This year’s Asymmetric Threats symposium series seeks to bring together government, civilian and industry authorities for expert exchange on counter-attack strategies against threats “at every level,” Ken Asbury, CACI International president and CEO, said Wednesday. The symposium, entitled, “Cyber, Electronic Warfare, and Critical Infrastructure Strategies for National Security,” will be held on October 1 at […] More

Alicia Rigdon, who previously served as director of contracts, purchasing, pricing and compliance for American Ordnance, LLC, has been appointed general counsel and director of contracts and customer service, Marotta said Thursday.  Earlier in her career, she was a program manager for EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, and a litigation attorney for the Missouri State Public Defender’s Office […] More

David Hamilton, group president for government healthcare solutions at Xerox, said the company is using health information technology and data analysis to help Wyoming improve the state’s patient care plans. “We’re providing advice and support that help members make decisions for a healthy lifestyle,” Hamilton said Thursday. “By ensuring they receive healthcare in the setting best suited […] More

Steve Schooner serves as Nash & Cibinic professor of government procurement law and co-director of the government procurement law program at the George Washington University Law School. He also served as senior associate dean for academic affairs of the Law School between 2006 and 2008. Schooner joined GWU’s faculty in 1998 after a stint at the Office of Federal Procurement […] More

Tarik Reyes oversees program delivery, strategy and execution in his role as operating unit director for civil information solutions at Northrop Grumman‘s information systems sector. Prior to this role, Reyes held a business development leadership role for Northrop’s civil federal and select defense markets and his career also includes stops at Microsoft, Visalign and Bechtel. In this […] More

Jessica Nielsen serves as vice president of communications and marketing at Lockheed Martin where she is responsible for all facets of communications at the company’s Information Systems and Global Solutions division. She previously was executive director of global communications at Dell and was chief of staff to the BAE Systems group communications director from 2009-2011. Nielsen […] More

The Air Force National Capital Region is undertaking the second phase in the four-phase deployment of the AFNCR Shared Computing Environment with support from prime contractor Lockheed Martin, GCN reported Tuesday. William Jackson writes the SCE program, which provided AFNCR with a unified IT infrastructure and shared enterprise services, is focused on load balancing during the second deployment phase. […] More

Ron Fouse oversees legal affairs for government services contractor ASRC Federal and its subsidiaries as chief compliance officer and general counsel for the Greenbelt, Md.-based company. Fouse holds legal experience from both sides of the GovCon sector as he also served as an associate counsel to the Naval Air Systems Command and as a trial attorney […] More

Verizon has released their virtual platform, Verizon Virtual Visits, that will aim to expand access to medical care for patients through smartphones, tablets and computers. Verizon Virtual Visits’ goal is to provide an enterprise-class platform for health systems that will allow for patients to be seen by a physician remotely for a cold, flu, sore […] More

Cisco plans to help the southern region of Denmark grow its use of video technologies in hospitals in an effort to further advance health facilities in the region. Regional Council Chairman Carl Holst signed a memorandum of understanding with Cisco’s Hans Hwang Monday, agreeing to work together to expand Southern Denmark’s use of modern technology […] More

Boeing has awarded SSC Group subsidiary Universal Space Network a five-year, $12 million contract to support Boeing’s commercial satellite services unit’s work on the Global Xpress program. USN said Thursday it will design and construct a Mil-Ka gateway and operate and maintain the system for the satellite program. “Our commercial approach allowed flexibility to meet changing requirements while maintaining a focus […] More

Michael Harper, deputy chairman and senior independent director at QinetiQ, will succeed the retiring Noreen Doyle as as chairperson of the board of directors’ remuneration committee next month. QinetiQ Chairman Mark Elliott thanked Doyle for her leadership in international business and corporate finance and noted her contributions as a non-executive director since October 2005 and remuneration […] More