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  • Sotera to Host Cybersecurity Job Fair - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sotera to Host Cybersecurity Job Fair

    Sotera Defense Solutions will host a job fair for qualified individuals with at least a TS/SCI clearance for positions supporting the U.S. Army at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia on July 30. During the job fair, Sotera will have recruiters and program managers on the floor to interview candidates for opportunities in cybersecurity positions ranging […] More

  • National Institutes of Health Awards Discovery Labs $1.9M Research Grant to Study Respiratory Distress in Infants - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Institutes of Health Awards Discovery Labs $1.9M Research Grant to Study Respiratory Distress in Infants

    Discovery Laboratories announced Tuesday that it has received $1.9 million of a $2.4 million fast-track small business innovation research grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The award supports continuing research into the ongoing phase 2a clinical trials for Aerosurf, Discovery Labs’ answer to treating infantile respiratory distress syndrome. […] More

  • CenturyLink Breaks Through to Spring with Emboldened Presence in Arlington - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Breaks Through to Spring with Emboldened Presence in Arlington

    After forging through the Capitol area’s (extended) winter weather season, CenturyLink is heading into Spring with an updated shine and presence around the beltway. New rooftop and street-level canopy signs now adorn the firm’s federal government sales office in Arlington, displaying the CenturyLink name and pathways symbol brightly across the street from the Ballston Metro […] More

  • DynCorp: 10K Vets Hired Since 2010 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp: 10K Vets Hired Since 2010

    DynCorp International and its family of companies have hired nearly 10,000 veterans since 2011 in support of a program started by the White House in the same year. The company announced Tuesday during the White House Joining Forces program’s third anniversary celebration that DynCorp has hired more than 2,000 veterans in 2013 and 9,725 since joining the […] More

  • IBM Selects 11 New Fellows; Ginni Rometty Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Selects 11 New Fellows; Ginni Rometty Comments

    IBM has selected a record number of company scientists and researchers from the U.S., Canada, Switzerland and Germany to receive the IBM Fellow honor, the company’s highest technical distinction. The 11 new Fellows will work to carry out the company’s Technology Ambassador Initiative, a program intended to drive growth through innovation, IBM announced Tuesday. “The […] More

  • FireEye's Steve Pataky Among CRN's '50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye’s Steve Pataky Among CRN’s ’50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs’

    Steve Pataky, vice president of worldwide channels and alliances at FireEye, has been included in CRN magazine’s list of the 50 most influential leaders in the channel industry; The CRN editorial team picked Pataky for his leadership work on FireEye’s channel-related programs such as the FireEye Fuel Partner Program, FireEye announced Tuesday. The FireEye Fuel Partner Program […] More

  • Report: Russ Ramsey, Ted Leonsis to Head DC 2024 Olympic Campaign - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Russ Ramsey, Ted Leonsis to Head DC 2024 Olympic Campaign

    Washington, D.C. businessmen Russ Ramsey and Ted Leonsis have been named chairman and vice chairman of the nonprofit organization campaigning for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the capital region, the Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday. Greg Otto and Douglas Fruehling write that DC 2024 announced its intention to bid for the Olympics in August. Ramsey […] More

  • Turner Construction Team Sets Guinness World Record for Longest Continuous Concrete Pour - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Turner Construction Team Sets Guinness World Record for Longest Continuous Concrete Pour

    A Turner Construction project team in Los Angeles set a new Guinness World Record in February for the longest continuous concrete pour. The team poured 82 million pounds of concrete through more than 200 trucks at the Wilshire Grand Center for a period of 18-and-a-half hours, the company announced Wednesday. The 73-story Wilshire Grand Center will be […] More

  • FAA Picks 5 DynCorp Programs for Diamond Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Picks 5 DynCorp Programs for Diamond Awards

    DynCorp International has been selected to receive the Diamond Award for Excellence from the Federal Aviation Administration for the second consecutive year. Diamond Awards are presented to companies of which 100 percent of all eligible maintenance technicians complete FAA aircraft systems training in systems and regulations over one year, DynCorp announced Monday. The company was […] More

  • Harris Celebrates National Engineers Week; William Brown Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Celebrates National Engineers Week; William Brown Comments

    Harris Corp. is celebrating National Engineers Week with various programs for its 6,000 engineers and scientists. From Feb. 17 to Feb. 20, Harris will conduct technology demonstrations, seminars and contests for its engineers, the company announced Monday. Harris has invited Guy A. Boy, Florida Institute of Technology professor and Human-Centered Design Institute director, and Gregory […] More

  • WWT Picked for NetApp Public Sector Partner of the Year Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WWT Picked for NetApp Public Sector Partner of the Year Award

    NetApp has awarded a value added reseller partner of the year award to World Wide Technology in the U.S. public sector category. WWT was given the award at NetApp’s partner summit held Dec. 11 at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., WWT announced Thursday. WWT won the award for its work in the delivery of […] More