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  • Carey Smith: Parsons to Expand MDA Mission Support Under Potential $385M Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carey Smith: Parsons to Expand MDA Mission Support Under Potential $385M Award

    Parsons will provide advisory, technical, engineering and management support services to the Missile Defense Agency‘s ballistic missile defense system under a potential five-year, $385 million contract awarded in March. “This new contract expands Parsons’ support of the MDA’s mission to defend the U.S. and its allies against missile threats,” Carey Smith, Parsons federal group president, said in […] More

  • Parsons Holds NSA Cybersecurity Exercise in Maryland; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Holds NSA Cybersecurity Exercise in Maryland; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has begun to host a five-day cybersecurity event at its Columbia, Maryland-based facility in an effort to train representatives from military organizations on information assurance and network security. The National Security Agency’s information assurance capabilities group oversees the Cyber Defense Exercise that kicked off Monday in Maryland, Parsons said Monday. “As cyber attacks become […] More

  • Parsons Co-Hosts Research Workshop at MIT; Biff Lyons Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Co-Hosts Research Workshop at MIT; Biff Lyons Comments

    Parsons has collaborated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s civil and environmental engineering department to conduct a day-long workshop on research projects related to infrastructure, smart cities and transportation. The company said Thursday its leadership representatives and the university’s alumni, faculty and postdoctoral scholars examined the parallels between current industry needs and ongoing research efforts during the workshop. “The unique nature of […] More

  • Parsons to Provide Engineering, Technical Services at NASA Goddard; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Provide Engineering, Technical Services at NASA Goddard; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has secured a potential five-year contract from NASA to provide a range of engineering and technical services to the Goddard Space Flight Center. The company said Wednesday the Facilities Construction, Engineering and Technical Services III contract covers engineering, construction, design-build, information technology and program management services. “We are honored to be awarded this contract and continue our relationship […] More

  • Parsons Gets DoD Accreditation for Munition Geophysical Classification; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Gets DoD Accreditation for Munition Geophysical Classification; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has received accreditation under the Defense Department’s Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program. The company said Tuesday it secured the DAGCAP certification after the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation assessed Parsons’ geophysical classification and technical management platforms. Carey Smith, Parsons federal group president and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, said the company […] More

  • Jannet Walker Ford to Join Cubic's Transportation Systems Unit as Eastern Region, Americas VP & GM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jannet Walker Ford to Join Cubic’s Transportation Systems Unit as Eastern Region, Americas VP & GM

    Jannet Walker Ford, former vice president and North America director of strategic programs and policy at Parsons, will join Cubic‘s transportation systems business on March 6 as VP and general manager for the Eastern Region and Americas. “Jannet brings a wealth of expertise from the private and public sector focusing on transportation systems, and is known […] More

  • Parsons Awarded NASA JPL Office Upgrade Support Contract; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Awarded NASA JPL Office Upgrade Support Contract; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has secured a contract of an undisclosed value to provide program management services for an office upgrade project at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The company said Thursday it will also provide architectural design and construction management support at JPL, which the California Institute of Technology.manages for the space agency. Carey Smith, Parsons federal group president, said the […] More

  • Parsons Lands DTRA Task Order for Phase 2 Lebanon Border Surveillance Project; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Lands DTRA Task Order for Phase 2 Lebanon Border Surveillance Project; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has received a task order from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to continue to provide surveillance services for land border regiments in Lebanon in support of the country’s Border Security Project. The task order for the project’s second increment was awarded through DTRA’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract II and covers equipment delivery and training […] More

  • Parsons to Extend Oahu, Hawaii Roadside Assistance Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Extend Oahu, Hawaii Roadside Assistance Services

    The Hawaii Transportation Department has awarded Parsons a potential five-year contract to continue to provide roadside assistance services on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Parsons said Monday offers motorist assistance, traffic incident response support and roadway debris removal services along 29 miles of Oahu freeway through the island’s the Freeway Service Patrol program. Honolulu’s city and county police, fire, emergency, medical service and transportation […] More

  • Parsons SVP Tom Feldhausen to Speak at Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in UAE - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons SVP Tom Feldhausen to Speak at Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in UAE

    Tom Feldhausen, senior vice president and federal international strategy director at Parsons, will take part in a panel discussion at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum that will kick off Jan. 13 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Feldhausen, a 25-year defense and security industry veteran, will discuss the cyber and physical risks to energy infrastructure […] More

  • Parsons' Carey Smith Named Board Secretary at Professional Services Council - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons’ Carey Smith Named Board Secretary at Professional Services Council

    Carey Smith, president of Parsons‘ federal business unit, will serve as secretary of the Professional Services Council’s board of directors and continue as member of the council’s executive committee for another term. Parsons said Wednesday Smith, who joined the PSC executive committee and board in 2015, has provided leadership on government services industry issues such as agile […] More

  • PSC Announces 2017 Board, Executive Panel Members; Accenture’s John Goodman Re-Elected Chair - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PSC Announces 2017 Board, Executive Panel Members; Accenture’s John Goodman Re-Elected Chair

    The Professional Services Council re-elected several executives and appointed new members to its 2017 executive committee and board of directors during its annual meeting held Thursday. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture’s federal services business; and Deb Alderson, president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions; were respectively re-elected as PSC’s chair and vice chair, […] More