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  • Parsons Manager David Warner Joins Seattle's Minority Business Advisory Panel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Manager David Warner Joins Seattle’s Minority Business Advisory Panel

    David Warner, manager of western sector road and highway projects at Parsons, has been appointed to serve on the city of Seattle’s advisory committee on women- and minority-owned business enterprises. He will support the city government’s efforts to promote equity in municipal contracting activities, Parsons said Wednesday. “Diversity is one of Parsons’ core values, and we continue to […] More

  • AFEI Presents Enterprise Information Awards; Booz Allen's Greg Wenzel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AFEI Presents Enterprise Information Awards; Booz Allen’s Greg Wenzel Comments

    The Association for Enterprise Information has given the 2015 Excellence in Enterprise Information Awards to the National Nuclear Security Administration, Institute for Defense Analyses and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The awards are for NNSA’s G2 Enterprise Information Management System, IDA’s Automated Information Triage for Rapid Decision Making project with the Defense Department and NGA’s Agency […] More

  • Parsons to Present at 2016 Digital Bond S4 Conference; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Present at 2016 Digital Bond S4 Conference; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons will deliver a presentation titled “Moving Engineering Firms to Cyberspace” at the Digital Bond-hosted S4 security conference as one of the sponsors of the three-day event. The 2016 S4 conference will be held from Jan. 12 to 14 in Miami Beach, Florida, and will tackle security issues related to industrial control systems and supervisory control […] More

  • Stephen Lewia to Lead Strategic Deterrence Mission Area at Johns Hopkins APL - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stephen Lewia to Lead Strategic Deterrence Mission Area at Johns Hopkins APL

    Stephen Lewia, who joined Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in 2012, has been appointed mission area executive for strategic deterrence at the Maryland-based research and development organization. He most recently served as deputy mission area executive at APL’s force projection sector, where he coordinated internal operations and oversaw technical reviews and reports for laboratory sponsors, APL […] More

  • ISC Invites Speakers to Annual Cybersecurity Training Event; Dan Waddell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISC Invites Speakers to Annual Cybersecurity Training Event; Dan Waddell Comments

    ISC has called on speakers from government, academia and industry to address the company’s annual cybersecurity training event in May at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. The 4th ISC CyberSecureGov will focus on prevention, detection and resilience and speakers will address various issues such as cloud security, threats, critical infrastructure protection, automation, incident […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Receives William W. Otterson Award; Mick Jaggers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Receives William W. Otterson Award; Mick Jaggers Comments

    Northrop Grumman has received a technology recognition for the company’s Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system from San Diego-based innovation company accelerator Connect. Connect presented the William W. Otterson Award at the company’s Most Innovative New Products ceremony on Dec. 1, 2015, Northrop said Tuesday. “Global Hawk has always been on the cutting edge of innovation, from its […] More

  • Gina Trombley Named Group EVP at Parsons' Federal Business Unit; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gina Trombley Named Group EVP at Parsons’ Federal Business Unit; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Gina Trombley, former senior vice president and aviation division manager at Parsons, has been appointed group executive vice president of the company’s federal business unit. She will oversee the business unit’s strategic initiatives and global sales operations, Parsons said Tuesday. Trombley “is an accomplished executive and has a proven track record of developing new businesses […] More

  • Bill Ballhaus Joins Blackboard as Chairman, President & CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Ballhaus Joins Blackboard as Chairman, President & CEO

    Bill Ballhaus, former president and CEO of SRA International, has joined educational technology firm Blackboard as its chairman, president and chief executive. He replaces Jay Bhatt, who will remain with the company as a special adviser to the chairman, Blackboard said Monday. “I am excited to join Blackboard and continue its progress in helping millions of […] More

  • Laura Jolley Appointed Sterling Global Operations HR VP; Alan Weakley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Laura Jolley Appointed Sterling Global Operations HR VP; Alan Weakley Comments

    Laura Jolley, a 12-year veteran at Sterling Global Operations, has been appointed as vice president of human resources at the Knoxville, Tenn.-based stability operations services provider. Jolley previously served as SGO recruiter, human resources generalist, human resources business partner, HR manager and director of human resources, the company said Monday. “As SGO has continued to […] More

  • Noblis CEO Amr ElSawy to Keynote 2016 CES Government Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noblis CEO Amr ElSawy to Keynote 2016 CES Government Conference

    Amr ElSawy, president and CEO of Noblis, will deliver a keynote speech at the three-day Consumer Electronics Show Government conference. The 2016 CESG conference will be held from Jan. 3 to 5 in Las Vegas and will tackle issues related to the Internet of Things, analytics and cybersecurity, Noblis said Wednesday. ElSawy will speak about […] More

  • Former VA Official Jose Riojas Joins ManTech Mission Solutions, Services Group Advisory Board; Dan Keefe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former VA Official Jose Riojas Joins ManTech Mission Solutions, Services Group Advisory Board; Dan Keefe Comments

    Jose Riojas, formerly chief of staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs, has joined the strategic advisory board for ManTech International’s mission solutions and services group. ManTech said Monday is also a former assistant veterans affairs secretary for operations, security and preparedness and served in that role between May 2009 and July 2013, . Dan Keefe, president and chief […] More

  • Parson's UAE Railway Project Receives Infrastructure Project of the Year Award; Gary Adams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parson’s UAE Railway Project Receives Infrastructure Project of the Year Award; Gary Adams Comments

    Construction Week magazine has picked Parsons‘ railway network project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as the recipient of the Infrastructure Project of the Year award. The Etihad Rail Stage 1 project is a 1,200-kilometer passenger and freight railway system that will work to serve as a link between the UAE and other Gulf Cooperation Council member […] More