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  • Turner Construction Team Sets Guinness World Record for Longest Continuous Concrete Pour - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Turner Construction Team Sets Guinness World Record for Longest Continuous Concrete Pour

    A Turner Construction project team in Los Angeles set a new Guinness World Record in February for the longest continuous concrete pour. The team poured 82 million pounds of concrete through more than 200 trucks at the Wilshire Grand Center for a period of 18-and-a-half hours, the company announced Wednesday. The 73-story Wilshire Grand Center will be […] More

  • FAA Picks 5 DynCorp Programs for Diamond Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Picks 5 DynCorp Programs for Diamond Awards

    DynCorp International has been selected to receive the Diamond Award for Excellence from the Federal Aviation Administration for the second consecutive year. Diamond Awards are presented to companies of which 100 percent of all eligible maintenance technicians complete FAA aircraft systems training in systems and regulations over one year, DynCorp announced Monday. The company was […] More

  • Harris Celebrates National Engineers Week; William Brown Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Celebrates National Engineers Week; William Brown Comments

    Harris Corp. is celebrating National Engineers Week with various programs for its 6,000 engineers and scientists. From Feb. 17 to Feb. 20, Harris will conduct technology demonstrations, seminars and contests for its engineers, the company announced Monday. Harris has invited Guy A. Boy, Florida Institute of Technology professor and Human-Centered Design Institute director, and Gregory […] More

  • WWT Picked for NetApp Public Sector Partner of the Year Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WWT Picked for NetApp Public Sector Partner of the Year Award

    NetApp has awarded a value added reseller partner of the year award to World Wide Technology in the U.S. public sector category. WWT was given the award at NetApp’s partner summit held Dec. 11 at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., WWT announced Thursday. WWT won the award for its work in the delivery of […] More

  • Hughes Wins Internet Telephony Award; Sampath Ramaswami Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes Wins Internet Telephony Award; Sampath Ramaswami Comments

    Hughes Network Systems LLC has won the 2014 Internet Telephony Product of the Year award from Technology Marketing Corp., an integrated media company. The HR4700 Branch Gateway was chosen for the award that recognizes communications and technology tools on the market in 2014, Hughes announced Thursday. Hughes HR4700 Branch Gateway is designed to function as a […] More

  • Jeff Brubaker: Bechtel to Enter Final Phase of Weapons Disposal Plant Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Brubaker: Bechtel to Enter Final Phase of Weapons Disposal Plant Construction

    A team led by Bechtel is more than 75-percent complete with construction of a weapons disposal facility for the U.S. Army’s program executive office for assembled chemical weapons alternatives. The Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant is being built to destroy stockpiles of chemical nerve agent weapons at the Blue Grass Army Depot outside […] More

  • Iron Mountain Launches Online JFK Library - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain Launches Online JFK Library

    Iron Mountain helped to launch an online library of papers, photos, films and other records related to President John F. Kennedy’s time in office. The JFKLibrary.org website was a four-year effort for the company and was launched a week shy of the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s inauguration, the company announced Jan. 13, 2011. “Protecting information […] More

  • Accenture, MIT Launch Employee Training Program; Mike Salvino Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture, MIT Launch Employee Training Program; Mike Salvino Comments

    Accenture has partnered with a Massachusetts Institute of Technology unit to start a training program for building knowledge and skills of Accenture employees on business processes and project management. The program is intended to guide employees in helping clients develop business strategies such as outsourcing and the first group of participants could be certified in […] More

  • Unisys to Provide IT Services for 2014 Brazil World Cup - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys to Provide IT Services for 2014 Brazil World Cup

    A consortium composed of Unisys Brazil, Agora Telecom, Comtex and Modulo has been chosen to serve as the information technology provider for the 12 cities in Brazil that will host the 2014 World Cup. The Brazil Seguro Consortium was awarded the $110 million contract by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice’s Extraordinary Security Department for Large […] More

  • Cisco's STEM Org Launches Mentorship Program for Women; Patrice D'Eramo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco’s STEM Org Launches Mentorship Program for Women; Patrice D’Eramo Comments

    Cisco‘s STEMconnector organization has launched a program for promoting interest in science, technology, engineering and math careers for women ahead of National Mentoring Month, U.S. News reported Thursday.  Katherine Beard writes that the Million Women Mentors program will match women and girls interested in pursuing STEM degrees and career with potential mentors in the industry. […] More