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  • AWS Allots Funds for Cloud Training to 10K Transitioning Soldiers, Spouses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Allots Funds for Cloud Training to 10K Transitioning Soldiers, Spouses

    Amazon has pledged at least $7 million in funds for 10,000 service members, veterans and military spouses to participate in its Amazon Web Services training program. The company will offer cloud computing training services in an effort to assist veterans in their transition to the civilian workforce as well as develop skills to meet job requirements in the […] More

  • Lockheed Enters Investment Partnership on STEM Curriculum for Denver Public Schools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Enters Investment Partnership on STEM Curriculum for Denver Public Schools

    Lockheed Martin has invested $800,000 in partnership with Project Lead The Way and the Denver Public Schools Foundation to support the implementation of science, technology, engineering and math-based curriculum across public schools in Denver, Colorado. The company said Friday the investment will support Project Lead The Way’s STEM program at approximately 100 elementary, middle and high schools under […] More

  • Beth Cobert: OPM-Champlain College Online Education Program to Drive Gov't Workforce Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Beth Cobert: OPM-Champlain College Online Education Program to Drive Gov’t Workforce Development

    Vermont-based Champlain College and the Office of Personnel Management marked the first anniversary of their partnership’s truED campaign. OPM said Wednesday truED will continue to provide federal employees, spouses and eligible adult dependents online higher-education programs to close skills gaps in fields such as business management, executive leadership and cybersecurity. “Through this partnership we hope to inspire agency leaders and federal employees to […] More

  • CTC, University of Pittsburgh Forge Research Partnership; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC, University of Pittsburgh Forge Research Partnership; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. and the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown have formed a partnership to facilitate research opportunities for faculty and students. Civil, chemical, computer, electrical and mechanical engineering students at the university will have direct access to the academic-industry alliance, CTC said Monday. “Our engineers and scientists will collaborate with professors and students from Pitt-Johnstown through […] More

  • Lockheed Launches Generation Beyond STEM Education Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Launches Generation Beyond STEM Education Program

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a science, technology, engineering and math educational program for elementary, middle school and high school students across the U.S. which features an online curriculum and virtual reality tools. The company said Friday the Generation Beyond program was announced at the Lockheed-sponsored USA Science & Engineering Festival. “Our children — the elementary, middle and high […] More

  • Lockheed, Partners to Open Entrepreneurship College in Saudi Arabia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Partners to Open Entrepreneurship College in Saudi Arabia

    Lockheed Martin and Babson Global have worked with the Saudi Arabia Economic Offset Program office and the King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia to erect an entrepreneurship college in the region. Lockheed said Wednesday the future College for Business and Entrepreneurship at KAEC will be modeled after the entrepreneurship education programs at Babson College. The project will work […] More

  • Oracle to Invest $200M Into White House's Computer Science Education Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle to Invest $200M Into White House’s Computer Science Education Initiative

    Oracle seeks to pump $200 million for the next 18 months into a White House initiative meant to support computer science education in the U.S. The investment on the Computer Science for All program is intended to provide computer science education to more than 200,000 students through the Oracle Academy educational program, Oracle said Wednesday. “Our latest research […] More

  • KBR, Partners Offer Craft Training Program for Future Vets; David Zelinski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR, Partners Offer Craft Training Program for Future Vets; David Zelinski Comments

    KBR, Central Louisiana Technical Community College and Fort Polk have teamed up to launch a craft training program in pipefitting for active-duty military personnel. The team created the Veteran Pipefitting Training Program to help service members prepare for an industrial civilian career after their service in the military, KBR said Tuesday. Fort Polk’s Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program and KBR representatives […] More

  • Fortinet Opens New Academy to Offer Cybersecurity Training; Ken Xie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fortinet Opens New Academy to Offer Cybersecurity Training; Ken Xie Comments

    Fortinet has launched an academy that aims to provide network security-focused training and certification to students in an effort to address the demand for cybersecurity experts. The Fortinet Network Security Academy will offer cybersecurity training to students worldwide through partnerships with six organizations from the U.S., Canada and Europe that will serve as academy sites, […] More

  • Leidos SVP Robert Zitz to Keynote at Atlantic Council's Cyber Student Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos SVP Robert Zitz to Keynote at Atlantic Council’s Cyber Student Competition

    Robert Zitz, a senior vice president and strategic account executive at Leidos, will deliver a keynote address and serve as a judge at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge  that will take place Friday and Saturday in Washington. Zits will discuss the potential impact of cybersecurity threats on U.S. critical infrastructure during his speech, Leidos said Thursday. The Atlantic Council’s […] More

  • Raytheon-Sponsored Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Kicks Off; David Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Sponsored Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Kicks Off; David Wajsgras Comments

    The Raytheon-sponsored 2016 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for 2016 will start Monday in an initiative to educate and develop both current talent and future generations of cybersecurity workers. “Now more than ever before, the U.S. and countries around the world are connected by global information networks,” David Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services unit, said in a […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Announces 2016 CyberCenturion Competition Finalists - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman Announces 2016 CyberCenturion Competition Finalists

    Northrop Grumman has announced the 10 qualifying teams that will vie for the 2016 CyberCenturion Competition championship. The company said Friday the finalists will face off on April 26 at The National Museum of Computing after they made it through three rounds of cybersecurity challenges in the past four months. Northrop and Cyber Security Challenge U.K. sponsored CyberCenturion 2016, which […] More