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  • Leidos SVP Robert Zitz to Keynote at Atlantic Council's Cyber Student Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos SVP Robert Zitz to Keynote at Atlantic Council’s Cyber Student Competition

    Robert Zitz, a senior vice president and strategic account executive at Leidos, will deliver a keynote address and serve as a judge at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge  that will take place Friday and Saturday in Washington. Zits will discuss the potential impact of cybersecurity threats on U.S. critical infrastructure during his speech, Leidos said Thursday. The Atlantic Council’s […] More

  • CTC Makes Ethisphere's ‘Most Ethical Companies’ List; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Makes Ethisphere’s ‘Most Ethical Companies’ List; Ed Sheehan Comments

    The Ethisphere Institute has named Concurrent Technologies Corp. as part of the institute’s list of the World’s “Most Ethical Companies” of 2016 under the scientific and technical services category. This year’s recognition marks the fourth time CTC received the honor, which recognizes companies that work to align actions with principle and build trust to help shape industry standards […] More

  • Northrop Unveils National Cyber Competition Finalists; Sandra Evers-Manly Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Unveils National Cyber Competition Finalists; Sandra Evers-Manly Comments

    Northrop Grumman has announced the high school and middle school teams that will compete at the final round of the 2016 CyberPatriot VIII national competition scheduled on April 12. The finalists comprise 25 high school teams and three middle school teams, which will go head-to-head in the one-day event to protect networks and mobile devices from a professional aggressor team, Northrop said […] More

  • World Wide Technology Wins Cisco Partner Award; Jim Kavanaugh Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    World Wide Technology Wins Cisco Partner Award; Jim Kavanaugh Comments

    World Wide Technology has received a Cisco Partner Summit Global Award in recognition of the former company’s business practices and role it plays in the technology services industry. The company received the 2016 Solution Innovation Partner of the Year award at Cisco’s annual partner conference in California, WWT said Friday. “We are honored to receive these awards and continue to deepen […] More

  • Inmarsat Highlights Global Xpress for Satellite 2016; Rupert Pearce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Highlights Global Xpress for Satellite 2016; Rupert Pearce Comments

    Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce leads four other panel members from the company who will each participate in a separate talks throughout the four-day Satellite 2016 conference and exhibition this week in Maryland. The company will highlight latest tech and services such as the Global Xpress worldwide constellation that was completed in December designed to provide global […] More

  • Steve Marker to Present at 2016 Insider Threat Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Marker to Present at 2016 Insider Threat Summit

    General Dynamics Senior Technical Lead for cyber systems unit Steve Marker will present at the 2016 Insider Threat Summit in Monterey, California on March 29 and 30. The event themed “Insider Threat Detection: Defending from Actors within the Network” will tackle personal security issues such as cyber security challenges, evaluation of privileged identities and ethical physical […] More

  • Executive Profile: Rob Silverman, Booz Allen Hamilton SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Rob Silverman, Booz Allen Hamilton SVP

    Rob Silverman is a senior vice president of the commercial and civil services unit of management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. The 14-year veteran Silverman has provided analytics, operations research and program management expertise for the company since he started his role in April 2002. Silverman has held other roles under different companies such as Logistics […] More

  • Grant Thornton's Mark Scoles Joins FASB Emerging Issues Task Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Thornton’s Mark Scoles Joins FASB Emerging Issues Task Force

    The Financial Accounting Standards Board has appointed Mark Scoles, a partner-in-charge at Grant Thornton‘s accounting principles group, to its Emerging Issues Task Force. FASB is an independent nonprofit organization in the private sector that establishes accounting and reporting standards for companies and organizations that follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Scoles will assume his role on FASB’s EITF on March […] More

  • Former Boeing Chairman & CEO Jim McNerney Joins CD&R as Senior Adviser - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Boeing Chairman & CEO Jim McNerney Joins CD&R as Senior Adviser

    Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has named former Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney as its new senior adviser to provide support for its investment and value-creation strategies. McNerney brings decades worth of experience in management while he held senior leadership positions for a number of global companies, CD&R said Wednesday. “His exceptional record is one grounded […] More

  • Raytheon-Sponsored Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Kicks Off; David Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Sponsored Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Kicks Off; David Wajsgras Comments

    The Raytheon-sponsored 2016 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for 2016 will start Monday in an initiative to educate and develop both current talent and future generations of cybersecurity workers. “Now more than ever before, the U.S. and countries around the world are connected by global information networks,” David Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services unit, said in a […] More

  • Parsons Hires Amardeep Grewal as Project Development VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Hires Amardeep Grewal as Project Development VP

    Parsons has appointed Amardeep Grewal as vice president of project development and will work to identify investment, partnership and bid opportunities for the Pasadena, Calif.-based engineering and construction services contractor. Grewal holds 17 years of project finance market experience and has worked with both private and public sector entities to carry out transactions, Parsons said Tuesday. “Increasingly, provincial and […] More

  • Former CSC Risk Mgmt Director Jeff Purdy Joins Lockton as GovCon Practice Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former CSC Risk Mgmt Director Jeff Purdy Joins Lockton as GovCon Practice Lead

    Lockton has named Jeff Purdy as the new leader of its government contracting practice. Purdy brings Lockton more than 25 years of experience in the corporate risk management and insurance field from his previous work with government contractors, Lockton said Tuesday. “Jeff Purdy is a widely respected risk professional who understands first-hand the challenging risks that […] More