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  • Peter Burke Joins Neustar as Engineering, Operations SVP; Lisa Hook Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Burke Joins Neustar as Engineering, Operations SVP; Lisa Hook Comments

    Peter Burke, formerly senior vice president and general manager of video systems business at telecommunications firm ARRIS, has joined Neustar as SVP of engineering and operations. He will oversee technical, security, engineering and information technology operations at cloud-based information services provider, Neustar said Thursday. Burke’s “range of experience and proven leadership skills will help ensure […] More

  • Charles Davis, Patrick Henry Dowling Assume New Roles at Seabury Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles Davis, Patrick Henry Dowling Assume New Roles at Seabury Group

    Charles Davis, formerly executive vice president of global aerospace and defense consulting division at professional services firm Seabury Group, has been promoted to president and CEO of the division. Davis, a retired lieutenant general of the U.S. Air Force, took over the roles after Chris Kubasik joined L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) as president and chief operations officer, […] More

  • Oceus Networks Gets ISO Certification for Management Systems; Randy Fuerst Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oceus Networks Gets ISO Certification for Management Systems; Randy Fuerst Comments

    Oceus Networks has received certification from the International Organization for Standardization for quality management. Oceus said Wednesday it secured the ISO 9001:2008 certification after a third-party audit institution evaluated management processes and systems that Oceus implements as it works to deliver mobile communications platforms for commercial and government clients. “Oceus is proud to achieve this industry distinction […] More

  • Northrop Grumman, Nat'l Science Teachers Association Unveil STEM Program for Teachers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman, Nat’l Science Teachers Association Unveil STEM Program for Teachers

    Northrop Grumman and the National Science Teachers Association have launched a new education initiative intended to build up the teachers’ science, technology, engineering and math instruction skills. The Northrop Grumman Foundation Teachers Academy is designed to equip middle school science, engineering and technology teachers with an understanding of what skills the future workforce needs, NSTA […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Adds Stephen Wilson to Board; Thomas Fargo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Adds Stephen Wilson to Board; Thomas Fargo Comments

    Stephen Wilson, an almost 30-year financial management veteran, has joined the board of directors at Huntington Ingalls Industries. “His vast and varied corporate financial background, combined with his business and board experience, make him a great addition to the HII board,” Chairman Thomas Fargo said Wednesday. Wilson previously held leadership roles at PepsiCo, Frito-Lay, Cadbury, […] More

  • Executive Profile: Dirk van der Vaart, President of GardaWorld Government Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Dirk van der Vaart, President of GardaWorld Government Services

    Dirk van der Vaart serves as president of GardaWorld Government Services — the U.S. subsidiary of global security contractor GardaWorld. In this capacity, he oversees business development, customer engagement, corporate plan execution and marketing operations at the company. The two-decade intelligence and security market veteran previously served as vice president of business development at GLOBAL Integrated […] More

  • Paul Lombardi to be Inducted Into Greater Washington GovCon Hall of Fame - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Lombardi to be Inducted Into Greater Washington GovCon Hall of Fame

    The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council will induct former DynCorp President and CEO Paul Lombardi into the Greater Washington Government Contractor Hall of Fame during an awards ceremony that will be held Nov. 5, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Lombardi began his career with the McLean, Virginia-based defense company as […] More

  • Oracle Presents Accenture with 7 'Specialized Partner of the Year' Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle Presents Accenture with 7 ‘Specialized Partner of the Year’ Awards

    Accenture has won seven awards that recognize the company’s partnership with Oracle to deliver middleware, cloud computing and engineered system offerings to enterprise customers. Oracle presented the seven Excellence Awards for Specialized Partner of the Year to Accenture during Oracle’s OpenWorld event that was held Sunday in San Francisco, Accenture said Monday. The management consulting […] More

  • Parsons Awarded for 2 Federal Construction Projects; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Awarded for 2 Federal Construction Projects; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons has received three awards from the Construction Management Association of America for the company’s leadership and support on federal construction projects with the Defense Commissary Agency and Federal Aviation Administration. The company said Monday it received the CMAA Project of the Year Award for DeCA’s Joint Commissary Exchange Project, which also won an achievement award in the category for new […] More

  • Fortinet’s Michael Xie to Discuss CSO Role at Cybersecurity Thought Leadership Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fortinet’s Michael Xie to Discuss CSO Role at Cybersecurity Thought Leadership Forum

    Michael Xie, Fortinet founder, president and chief technology officer, is set to speak at a cybersecurity thought leadership forum sponsored by Team8, an Israel-based cybersecurity foundry. Xie will discuss the significance of a chief security officer’s role in an organization’s effort to bolster security, Fortinet said Monday. “One of the biggest trends we see is […] More

  • PAE Marks 60-Year Anniversary; John Heller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE Marks 60-Year Anniversary; John Heller Comments

    PAE marked its 60th anniversary of doing business last week with an event in Arlington, Virginia, that was attended by several company executives, government officials and trade group representatives. “We’re proud of our legacy of partnering with government customers, producing results in the most challenging places, and above all, helping our customers succeed in their missions,” John Heller, […] More

  • Executive Profile: Gio Patterson, Civil Commercial Group VP at Booz Allen - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Gio Patterson, Civil Commercial Group VP at Booz Allen

    Giovanna “Gio” Patterson serves as vice president of the civil commercial group at Booz Allen Hamilton. She oversees strategy development, business capture, performance management and career development operations for the management consulting company’s civilian and health accounts. Patterson spent nearly five years at IBM’s global business services segment as partner and VP for the federal […] More