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Yogesh Khanna serves as vice president and chief technology officer of IT infrastructure solutions for the North American public sector at Computer Sciences Corp., holding more than 20 years of experience in the information systems, financial services and telecommunications markets. His background includes roles in helping create new technology and business offerings at companies such as […] More
The Tennessee Valley Authority has selected Day & Zimmermann to receive the agency’s Maynard Spence Safety Award for the company’s repair and maintenance work on the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant in Tennessee. TVA gives the award to recognize partners for their safety measure practices on projects, Day & Zimmermann said Thursday. The award is named after a Marsh & McLennan […] More
A design studio in the U.K. has been awarded approximately $114,000 to develop a system for controlling four robots that would roam through an art museum in London and stream what they see to online users, Wired reported Thursday. Olivia Solon writes “The Workers” will work to build four machines with lights and cameras and create […] More
Twenty-six high school teams and two middle school teams from 14 U.S. states and one Canadian province will participate in the March 28 national finals of the CyberPatriot VI competition, sponsored by Northrop Grumman. This year’s finals will be the first time in the competition’s six-year history that middle school teams were included and they will […] More
Barry Salzberg, CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., has joined the board of directors of venture philanthropy and social innovation organization New Profit Inc. Salzberg will support New Profit’s growth strategy and work to help develop new approaches for driving social change such as finding financing vehicles and public-private partnerships, New Profit announced Tuesday. He said that New […] More
Red Hat has given its North American Public Sector Distributor of the Year Award to Carahsoft Technology Corp. for its work to offer Red Hat tools to public sector clients in 2013. The companies started their partnership in 2005 and Carahsoft serves as a sales force to Red Hat in Canada, Red Hat and Carahsoft said Tuesday. Mike Byrd, Red […] More
Autodesk will donate $250 million in technology resources to a White House program aimed at helping secondary school teachers prepare students for STEAM careers (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics). The company will provide teachers at more than 27,000 U.S. secondary schools with 3D design software, project-based lessons, training and certifications through its Design the […] More
The Verizon Foundation is investing $100 million in cash and in-kind contributions over the next three years in programs to promote science, technology, engineering and math for students and teachers. Verizon’s planned STEM programs are intended to bolster professional development for teachers on how to use technology to help students achieve STEM careers,the company said […] More
Brent Shafer has been tapped to serve as the next chief executive officer of Philips North America where he will be responsible for the company’s operations in the healthcare, consumer lifestyle and lighting markets. Shafer succeeds Greg Sebasky who retired Feb. 3 and will report directly to Frans van Houten, Royal Philips CEO, the company […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton‘s Cyber University Program has been selected as the recipient of Training Magazine’s Outstanding Training Initiative of 2013. A 14-member Training Hall of Fame panel and the magazine’s editors voted on the award, Booz Allen announced Tuesday. The Cyber University provides virtual and informal training and development opportunities to Booz Allen employees. “As the highest […] More
Michael Wilmer, a defense sector veteran formerly employed by Booz Allen Hamilton, has been named chief operating officer at enterprise integrity monitoring company Thacher Associates LLC. He brings more than three decades of leadership experience to his new position and will aim to help the organization grow and implement compliance programs for corporate clients, Thacher […] More
Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer at CACI International, has been recognized by a health information technology professional group for his work in bringing IT offerings to healthcare services. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society selected Salzman for the 2013 Physician IT Leadership Award in recognition of his service in the U.S. Army, CACI’s healthcare […] More
