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  • Former Acting OPM Chief Beth Cobert Appointed CEO of Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Acting OPM Chief Beth Cobert Appointed CEO of Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative

    Beth Cobert, former acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, has been named CEO of the Markle Foundation’s Skillful program. Cobert will work with Andi Rugg, Skillful’s Colorado executive director, and Denis McDonough, former chief of staff at the White House who moved to Markle in February, to oversee Skillful’s efforts to provide employment […] More

  • Former Army, GDIT Exec Robert Wren Named IT Transformation, EA Director at MetroStar Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Army, GDIT Exec Robert Wren Named IT Transformation, EA Director at MetroStar Systems

    Robert Wren, a former chief information officer of the U.S. Army‘s medical department and a General Dynamics information technology business sub-unit, has joined MetroStar Systems as director of IT transformation and enterprise architecture. MetroStar said Tuesday the enterprise IT and healthcare technology professional will lead company efforts to address the innovation needs of commercial and federal healthcare customers. […] More

  • Leidos Receives Gold Edison Award for DARPA Unmanned Vessel Devt Project Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Receives Gold Edison Award for DARPA Unmanned Vessel Devt Project Support

    Leidos has received a gold 2017 Edison Award under the tactical and industrial technology category for its support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. The company accepted the award during the 30th annual Edison Awards ceremony held Thursday in New York City, Leidos said Friday. Mike Chagnon, president of Leidos’ […] More

  • Vectrus Named to 2017 Military Friendly Employers List; Chuck Prow Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus Named to 2017 Military Friendly Employers List; Chuck Prow Comments

    Vectrus has been included in Victory Media’s annual Military Friendly Employers list in recognition of the company’s employment opportunities for retired service members. Chuck Prow, Vectrus president and CEO, said in a statement released Thursday at least 35 percent of Vectrus’ employees have a military background. “Veterans’ military experience provides valuable leadership skills and an understanding […] More

  • Booz Allen EVP Karen Dahut Nominated to Tech Data Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen EVP Karen Dahut Nominated to Tech Data Board

    Karen Dahut, an executive vice president and civil commercial group lead at Booz Allen Hamilton, has been nominated to serve on the board of directors of information technology company Tech Data. Tech Data said Wednesday it will include Dahut’s nomination for the role of independent director in a proxy statement to shareholders. “Her global leadership experience in next-generation technologies, […] More

  • Report: Capitol Hill Vet Bill Greenwalt Named PSC R&D Senior Adviser - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Capitol Hill Vet Bill Greenwalt Named PSC R&D Senior Adviser

    Bill Greenwalt, formerly a professional staff member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has been named senior adviser for research and development at the Professional Services Council, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. He will advise the council on defense, national security and government contracting matters, according to the report by Jory Heckman. PSC President and […] More

  • Leidos Eyes Work to Update Navy's Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems; Tim Reardon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Eyes Work to Update Navy’s Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems; Tim Reardon Comments

    Leidos will work to provide research, development, sustainment and other services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems through a potential $198 million multi-award contract the U.S. Navy awarded in March. The company said Thursday the contract also covers instrumentation delivery and updates as well as hardware and software engineering services for CEIS in use […] More

  • ACT I Named a Finalist for SECAF's 'Govt Contractor of the Year' Award; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Named a Finalist for SECAF’s ‘Govt Contractor of the Year’ Award; Michael Niggel Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International is a finalist for the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum’s Government Contractor of the Year award for companies with revenues between $12 million and $25 million. ACT I said SECAF’s Annual Government Contractor Awards recognizes small and emerging govcon companies as well as industry members that depend on small businesses. “We […] More

  • Leidos Debuts Pro Bono Legal Service for Military Vets, Nonprofit Orgs; Vincent Maffeo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Debuts Pro Bono Legal Service for Military Vets, Nonprofit Orgs; Vincent Maffeo Comments

    Leidos has launched a program that offers free legal assistance to U.S. military veterans, community nonprofit groups and underprivileged people. The company said Tuesday its legal department and General Counsel Vincent Maffeo will oversee the pro bono legal initiative. Leidos also signed a voluntary statement of commitment through the Pro Bono Institute’s Corporate Pro Bono Challenge. “Empowering our employees to be active and engaged […] More

  • UMBC Named Champion in Raytheon-Backed College Cyber Competition; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UMBC Named Champion in Raytheon-Backed College Cyber Competition; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    The University of Maryland in Baltimore County has landed the top spot during the 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition sponsored by Raytheon. Teams from top 10 colleges and universities participated in the three-day NCCDC championship that kicked off April 13 in San Antonio, Texas, Raytheon said Saturday. “This is the fourth year we have been […] More

  • Matthew Schmitz Joins Dynetics as Technical Services Business VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matthew Schmitz Joins Dynetics as Technical Services Business VP

    Matthew Schmitz, formerly a vice president at Huntsville, Alabama-based engineering and program management services provider Intrepid, has been named VP of the technical services business at Dynetics. Dynetics said April 10 Schmitz will oversee the unit’s business development strategy and enterprise growth initiatives in his new position. Schmitz has almost 20 years of business development and operations management experience at multiple […] More

  • Cubic Receives 'Military Friendly Employer' Award From Victory Media - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Receives ‘Military Friendly Employer’ Award From Victory Media

    Cubic has been selected by Victory Media as a silver-level Military Friendly Employer award recipient for 2017 in the more than $1 billion revenue category. The company received the designation for its efforts to create job opportunities as well as hiring and retention programs for transitioning service members and their spouses who seek civilian employment, Cubic said Thursday. Victory Media […] More