecurity gap and risk in modern system development. ~Linda Rawson
Assurance Approach
Researchers have proposed different approaches to secure a system. Security by Design is an assurance approach; software and hardware developers try to secure systems by adopting practices like continuous testing, authentication safeguards, and adherence to best programming practices. This approach allows you to formalize infrastructure design and automate security controls so that you can secure every aspect of IT management and administration.
Absence of Security is an Organization Thing
Security in system engineering has a lot to do with WHO is involved more than vulnerabilities. The most important thing is to get the organization on board to embrace security. No exceptions. Implementing a DevSecOps approach ensures that security, development, and IT Ops teams work toward a joint security goal. If developers are onboarded with training that teaches them how to be hackers, they will write hacker-proof code.
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Traditional Methods Need Adjusting
Security by Design helps secure the systems that were not networked initially, and security has not traditionally been considered in product design. One of the vital part goals of Security by Design is baking security into the design lifecycle, ensuring that data flows are secure, and authentication is appropriate.
Baking in Security
Baking in security is imperative as the entire IT landscape infrastructure has moved from just being client-server architecture to virtualization, cloud, a serverless environment, and containers, making it complicated for security practices. Cybersecurity should not be an afterthought; it should be baked in during the entire lifecycle of system development and deployment.
The variety of application development practices and frameworks should also be a motivation behind adopting cybersecurity. The conception, and partial reality, is cybersecurity is challenging and will slow the development cycle down. Modern software development lifecycle models have relaxed the perceived rigidity and are moving toward Agile methods.
The Waterfall model’s sequencing, emphasizing documentation at each phase before proceeding to the next phase, made it easier to include security controls at every step of the process. Baked in cybersecurity fit right into the rigid process.
Organizations are increasingly moving away from the waterfall model to rapid development cycles, where code is released monthly, weekly, daily, or even hourly.
The End Goal
Hardware and software should be treated together, integrated with cybersecurity early and frequently.
by Linda Rawson | Feb 5, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Information Technology
A cyber-resilient mindset is different from a cybersecurity mindset, although they are complimentary. Cybersecurity has often been an afterthought in System Engineering. It always surprises me to read through diagrams or models and discover not one mention of cybersecurity. Criminals will exploit humans and systems to bring the system to its knees and cause massive revenue loss.
Security in System Engineering has a lot to do with WHO is involved more than vulnerabilities. The most important thing for System Engineering security is in changing the culture to embrace security. No exceptions. Security must be built into the project at the beginning.
Implementing a DevSecOps approach ensures that security, development, and IT Ops teams work toward a joint security goal. ~ Linda Rawson
The People are Not the Process.
DevSecOps is agile in nature, and the people are still involved but not in the same capacity as they were in the Waterfall model. In DevSecOps, the people are not the process: The pipeline, the set of phases and tools that the code follows to reach deployment, defines the process.
The phases include Build, Test, and Deployment and prefer automation over manual methods. Build automation consists of the tools needed to grab the code and compile it. Test executes the automated test cases, while deployment drops the build into its destination. It means using static analysis tools that check the portions of code that have been changed versus scanning the entire code base.
The People Monitor the Process and Respond to Process Failures
Training hardware and software developers regularly on new cyber-attack techniques and exploitation vectors is essential to application solution security. Security and quality assurance policies need to be promulgated among the team to make development standards unambiguous and clear for everyone. Defensive Coding Practices result in more complicated code but writing code while thinking how an attacker might think, reduces vulnerabilities, and therefore reduces risk.
All Levels of Management Must Be Involved
Individuals from government stakeholders, operations, security, and development teams must be encouraged to have a cyber-resilient mindset. If you are proactive and think like a cyber attacker, you would do things differently instead of explaining why an attack occurred. In the case of an extensive enterprise system, why bank accounts were drained, or an airplane hit the ground.
Adopting Cybersecurity Practices
Adopting cybersecurity practices such as continuous integration, continuous delivery, and constant distribution has dramatically accelerated the speed at which organizations release and update applications. Security is no longer something that can be bolted on at the end of the development cycle but must be started by a proactive organization.
This blog was written by Linda Rawson, of DynaGrace Enterprises (dynagrace.com). For further information, please connect with Linda on LinkedIn, or contact her at (800) 676-0058 ext 101.
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