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Scott Goldstein, chief strategy and technology officer at Ensco, has highlighted in an interview what he describes as unprecedented risks to national security from emerging threats such as weapons of mass destruction, chemical and biological agents and explosive devices. Goldstein said in the interview for the Worldwide Business with Kathy Ireland show that those threats continue to […] More

ASRC Federal has secured a potential five-year, $35 million contract from the national environmental satellite, data and information service division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for systems engineering support to NOAA’s satellite operations facility in Alaska. The company said Thursday its federal technical services subsidiary will perform the work under the NOAA Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station […] More

Maximus plans to invest $1.87 million to build a customer support center in Hampton, Virginia that will support the company’s government contracts across the U.S. and expects the project to create about 189 jobs in the city, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office announced Wednesday. “When we searched for a location for our new customer support center, the […] More

Ways for government contractors to plan during a time of uncertainty with the transition into a new Donald Trump administration and align business strategies with the future president’s policy priorities were the central talking points of Deltek’s “FedFocus 2017″ event Monday at National Harbor, Md. Against the backdrop of an incoming administration, one immediate item of uncertainty for industry to […] More

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said companies should invest in development programs that will work to address the mismatch between veterans’ skills and civilian job requirements. Testoni wrote in an opinion piece published Friday on The Huffington Post that veterans face challenges in aligning their military skills with the demands of […] More

AT&T supports a NASA-led project to research and develop a traffic management system for the agency to manage the safety and security of unmanned aircraft system operations in U.S. airspace. The company said Thursday it aims to contribute networking, internet of things, cloud, identity management and cybersecurity expertise to NASA’s UAS traffic management initiative. “Drones are already used in agriculture, public […] More