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  • CGI Inks Four-Year IT Services Deal With Sweden Health Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Inks Four-Year IT Services Deal With Sweden Health Agency

    CGI has signed a four-year information technology outsourcing agreement worth approximately $18 million to work with a government agency in Sweden that was established on June 1, 2013. The Swedish Health and Social Care Inspectorate works to manage health, medical care and social services in the country, CGI announced Wednesday. Under the agreement, CGI will provide […] More

  • Jeff Burgess, Nichole Jordan, Brad Preber Join Grant Thornton Partnership Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Burgess, Nichole Jordan, Brad Preber Join Grant Thornton Partnership Board

    Grant Thornton has appointed three new partners to the firm’s partnership board and re-elected two other officials to continue their service on the board. The new partners and principals are Jeff Burgess, Nichole Jordan and Brad Preber, the company announced Tuesday. Burgess will serve as national managing partner of professional standards, while Jordan was appointed […] More

  • Andrew Garrabrants Named CH2M Hill Stabilization, Solidification Subject Matter Expert - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andrew Garrabrants Named CH2M Hill Stabilization, Solidification Subject Matter Expert

    Andrew Garrabrants has become a subject matter expert for CH2M Hill in stabilization and solidification, following a company announcement. Garrabrants was most recently a professor of civil and environmental engineering and a research associate at Vanderbilt University, CH2M Hill announced Tuesday. Garrabrants will handle stabilization and solidification-related interests that include semi-volatile organics in soil and cement mixtures assessment, physiochemical […] More

  • XO to Help Bank Administration Institute Install Cloud Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    XO to Help Bank Administration Institute Install Cloud Service

    The Bank Administration Institute has selected a cloud service run by XO Communications to manage data backup and disaster recovery processes. BAI intends for the XO Enterprise Cloud to help virtualize and replicate systems, as well as to reduce recovery time objectives to two days from two weeks, XO announced Tuesday. XO Enterprise Cloud is designed as […] More

  • Boeing, IAI Fly Anti-WMD Missile Interceptor Over the Mediterranean - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, IAI Fly Anti-WMD Missile Interceptor Over the Mediterranean

    An updated missile interceptor developed by Boeing and Israel Aerospace Industries completed its second successful flight test on Jan. 3 over the Mediterranean Sea. The Arrow 3 test was conducted by the Israel Ministry of Defense and U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Boeing announced Tuesday. “Boeing and IAI designed Arrow 3 to engage threats at high […] More

  • Capgemini Bags Two Awards from Teradata - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini Bags Two Awards from Teradata

    Capgemini was selected for two awards at the he Teradata EPIC Awards 2013 event, recognizing Capgemini’s work with customers in the area of business intelligence. The Enterprise Intelligence and Operational Excellence Awards went to Capgemini, representing the company’s fifth straight year of winning awards from Teradata, Capgemini announced Wednesday. Teradata awards the EIA to partners […] More

  • Mike Haysley Named to LexisNexis Strategic Services Director Role - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Haysley Named to LexisNexis Strategic Services Director Role

    Mike Haysley, a two-decade legal veteran, has been appointed director of strategic services for the CounselLink business at LexisNexis Legal & Professional. He will be responsible for driving growth and client results for the CounselLink strategic consulting services, LexisNexis announced Tuesday. Haysley will work with executives and legal departments to work on strategic services process stages […] More

  • Jacobs Engineering Wins Award for Novartis Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Engineering Wins Award for Novartis Facility

    Jacobs Engineering Group has won an award for a Novartis facility that it provided design, engineering, procurement and construction management services for. The  U.S. Flu Cell Culture Facility at the Novartis Campus in Holly Springs, N.C. won the 2013 Facility of the Year Award from the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, INTERPHEX and Pharmaceutical Processing […] More

  • Hughes Network Systems Named an Consumer World Award Winner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes Network Systems Named an Consumer World Award Winner

    A high-speed satellite Internet service provided Hughes Network Systems was selected as a winner at the Consumer World Awards, an annual consumer industry awards program. The HughesNet Gen4 High-Speed Satellite Internet Service won the award for its work to deliver up to 15 Mbps of internet access and a greater download capacity, Hughes announced Monday. Close to […] More

  • SageNet CEO Daryl Woodard to Hold Chief Exec Role at Spacenet Post-Acquisition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SageNet CEO Daryl Woodard to Hold Chief Exec Role at Spacenet Post-Acquisition

    Daryl Woodard, CEO of Tulsa, Okla.-based business and managed services provider SageNet, will also serve as chief executive of the recently-acquired Spacenet, a Washington-headquartered network services contractor. The transaction completed in December 2013 and both companies aim to complete their full integration in mid- to late- 2014, Spacenet announced Monday. Glenn Katz, outgoing Spacenet CEO, […] More

  • Tim Zuber Becomes U.S. Partner-In-Charge at KPMG - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tim Zuber Becomes U.S. Partner-In-Charge at KPMG

    Tim Zuber has been appointed U.S. partner-in-charge of knowledge and collaboration management at KPMG. In his new role, Zuber will lead efforts to adopt best practices throughout the firm and will serve on the U.S. strategic investments committee, KPMG said Tuesday. Steven Hill, U.S. vice chair of strategic investments, said Zuber brings experience in team building […] More

  • Craig Olson Succeeds Jeff Standerski as Rockwell Collins Business, Regional Systems Lead; Kent Tatler Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Craig Olson Succeeds Jeff Standerski as Rockwell Collins Business, Regional Systems Lead; Kent Tatler Comments

    Craig Olson, formerly a group senior director at Rockwell Collins, has been named vice president and general manager of business and regional systems at the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based avionics manufacturer. He will report directly to Kent Statler, executive VP and chief operating officer of Rockwell Collins’ commercial systems business and succeeds Jeff Standerski, who is […] More