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  • NVTC Leaders Discuss H-1B Visa’s Role in US Tech Workforce With Sen. Tom Cotton - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NVTC Leaders Discuss H-1B Visa’s Role in US Tech Workforce With Sen. Tom Cotton

    Northern Virginia Technology Council board members and member company executives held a meeting with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) on June 7 to discuss how H-1B non-immigrant visas help technology firms and universities gain access to highly-skilled employees. NVTC leaders told Cotton how H-1B visas help companies employ workers to fill job posts in the areas […] More

  • Mitre, University of Virginia Offer Systems Engineering Fellowship to Fed Employees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre, University of Virginia Offer Systems Engineering Fellowship to Fed Employees

    Mitre has partnered with University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science to offer a fellowship opportunity to military and federal civilian employees in the field of systems engineering. The nonprofit company said Wednesday the 12-month Systems Engineering Fellowship for Federal Employees program seeks to provide future government technology leaders access to hands-on research and project experience at Mitre and […] More

  • Profile: Rob Cross, Mgmt Professor at University of Virginia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Profile: Rob Cross, Mgmt Professor at University of Virginia

    Rob Cross is a professor of management at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, where he teaches and studies about the application of social network analysis ideas to business. He has collaborated with nearly 300 companies, government agencies and nonprofit organizations to develop innovation, revenue growth, leadership and talent management strategies. Cross authored the book, titled […] More

  • CSRA Finance Chief David Keffer Named NVTC Public Company CFO of the Year - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Finance Chief David Keffer Named NVTC Public Company CFO of the Year

    David Keffer, executive vice president and chief financial officer at CSRA, was selected to receive the Public Company CFO of the Year distinction at the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 20th annual Greater Washington Technology CFO Awards. NVTC said Thursday the awards recognize local CFOs and financiers for achievement in the promotion of the Washington metropolitan region’s technology community. Keffer […] More

  • Mitre to Support Auburn University's Drone Pilot Training Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre to Support Auburn University’s Drone Pilot Training Program

    Auburn University has partnered with Mitre to carry out a training program for unmanned aerial system operators, Tech Alabama reported Tuesday. Travis Leder writes Mitre will help the university’s UAS flight school to familiarize itself with drone-related regulations established by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Additionally, Mitre and the University of Virginia have collaborated to build […] More

  • Leidos Backs University of Virginia's Data Science Projects; Gulu Gambhir Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Backs University of Virginia’s Data Science Projects; Gulu Gambhir Comments

    Leidos has donated $200,000 to the University of Virginia to support cybersecurity, healthcare informatics and sustainable energy research efforts at the university’s Data Science Institute, UVA Today reported Friday. Josie Pipkin writes Leidos also agreed to provide its DigitalEdge cloud-based analytics technology for student capstone projects. “Data science and analytics has the potential to transform […] More

  • Mission Secure to Demo Cyber Defense for Autonomous Ground Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mission Secure to Demo Cyber Defense for Autonomous Ground Vehicles

    Mission Secure Inc. has teamed up with Perrone Robotics and the University of Virginia to launch a pilot program intended to protect autonomous ground vehicles from cyber threats, Defense Systems reported Friday. George Leopold writes the team will demonstrate the Defense Department-funded project by simulating cyber attacks against onboard control systems that are used to operate […] More

  • MSi Secures Fund to Push Commercialization of 'System-Aware Cybersecurity' Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MSi Secures Fund to Push Commercialization of ‘System-Aware Cybersecurity’ Platform

    Mission Secure Inc. has secured funding from investors to further transition the System-Aware Cybersecurity architecture into a commercial product. The Charlottesville-based company will pour the seed financing, led by private equity firm Ballast Fund, into moving System-Aware Cybersecurity into the advanced prototype and testing stage, MSi said Tuesday. “MSi’s technology addresses cyber attack challenges faced by legacy and new […] More

  • Buchanan & Edwards Sponsored UVA's 2014 Hackathon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Buchanan & Edwards Sponsored UVA’s 2014 Hackathon

    Buchanan & Edwards sponsored a University of Virginia-hosted forum held Friday through Sunday that sought to promote mobile application development. Students in teams of four participated in a 36-hour programming event to develop mobile apps or platforms from scratch during the UVA 2014 Hackathon, BE announced recently. The UVa 2014 Hackathon had more than 30 […] More

  • University of Virginia Adopts Oracle Profitability, Cost Mgmt Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    University of Virginia Adopts Oracle Profitability, Cost Mgmt Tool

    Oracle has deployed an enterprise performance management tool at the University of Virginia as the academic institution looks to migrate its financial functions into a new technology platform. The public research university selected Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, which has tools designed to provide transparency and insights into budget, acquisition, cost and profitability data, […] More