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  • GovCon Vets Named to NVTC Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GovCon Vets Named to NVTC Board of Directors

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council has unveiled the list of officers and members who were elected to the association’s board of directors for fiscal years 2017 and 2018. Maximus CEO Richard Montoni and Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager of DXC Technology’s U.S. public sector, will respectively serve as chairman and vice chairman of NVTC […] More

  • DISA-Europe Selects Vectrus for 'Facility of the Year' Award; Chuck Prow Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA-Europe Selects Vectrus for ‘Facility of the Year’ Award; Chuck Prow Comments

    Vectrus has received the Defense Information Systems Agency-Europe‘s “Facility of the Year” award in recognition of various locations the company operates within the Department of Defense Information Network. DISA-E selected Vectrus sites for each of the six award categories, which include five facilities on the Operations, Maintenance and Supply-Europe program and one location under the Enterprise Legacy […] More

  • Northrop Grants STEM Scholarships to High School Seniors in Virginia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grants STEM Scholarships to High School Seniors in Virginia

    Northrop Grumman has awarded scholarships to graduating high school seniors in Albemarle County, Virginia, as part of its 10th annual STEM scholars event in an effort to encourage students to pursue careers in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The company doled out scholarships through its Engineering Scholars and High School Involvement Partnership initiatives that were […] More

  • Hill Vet Kevin Cummins Assumes Tech VP Role at PSC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hill Vet Kevin Cummins Assumes Tech VP Role at PSC

    Kevin Cummins, a veteran staffer in the U.S. Senate, has taken a new role as vice president of the Professional Services Council‘s technology practice. Cummins most recently served as senior legislative assistant for Sen. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) and helped craft technology-related legislation such as the Spectrum Relocation Fund Act and Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act. Prior […] More

  • CSRA's Yogesh Khanna to Lead Conference Call on Federal Cloud Adoption - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA’s Yogesh Khanna to Lead Conference Call on Federal Cloud Adoption

    CSRA will hold a conference call on July 17 with the investment community and government information technology professionals to discuss cloud adoption within the U.S. federal government. Yogesh Khanna, CSRA chief technology officer, will facilitate the conference call alongside federal practice leaders from Microsoft and ServiceNow, CSRA said Monday. The call will be publicly accessible through […] More

  • Boeing to Sponsor AFA's Cyber Education Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Sponsor AFA’s Cyber Education Program

    Boeing has been named a diamond-level sponsor for a cyber education program managed by the Air Force Association. AFA said Friday Boeing will help expand the CyberPatriot program’s efforts to promote cyber, science, technology, engineering and math education across U.S. The program works to facilitate the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition for high school and middle school students, […] More

  • ManTech’s Judith Bjornaas Joins Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech’s Judith Bjornaas Joins Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce Board

    Judith Bjornaas, chief financial officer of ManTech International, has been named to the board of directors of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce for calendar years 2017 and 2018. The Northern Virginia Chamber said Thursday it also appointed officers and members of the organization’s executive committee for 2017-2018. Bjornaas previously served as senior vice president of […] More

  • Former Army Acquisition Chief Katrina McFarland Joins Engility Board; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Army Acquisition Chief Katrina McFarland Joins Engility Board; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Katrina McFarland, former assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology at the U.S. Army, has joined Engility as a member of the board of directors. Engility said Friday she brings to the company her civil service experience at the Defense Department. “[McFarland] is one of the most accomplished defense leaders in the nation and brings more than 30 […] More

  • Pete Tseronis Joins Alliance for Transportation Innovation's Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pete Tseronis Joins Alliance for Transportation Innovation’s Advisory Board

    Pete Tseronis, founder and CEO of professional services company Dots and Bridges, has joined the advisory board of the Alliance for Transportation Innovation, GovCon Executive has learned. ATI21 is s a consortium of transportation industry professionals and researchers who aim to promote technology development and deployment within the sector. Tseronis is also an advisory board member […] More

  • 5 Ex-Presidential Innovation Fellows Join Digital Govt Consultancy Skylight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    5 Ex-Presidential Innovation Fellows Join Digital Govt Consultancy Skylight

    Digital government consulting firm Skylight Digital has added former Presidential Innovation Fellows Chris Cairns, Robert Read, John Teeter, Geoff Mulligan and Kin Lane to its team. Cairns served as a PIF in 2013 and co-founded the General Services Administration’s 18F organization and the technology transformation service, Skylight said Tuesday. He will serve as a digital […] More

  • Kate Schuelke Joins Seagate as SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kate Schuelke Joins Seagate as SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary

    Kate Schuelke — formerly senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Intel‘s Altera Corp. subsidiary — has been appointed SVP, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at data storage company Seagate Technology. She will report to Seagate CEO and Chairman Steve Luczo and lead global security and government relations teams under her new roles, the […] More

  • Mitre Elects Former DoD Official Paul Kaminski to Board of Trustees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Elects Former DoD Official Paul Kaminski to Board of Trustees

    Paul Kaminski, a former Defense Department undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, has joined Mitre‘s board of trustees. The nonprofit said Thursday he currently serves as president and CEO of Technovation, a consulting company that helps clients develop business and investment strategies related to aerospace and defense technology. Jason Providakes, Mitre president and CEO, said Kaminski will contribute […] More