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  • Hughes' Rick Lober to Join Panel Discussion on Milsatcom Ground Segment Innovations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes’ Rick Lober to Join Panel Discussion on Milsatcom Ground Segment Innovations

    Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes Network Systems‘ defense and intelligence systems division, will participate in a panel discussion at SMi Group‘s Global MilSatCom Conference that is scheduled to take place in London from Nov. 7 to 9. SMi Group said Tuesday the forum will center on ground segment innovations for military satellite communications and cover […] More

  • Bloomberg Government Unveils it's 2017 List of Top Federal Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg Government Unveils it’s 2017 List of Top Federal Contractors

    Bloomberg has released the sixth annual BGOV200 report that lists the top 200 federal government contractors based on the value of prime contracts awarded to them in fiscal year 2016. The BGOV200 ranking looks at the top contracts at 24 federal agencies under 27 purchasing categories, BGOV said Wednesday. “This year, top federal contractors have seen an […] More

  • Maximus Exec Thomas Woteki Appointed to Virginia Tech College of Science Roundtable Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus Exec Thomas Woteki Appointed to Virginia Tech College of Science Roundtable Advisory Board

    Thomas Woteki, senior vice president of technology at Maximus, has been chosen to provide guidance and support as a member of the roundtable advisory board for the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University’s College of Science, the company said Tuesday. The advisory board consists of senior-level professionals who support the Virginia Tech college and its eight […] More

  • Former NAVSEA Senior Exec Jerome Punderson Named Gryphon COO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former NAVSEA Senior Exec Jerome Punderson Named Gryphon COO

    Jerome Punderson, former director of contracts at the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Sea Systems Command, has joined Gryphon Technologies as chief operating officer at the Washington, D.C.-based professional and engineering services contractor. Gryphon said Tuesday Punderson will be responsible for managing and executing the company’s government contracts. “The defense sector is a heavily regulated industry and having […] More

  • Roger Krone: Leidos Partners With Nonprofit Groups to Help Address Opioid Abuse - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Roger Krone: Leidos Partners With Nonprofit Groups to Help Address Opioid Abuse

    Leidos CEO Roger Krone has said the company has teamed up with the Chris Atwood Foundation and other nonprofit organizations to support their efforts to counter abuse of opioid drugs. Krone wrote in an article published Tuesday the company’s move to partner with nonprofits is in response to a call to action by a Leidos […] More

  • Former DoD Adviser Daniel Kliman Named a CNAS Senior Fellow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DoD Adviser Daniel Kliman Named a CNAS Senior Fellow

    Daniel Kliman, a U.S. Navy Reserve officer and former senior adviser at the Defense Department, has been named senior fellow in the Asia-Pacific Security Program of the Center for a New American Security. CNAS said Thursday Kliman will focus on research efforts to examine U.S. competition with China, integration of U.S. allies and U.S. military presence in […] More

  • AT&T Extends Air Force Association CyberPatriot Sponsorship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Extends Air Force Association CyberPatriot Sponsorship

    AT&T will continue to provide financial support, volunteer technical mentorships and in-kind network contributions to the Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot program as a Cyber Diamond sponsor. The telecommunications company has supported the association’s national cyber education program for youth over the past seven years, AFA said Thursday. “We have a continuing demand for cyber experts and leaders,” […] More

  • TechCongress Seeks Applications for 2018 Congressional Innovation Fellowship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TechCongress Seeks Applications for 2018 Congressional Innovation Fellowship

    TechCongress is looking to recruit up to six technology professionals who can provide technical expertise to policymakers or congressional committees on Capitol Hill through a 12-month fellowship program. Applications for the 2018 Congressional Innovation Fellowship are due Sept. 28, TechCongress said Monday. The organization looks for candidates who have a background or interest in technology […] More

  • Knight Point Systems Lands Spot on Inc. Magazine’s 2017 Fast-Growth Company List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Knight Point Systems Lands Spot on Inc. Magazine’s 2017 Fast-Growth Company List

    Knight Point Systems has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of 5,000 U.S. fastest-growing companies for the seventh consecutive year. The Reston, Virginia-based company ranked 3955th on the magazine’s 2017 list. “Companies that made the list, on average, have grown sixfold since 2013,” said Eric Schurenberg, Inc. Media president and editor-in-chief. Knight Point is a service-disabled […] More

  • Former NGA Director Letitia Long Joins Sonatype Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former NGA Director Letitia Long Joins Sonatype Board

    Letitia Long, former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has been named an independent director of Sonatype‘s board of directors. Sonatype said Tuesday Long will work with board representatives from the company’s lead investors that include Goldman Sachs, Accel Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. She held various civilian leadership positions during her more than 35-year […] More

  • Motorola Vet Raghu Rau Elected Quantum Board Chariman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motorola Vet Raghu Rau Elected Quantum Board Chariman

    Raghu Rau, a 16-year veteran of telecommunications firm Motorola, has been elected to chair the board of directors at data management and storage company Quantum. He will succeed Paul Auvil, who will remain with the company as a board member, Quantum said Monday. Rau previously led SeaChange International as CEO and held various leadership roles at Motorola such as senior […] More