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

Battelle, Toshiba‘s UK team and China have begun installing and testing communications networks by using quantum physics with the goal of helping to secure long-distance transmissions of data, Nature reported Wednesday. Jane Qiu writes Battelle and Geneva-based ID Quantique collaborated to deploy an approximately 403.8-mile optical fiber to Battelle’s Columbus, Ohio headquarters and offices in Washington. […] More

As CA Technologies senior vice president for public sector sales, John Borghard is responsible for the firm’s sales of cloud computing, software as a service, virtualization, on premise solutions and other offerings to federal, state and local government customers. He has held a number of leadership positions within the company and has spent around 20 years with […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton will support the American Public Health Association’s National Public Health Week through health services projects during April. Booz Allen will work with clients to develop technologies for raising awareness and helping to improve response times to public health crises, the firm announced Wednesday. “Booz Allen is committed to helping our clients enhance the lives […] More

NASA‘s commercial partners have completed the design reviews of their respective spacecraft and rockets intended for the agency’s program to transport mission crews to low-Earth orbit. Blue Origin, Boeing, Sierra Nevada and Space Exploration Technology continue to develop space transportation systems and prepare for tests in 2014 under the second round of their commercial crew […] More

Computer Sciences Corp. will operate and maintain the Customs and Border Protection agency’s financial management systems under a potential five-year, $86 million agreement. CSC will work with CBP to help develop and implement new financial systems for the agency’s nearly 5,000 SAP users, CSC said Thursday. Catherine Kuenzel, vice president and general manager of the homeland […] More

Microsoft will collaborate with financial technology provider FIS, Europol and the Organization of American States to carry out cooperative efforts against potential cyber attacks. The allies seek to assist law enforcement and private industry in dismantling online hacker groups and investigating botnets and malware threats, Microsoft said Wednesday. Microsoft executives signed the three partnership agreements […] More

Leidos has engineered a shelter system for military personnel who are fielded in expeditionary missions. The Self-sustaining Living Module is built with features for solar energy and microgrid power management, rainwater collection, water purification systems and onsite setup and teardown systems, Leidos said Monday. Sam Gordy, a Leidos group president, said SLiM is built to help […] More

Mark Weatherford, a principal at The Chertoff Group, has been promoted to the senior member ranks at the Information Systems Security Association. Weatherford holds the distinction of serving as the Department of Homeland Security‘s first-ever deputy cybersecurity undersecretary and is also a former chief security officer at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, Chertoff Group announced Tuesday. The senior […] More

Siemens’ smart grid division has launched a new distribution management system that is intended to help customers in North America meet business and regulatory requirements. The Spectrum Power ADMS (advanced distribution management system) is built to integrate supervisory control and data acquisition, outage management and fault and network analysis operations into a software platform, Siemens […] More

A bridge built by Louis Berger and Ammann & Whitney has been selected to receive an award for projects outside the state of New York from the American Council of Engineering Companies New York. The companies received a Diamond Award in the structural systems category of the ACEC, Louis Berger announced Thursday. Louis Berger and Ammann & […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More