IBM will offer sustainability researchers and scientists access to the company’s World Community Grid supercomputing platform through an estimated $60 million in computing power to support scientific research. The company will accept project proposals from interested parties studying issues related to climate change and provide the selected researchers access to computing power donated by volunteers, IBM said Tuesday. This project is intended to support […] More

(Editor’s note: this interview took place prior to ATK’s April announcement that the company would spinoff its sporting division into an independent company and merge its aerospace and defense businesses with Orbital Sciences. Click here to read GovCon Wire’s coverage of both transactions.) As senior vice president and chief information officer at ATK, Jeff Kubacki acts as the Arlington, […] More

Jay Bavisi, president and co-founder of certification body EC-Council, has been appointed to the board of the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, an organization of U.S. information security professionals from government, industry and academia. EC-Council said Thursday Bavisi has previously participated in CISSE events and is also a recipient of the colloquium’s 2013 Industry Leadership Award. Bavisi, who […] More

Leidos will help the West Point Society of DC promote leadership ethics and diversity by sponsoring a science, technology, engineering and math workshop on April 11 at Howard University. The workshop, administered and funded by Seeds of Humanity Foundation, is slated to have an attendence of more than 40 schools with 220 teachers and student delegates […] More

Teresa Carlson serves as the vice president of the world wide public sector at Amazon Web Services where she is responsible for operations, strategy, sales and business development. The more than 20-year industry veteran is also the head public policy advisor for the global public sector at AWS and oversees revenue and partnership strategy. Prior to joining […] More

Nazzic Keene, a sector president at Science Applications International Corp., has joined the board of directors of a nonprofit group that supports families of deceased soldiers. Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors holds bereavement seminars, retreats and community-based support groups and offers a resource and information hotline for active duty military family survivors, SAIC said Tuesday. “I am honored […] More

The Verizon Foundation is investing $100 million in cash and in-kind contributions over the next three years in programs to promote science, technology, engineering and math for students and teachers. Verizon’s planned STEM programs are intended to bolster professional development for teachers on how to use technology to help students achieve STEM careers,the company said […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has won 12 contracts with a total combined ceiling value of more than $55 million to perform health services for the U.S. military. All contracts were won since Sept. 1 from the departments of the Navy, Air Force and Army, as well as the Defense Health Agency, Booz Allen said Thursday. Andrea […] More