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  • Microsoft Hosts 'Pushups for Charity' for Military Veteran Support Awareness; Wes Anderson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Hosts ‘Pushups for Charity’ for Military Veteran Support Awareness; Wes Anderson Comments

    Microsoft has enlisted celebrities, athletes and civilians to participate in the Pushups for Charity challenge held at the company’s flagship store in New York. The company hosted the event as part of its efforts to raise awareness for military veteran support and to contribute to the celebration of the National Military Appreciation Month, Microsoft said Monday. […] More

  • Kroll Drafts 4 New Directors for Cybersecurity & Investigations Group; Tim Ryan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kroll Drafts 4 New Directors for Cybersecurity & Investigations Group; Tim Ryan Comments

    New York-based corporate investigations and risk consulting firm Kroll has named Devon Ackerman, Mari DeGrazia, Ron Dormido and Ray Manna as directors for its cybersecurity and investigations unit. Kroll said Monday the four were appointed as a part of the company’s push to meet demand in cyber investigations and advanced digital forensics services among clients. Tim Ryan, Kroll cybersecurity and […] More

  • NASA Declares Winners of Student Launch, Orbital ATK Awards Prize to Top Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Declares Winners of Student Launch, Orbital ATK Awards Prize to Top Team

    NASA has declared the winners of the Student Launch challenge that had nearly 50 teams of middle, high school and college and university students from 22 states display aerospace and engineering skills to meet mission objectives. Vanderbilt University nabbed the top spot in the competition and received a $5,000 prize from corporate sponsor Orbital ATK, followed by the University […] More

  • IBM, University Partner Forge Alliance to Launch Facility for Cognitive Computing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, University Partner Forge Alliance to Launch Facility for Cognitive Computing

    IBM has forged a multi-year alliance with the University of Maryland in Baltimore County in an effort to build the Accelerated Cognitive Cybersecurity Laboratory that will open in the fall of 2016. UMBC’s College of Engineering and Information Technology will house the new laboratory, which will work to discover new cognitive computing applications on cybersecurity using analytics and […] More

  • OPM, Excelsior Sign Agreement to Back Federal Employees' Higher Education Pursuits; Beth Cobert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM, Excelsior Sign Agreement to Back Federal Employees’ Higher Education Pursuits; Beth Cobert Comments

    Excelsior College has inked an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to assist more than 1 million federal employees along with respective spouses and domestic partners in their individual pursuits of higher education degrees. The collaboration will build on OPM’s efforts to gather new talent and support federal employees’ career development and address government-wide and agency-specific skill requirements, […] More

  • NGA Commences Geospatial Information Systems Fair to Exhibit Projects from High School Students - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Commences Geospatial Information Systems Fair to Exhibit Projects from High School Students

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has launched its Geospatial Information Systems fair in support of NGA’s Partners in Education program to provide more than 100 high school students a means to exhibit their GIS projects. NGA employees examined the projects of young geospatial inventors and provided purpose, design, methodology, execution and creativity feedback to assist the participants’ final works, the […] More

  • 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

  • BMC's Herb VanHook to Discuss Modern IT Management at Gartner Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BMC’s Herb VanHook to Discuss Modern IT Management at Gartner Summit

    Herb VanHook, BMC Software chief technology officer, will host a session that focuses on a customer-centric view of information technology management at the 2016 Gartner IT Operations Strategies and Solutions Summit on May 11. VanHook will discuss initiatives across IT organizations that work to utilize innovative technologies in the digital world, BMC said Wednesday. BMC will also exhibit its digital […] More

  • Ed Sheehan: Army Taps CTC-Battelle JV to Support NDCEE - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ed Sheehan: Army Taps CTC-Battelle JV to Support NDCEE

    National Defense Energy & Environmental Alliance, a joint venture between Concurrent Technologies Corp. and Battelle, has been selected with three other contractors to support the National Defense Center for Energy and Environment. E2A will look to demonstrate, validate and transition technologies in an effort to assist Defense Department installations, ranges and weapon systems and work to meet the […] More

  • CivilianJobs.Com Names SAIC as a 'Most Valuable Employer' for Military; Kimberly Admire Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CivilianJobs.Com Names SAIC as a ‘Most Valuable Employer’ for Military; Kimberly Admire Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has been selected as one of the companies in the 2016 Most Valuable Employer for Military list released by CivilianJobs.com. Awardees go through a selection process that involves a survey on employer recruitment, training and retention plans that serve military service members and veterans, SAIC said Tuesday. “Today, more than 20 percent of our workforce […] More

  • Parsons Vows Support for Guardsmen, Reservists in Workforce; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Vows Support for Guardsmen, Reservists in Workforce; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons has signed a statement of support with the Defense Department‘s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve office Wednesday in recognition of company employees who are members of the U.S. National Guard and Army Reserve. Under the agreement, the company will comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and manage employees who […] 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