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  • Kelly Bissell Joins Accenture Subsidiary as Global Managing Director; Omar Abbosh Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kelly Bissell Joins Accenture Subsidiary as Global Managing Director; Omar Abbosh Comments

    Kelly Bissell, former Deloitte cyber risk services lead for Europe, Middle East and Africa, has joined Accenture as global managing director of the latter firm’s Accenture Security subsidiary. Accenture said Monday Bissell, who was hired in June, holds 25 years of security industry experience in breach incident response, identity management, privacy and data protection, secure software development and cyber risk […] More

  • Defense Security Service Recognizes ASRC Federal Subsidiary with Achievement Award; Mark Gray Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Security Service Recognizes ASRC Federal Subsidiary with Achievement Award; Mark Gray Comments

    The Defense Security Service has bestowed the 2016 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award to ASRC Federal‘s Primus Solutions subsidiary. ASRC Federal said Thursday DSS gives the Cogswell Award to industry contractors that have implemented and maintained a security program that complies with and exceeds National Industrial Security Program requirements. Mark Gray, ASRC Federal president and CEO, said the […] More

  • Northrop, Raytheon, Orbital ATK Get DoD Recognition for Small Business Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Raytheon, Orbital ATK Get DoD Recognition for Small Business Support

    Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Orbital ATK and their respective small business partners Davidson Technologies, Mentis Sciences and Martinez and Turek have each received an award from the Defense Department‘s office of small business programs under the mentor-protege program. The three teams, which currently support the Missile Defense Agency, received the Nunn-Perry Award in recognition of the mentor-protege teams’ technical developments and contributions to business opportunity […] More

  • NATO Agency, AFCEA International to Address Euro-Atlantic Security at Estonia Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NATO Agency, AFCEA International to Address Euro-Atlantic Security at Estonia Conference

    Participants from NATO’s communications and information agency and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International will host a conference in Estonia to discuss new strategies to address Euro-Atlantic security and cyber threats. The international event called NITEC will include panel discussions with Estonia’s president Toomas Hendrick Ilves and Adm. Michael Rogers, U.S. Cyber Command director and National Security Agency […] More

  • Raytheon to Rebuild Vehicle Parts for Marine Corps; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Rebuild Vehicle Parts for Marine Corps; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon will provide services for the U.S. Marine Corps to support the Secondary Reparable program that will work to rebuild vehicle parts including engines, transmissions and electronics. Raytheon said Monday the contract will cover an estimated 1,000 items to be serviced with a network of original equipment manufacturers, military depots and small business suppliers in an effort to meet […] More

  • CSRA Finance Chief David Keffer Named NVTC Public Company CFO of the Year - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Finance Chief David Keffer Named NVTC Public Company CFO of the Year

    David Keffer, executive vice president and chief financial officer at CSRA, was selected to receive the Public Company CFO of the Year distinction at the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 20th annual Greater Washington Technology CFO Awards. NVTC said Thursday the awards recognize local CFOs and financiers for achievement in the promotion of the Washington metropolitan region’s technology community. Keffer […] More

  • Noel Allender Joins Leidos as Epic Practice Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noel Allender Joins Leidos as Epic Practice Managing Director

    Noel Allender, formerly Jacobus Consulting senior managing director for delivery services, has been named as the new managing director of Leidos‘ Epic practice. Allender will handle sales and business expansion opportunities for professional services and health IT consulting and drive collaboration with business leaders and partners in service delivery, Leidos said Tuesday. “Noel has a fruitful […] More

  • SAIC to Support DoD Training Requirements Under Navy Contract; Tom Watson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Support DoD Training Requirements Under Navy Contract; Tom Watson Comments

    Science Application International Corp. will work to support the design, development, implementation and evaluation of training materials for the U.S. Navy as part of a potential $343 million contract awarded earlier in May. SAIC said Tuesday it will seek to deliver modular, scalable and tailored learning in support of Defense Department training requirements and Navy distance […] More

  • Microsoft Awards Grants to 12 Entrepreneurial Businesses to Support Internet "Democratization" Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Awards Grants to 12 Entrepreneurial Businesses to Support Internet “Democratization” Plan

    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

  • Raytheon Picks 2 Female College Students to Receive Cybersecurity Scholarship Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Picks 2 Female College Students to Receive Cybersecurity Scholarship Funds

    Raytheon and the (ISC)2 nonprofit organization’s Center for Cyber Safety and Education have selected two female college students for educational grants of up to $10,000 each and paid cybersecurity internships at the company. Nicole Krantz, an incoming freshman at George Mason University this fall, and Catherine McLean, a third-year computer science student at Northeastern University, will receive the scholarship […] More

  • Parsons Supports California Science Center Mission to Transport NASA Space Shuttle Tank - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Supports California Science Center Mission to Transport NASA Space Shuttle Tank

    Parsons has provided consultation services in support of the California Science Center‘s mission to transport a NASA Space Shuttle external tank. The External Tank 94 has completed its transport from New Orleans to the California Science Center where it will be integrated with the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour and displayed in a launch position at the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, Parsons […] More

  • HHS, FDA Vet Melissa Chapman Joins Triple-i as BD, Capture Unit VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS, FDA Vet Melissa Chapman Joins Triple-i as BD, Capture Unit VP

    Melissa Chapman, a former chief information officer and deputy assistant secretary from the Department of Health and Human Services, has joined Springfield, Virginia-based information technology services company Information Innovators Inc. as new vice president of the business development and capture unit. Chapman joined the company in May and has since led its HHS market growth strategy through subject matter and technical […] More