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  • Eaton Joins Program to Help Promote DOE Energy-Efficient Homes Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eaton Joins Program to Help Promote DOE Energy-Efficient Homes Initiative

    Eaton has joined iShow‘s NextGen Home Experience program to help promote an Energy Department initiative that seeks to encourage the construction of energy-efficient homes. The company said Friday it will provide Halo light-emitting diode units for the 2017 NextGen First to the Future online television series and supplied Halo Surface LED Downlights for the tiny home project in support of […] More

  • Mitre VP William LaPlante to Co-Chair a Defense Science Board Task Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre VP William LaPlante to Co-Chair a Defense Science Board Task Force

    William LaPlante, vice president of Mitre‘s intelligence portfolio, has been appointed to co-chair the Defense Science Board’s task force on the design and acquisition of software for defense systems. He will lead the task force in efforts to examine the evolution of the Defense Department‘s software acquisition process over the past decade and offer recommendations to help DoD improve the […] More

  • Task Force Dagger Foundation, ACRES Aim to Advance Clinical Research in Support of SOCOM Members, Veterans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Task Force Dagger Foundation, ACRES Aim to Advance Clinical Research in Support of SOCOM Members, Veterans

    The Task Force Dagger Foundation and the Alliance for Clinical Research Excellence and Safety have teamed up to facilitate clinical research and provide healthcare support for U.S. Special Operations Command servicemembers, veterans and their families. ACRES will implement an integrated systems model designed for the Moonshot on Cancer program to TFD’s functional medicine approach under […] More

  • NASA Marshall Center to Host National Robotic Competition for Students - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Marshall Center to Host National Robotic Competition for Students

    NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will conduct the 2017 FIRST Robotics Kick-Off event Jan. 7 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The event is a national robotic contest that allows teams of students grades 9 through 12 to design, build and test a robot within six weeks once they choose a “Kit of […] More

  • Tim Paynter Named Northrop Strategic Comms VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tim Paynter Named Northrop Strategic Comms VP

    Tim Paynter, director of communications at Northrop Grumman, has been selected to succeed the retiring Randy Belote as vice president of strategic communications. Paynter’s appointment will take effect Jan. 21 and he will report to Lisa Davis, corporate VP of communications, Northrop said Wednesday. Paynter will serve as the firm’s principal spokesperson, oversee media coverage […] More

  • Former NASA CTO Deborah Diaz Named Principal at Deep Water Point - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former NASA CTO Deborah Diaz Named Principal at Deep Water Point

    Deborah Diaz, formerly chief technology officer and deputy chief information officer of  NASA, has joined federal market consulting firm Deep Water Point as a principal. She will provide assistance in strategy development, implementation planning, information technology investment planning and technologies projects to Deep Water Point clients in her new role, the company said Wednesday. “Deborah brings a wealth […] More

  • NIST Vet Mary Saunders Named ANSI Govt Relations, Public Policy VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Vet Mary Saunders Named ANSI Govt Relations, Public Policy VP

    Mary Saunders, associate director for management resources at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has been named vice president of government relations and public policy at the American National Standards Institute effective March 1, 2017. She currently oversees all NIST-wide institutional support and administrative offices and their functions such as workforce management, information technology, accounting and finance, […] More

  • Nebraska's Govt Portal Wins WMA Mobile WebAward - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nebraska’s Govt Portal Wins WMA Mobile WebAward

    The state of Nebraska’s online government portal has been chosen for the Web Marketing Association’s Best in Industry 2016 Mobile WebAward for government mobile website. WMA’s annual awards program recognizes mobile websites and applications based on criteria such as creativity, design, interactivity and ease of use, Nebraska Interactive said Friday. NIC manages Nebraska.gov and provides online […] More

  • Northrop-NLign Analytics Team Receives DoD Award for F-35 Technical Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-NLign Analytics Team Receives DoD Award for F-35 Technical Work

    The Defense Department has given the Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award to the team of Northrop Grumman and NLign Analytics for their work in support of the F-35 fighter jet. NLign Analytics said Thursday the award recognizes individuals’ technical accomplishments in support of DoD’s Manufacturing Technology Program. Northrop used NLign Analytics’ 3D collection and visualization software in an effort to reduce […] More

  • Tony Costa: GSA Receives DC Council of Governments Award for FedScape Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Costa: GSA Receives DC Council of Governments Award for FedScape Program

    The General Services Administration’s FedScape initiative for program alignment has received recognition from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments for the program’s effort to build strategic relationships with the region’s officials. Tony Costa, senior adviser to the GSA administrator, wrote in a blog post published Thursday that MWCOG awarded the 2016 Regional Partnership Award in […] More

  • Inmarsat Gets GSN Homeland Security Award for Global Xpress Network; Peter Hadinger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Gets GSN Homeland Security Award for Global Xpress Network; Peter Hadinger Comments

    Inmarsat’s Global Xpress commercial Ka-band network has won the Best Satellite-Based Broadband Communications platform during Government Security News’ 2016 Homeland Security Awards. Peter Hadinger, president of the U.S. government business unit at Inmarsat, said in a statement released Thursday the award from GSN seeks to reflect the company’s partnership with the U.S. government to supplement their […] More