Chantilly, Va.-based AMERICAN SYSTEMS had an active 2016 with key events that included a major fifth-generation fighter jet testing services contract win and new health information technology services offerings for agencies — two key areas of growth for the government services contractor. Joe Kopfman, a four-decade company veteran, is one of the key leaders over those endeavors in his dual […] More

The Professional Services Council re-elected several executives and appointed new members to its 2017 executive committee and board of directors during its annual meeting held Thursday. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture’s federal services business; and Deb Alderson, president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions; were respectively re-elected as PSC’s chair and vice chair, […] More

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has launched a new strategy designed to help the U.S. Navy address sensitization that results in corrosion cracking of 5xxx series aluminum alloys used in ship construction. Rob Mason, a principal materials scientist at CTC, introduced the strategy at the American Society of Naval Engineers-hosted Fleet Maintenance and Modernization Symposium held in September […] More

Silver Spring, Maryland-based software engineering company Ad Hoc LLC will collaborate with three other technology companies to help the Department of Veterans Affairs design, build and maintain an online portal of various agency services under a $12.9 million contract. The contract also covers website application development, content creation, identity authentication and testing services, the department said in a FedBizOpps […] More

Mark Walsh, a top official at the Small Business Administration, will lead a fireside chat session with corporate executives and venture capitalists at the Big Idea CONNECTpreneur XVIII Forum April 28 at the Bethesda, Maryland-based Hyatt Regency. Walsh joined SBA in late 2015 as associate administrator of the office of investment and innovation, an agency component responsible for initiatives […] More

Kamal Narang serves as vice president for SRA International‘s health business unit and is responsible for overseeing the subsidiary’s work to deliver professional services and information technology products in the federal healthcare sector. Prior to his current role, Narang managed an SRA team of IT and bioinformatics professionals that provide program support at the U.S. […] More

Ellen Glover, an executive vice president at ICF International, has been reappointed chairwoman of the board of directors of the Professional Services Council. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture Federal Services, and Kathleen Flanagan, president and CEO of Abt Associates, were respectively re-elected as vice chair and secretary, PSC said Thursday. Twelve executives from […] More

Commercial and government efforts are underway to build unmanned and autonomous underwater vehicles that can be used for naval warfare, environmental research and recovery mission, National Defense Magazine reports. Yasmin Tadjdeh writes that Michael Toscano, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, believes that UUV technology has limitless applications and will […] More

Kara Yarnot is the founder of talent acquisition consulting and advisory services firm Meritage Talent Solutions, where she serves as president. Her company works with technology vendors and employers several industries and markets. Prior to Meritage, Yarnot spent more than 7 years at SAIC and most recently served as vice president and director of that company’s talent acquisition center of expertise. […] More

Cisco, Kloudtrack and the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business have teamed up to develop a sandbox exchange intended to help fulfill various technology guideline requirements of healthcare communities. The public and private sector healthcare community, as well as medical and life science organizations, will have access to the HealthTech Innovation Sandbox […] More

JLL has named 34 new international directors across its global offices and the LaSalle Investment Management subsidiary for their services to clients, corporate growth, teamwork and collaboration. Colin Dyer, JLL CEO, said Wednesday the company made the appointments as part of its push to increase JLL’s global presence and market position. The new international directors are grouped by […] More

Erik Buice leads Northrop Grumman‘s health systems management unit as vice president and leads a team of more than 800 personnel who help federal health agencies manage their information technology systems. Buice’s career has included stops at firms ranging from large to small, including IT and consulting roles at companies such as CGI, Patriot Technologies, […] More