CACI International‘s computer and audio forensics laboratory in Alexandria, Virginia, has received accreditation from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors and the Laboratory Accreditation Board-International based on testing and calibration requirements as well as industry standards. The company said Tuesday the accreditation covers CACI Digital Forensics Laboratory’s management, personnel, facilities, equipment, quality systems and procedures. “The accreditation . […] More

Ned Goldberg, former chief information security officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, has joined Reston, Virginia-based contracting firm CENTERPOINT as its new vice president responsible for the company’s cybersecurity business. “His experience delivering technology solutions, along with his thorough understanding of the issues that agencies face in this era of increased cyber threats, will ensure that CENTERPOINT’s […] More

A Deltek study says approximately 1,100 contractors have exited or are scheduled to leave the Small Business Administration‘s 8(a) business development program in fiscal year 2014, the Washington Post reported April 14. Kathleen Sievers, a Deltek research manager, writes that those companies hold almost $5 billion in combined set-aside task order contracts that will expire […] More

ExecutiveBiz recently spoke with Tina Kuhn, a top cybersecurity executive with Northrop Grumman Information Systems, on Northrop’s international expansion, opportunities for transformation within the government budget environment, how to “build-in” cyber defenses, and more in the cyber space. Kuhn joined Northrop in 2012 after holding a series of GovCon leadership roles focusing on intelligence and […] More

Buchanan & Edwards sponsored a University of Virginia-hosted forum held Friday through Sunday that sought to promote mobile application development. Students in teams of four participated in a 36-hour programming event to develop mobile apps or platforms from scratch during the UVA 2014 Hackathon, BE announced recently. The UVa 2014 Hackathon had more than 30 […] More

The open source semantic software developed by LMI has won the most innovative technology award in the government category of a months-long competition sponsored by the Northern Virginia Technology Council and The Washington Post. LMI’s OpenPolicy tool won the Destination Innovation 2014 award for how it helps organize massive data and knowledge in “countless pages […] More

The Northern Virginia Technology Council has chosen the winners of a four-week innovation competition that had 29 participating technology companies. The Destination Innovation competition amassed 75,000 total votes during the course of the competition through the Washington Post’s Capital Business website, NVTC announced Thursday. LynxFit won the social category, Homesnap won the commerce category, LMI […] More

Northrop Grumman has built and tested an air-based pod system for the U.S. Air Force to manage exchange of video, data and voice messages in real time during combat operations. The Smart Node Pod worked to transmit air and ground warfighter communications through waveform and datalink channels during flight demonstrations in February over Virginia Beach, […] More

Aneesh Chopra, formerly U.S. chief technology officer and Virginia secretary of technology, co-founded Hunch Analytics in October 2013 with the goal of helping organizations manage big data, the Washington Post reported Monday. Steven Overly writes the Arlington, Va.-based start-up works with energy, healthcare and academic leaders to help their organizations leverage databases and algorithms for […] More

Newport News Shipbuilding has won an economic impact award from the Economics Club of Hampton for its $5.5 billion economic contribution in the Norfolk, Va. area. The Huntington Ingalls Industries business unit was given the award at a March 21 luncheon at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott, the company announced Friday. “We are fortunate to live […] More

George Newstrom leads Dell Services Federal Government as its vice president and general manager, a position he rose to after joining the firm in 2011 to help expand its reach in the cybersecurity and intelligence spaces. Newstrom is a retired U.S. Marine Corps electronics and communications officer and also served as secretary of technology for the […] More

Eight collegiate cyber defense teams will participate in the 2014 National CyberWatch Center Mid-Atlantic Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition next week at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland. JHUAPL said Wednesday that this year’s simulated scenario will have professional security experts pose as cyber terrorists and conduct attacks intended to disturb relief efforts of a disaster aid distribution […] More