The White House has reappointed John Keker, founder of law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters, and added Mark Pincus, co-founder and chairman of social gaming company Zynga, to the Presidio Trust board of directors. Keker takes the seat that Alex Mehran of Sunset Development Company has vacated while Pincus fills in for Keker, Presidio Trust said […] More

Deloitte‘s philanthropic arm and the University of Illinois College of Business have established a facility to develop curriculum focused on business analytics. The Center for Business Analytics at Urbana-Champaign aims to help students gain data knowledge as well as develop skills and abilities necessary for business leadership through the curriculum, Deloitte said Tuesday. Deloitte Foundation also provided a $5 million gift to support business analytics […] More

JDog Junk Removal & Hauling has launched a new branch of its franchise JDog Services to perform government-contracted jobs after the company received a Veteran-Owned Small Business designation from the Department of Veterans Affairs. JDog Services will provide waste management services for the government in various territories across the country, JDog said Tuesday. “Receiving government-contracted […] More

Maximus‘ philanthropic arm has donated $20,000 from employee contributions and corporate matching funds to the Florida Disaster Fund of Volunteer Florida Foundation in memory of the victims in the Orlando shooting. Maximus said Thursday the Florida Disaster Fund is an official state private fund that works to support organizations that serve survivors, families and others in need of assistance and help communities respond and recover […] More

Microsoft has awarded 12 entrepreneurial businesses with seed grants and resources – including BizSpark tools such as free software, services and technology support — to help the expansion of the company’s hardware, applications, connectivity and power systems. The company said Monday the Affordable Access Initiative grants support the $1 billion investment plan of Microsoft to use cloud technology power […] More

Maximus has donated $20,000 to the Lowcounty Ministries – Reverend Pinckney Fund that seeks to support healthcare, economic programs and youth and child development efforts in Charleston, S.C. The fund is an initiative of the city of Charleston and the non-profit organization Palmetto Project, the company said Thursday. The fund is named after Rev. Clementa Pinckney, […] More

Maximus has donated at least $29,000 to Project Hope to aid the non-profit organization in its health relief efforts in Nepal after the recent two earthquakes that struck the country. Richard A. Montoni, Maximus CEO and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, said Tuesday the company aims to “support Project Hope’s efforts to send […] More

American Systems celebrated Tuesday its 40th anniversary as an information technology products and services provider for the government and 25th year as an employee-owned company. American Systems CEO Peter Smith, who came onboard in 1980, said the company has remained committed to its business and philanthropic missions throughout the years. “Since becoming a majority-owned ESOP […] More

A new report by the Creating IT Futures Foundation discusses how developments in social media, mobility, data analytics and cloud technologies contribute to technology convergence and shape the transformation of government. The foundation said Tuesday the “Federal Technology Convergence Commission Report” to the Office of Science and Technology Policy states that the interconnectivity of technologies continues to change the federal IT […] More

Leidos has outlined its ethics and compliance, philanthropic and environmental programs over the past year in the company’s annual corporate responsibility report. The company said Monday it donated more than $2 million to charities and its staff volunteered more than 16,000 hours of their time to promote STEM education as well as support military veteran […] More

Melissa Koskovich serves as vice president for communications and marketing at Leidos, where she oversees the company’s communications, branding and advertising activities. Koskovich joined Leidos in 2006 — when it was known as Science Applications International Corp. — and helped to execute the company’s initial public offering. She later acted as lead communicator for Project Gemini — the separation of SAIC into two publicly-traded […] More