Elizabeth de la Cruz

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Industrial business has received a Safety and Health Recognition Program certification from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The company said Wednesday the SHARP certification recognizes small business employers that have implemented an injury prevention and safety program and utilized OSHA’s on-site consultation services. “The consultation process allowed us to review and […] More

The Homeland Security and Defense Business Council has selected six new companies as members as the council works to facilitate idea exchanges between industry and government. The council said Thursday senior executives and professionals from large, midtier and small member companies participate in various programs and the Thought Leadership Committee that engages with administration officials […] More

PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal business, has been re-elected to a three-year term on the Professional Services Council board of directors and newly elected to serve on the council’s executive committee. Unisys said Friday Puvvada was also selected to chair PSC’s Civilian Agencies Council that oversees acquisition policies and strategies of federal civilian agencies such […] More

Carey Smith, president of Parsons‘ federal business unit, will serve as secretary of the Professional Services Council’s board of directors and continue as member of the council’s executive committee for another term. Parsons said Wednesday Smith, who joined the PSC executive committee and board in 2015, has provided leadership on government services industry issues such as agile […] More

Intel has made several investments in support of a computer science education program introduced by President Barack Obama dubbed Computer Science for All. The company said Monday it made the investments in support of Intel’s $300 million Diversity in Technology program that has committed to diversify the pool of available technical talent. The investments aim to establish a […] More

John Warden, former director of assured design and processes at the Missile Defense Agency, has joined Huntsville, Alabama-based government services contractor Qualis as senior technical director. He will provide technical leadership on all engineering disciplines in support of Qualis’ customers in his new position, the company said Nov. 15. Qualis Chief Operating Officer Carlos Kingston said that Warden holds 25 […] More

Oracle will invest $1.4 billion in direct and in-kind to support computer science education across member states of the European Union in support of efforts to educate 3.1 million students in 110 countries. Oracle said Thursday the contract, that includes a one-year base period and four option years, will look to offer CS, Java and Database instruction training […] More

The National Advanced Mobility Consortium has elected three new members to the nonprofit organization’s board of directors. NAMC said Tuesday Christopher Rohe will serve as president of the board of directors, while Michael Ladika and Gerald Lane have been appointed respectively as vice president and treasurer of the manned and unmanned ground vehicle-focused consortium. Rohe serves as senior […] More

Grace Hopper, former U.S. Navy admiral and a computer pioneer, and Newt Minow, former Federal Communications Commission chairman, have been awarded the final Medals of Freedom for President Barack Obama’s term in office. Hopper previously held roles with the U.S. Naval Reserve, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sperry, Association of Computer Programmers […] More

Paul Hobelmann will join WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff as a vice president at the company’s Arlington, Virginia office. WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff said Monday Hobelmann will lead its structural engineering practice on buildings in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and aid the company’s suite of services that covers mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering. Hobelmann has more than […] More

The defense sector trade group Aerospace Industries Association has elected new members its executive board of governors for 2017 that includes at least 20 government contracting industry leaders. AIA said Thursday Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was chosen to serve as the association’s chairman of the board and Raytheon chief executive Thomas Kennedy was elected vice chairman. David Melcher was reappointed […] More