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  • Event Promotion: Tom Monahan's Fireside Chat, Investor Panel to Feature at Spring CONNECTpreneur Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Event Promotion: Tom Monahan’s Fireside Chat, Investor Panel to Feature at Spring CONNECTpreneur Forum

    Tom Monahan, chairman and CEO of The Corporate Executive Board Company (NYSE: CEB), will discuss emerging trends and market indicators for venture capital investors during a fireside chat session at the spring 2015 edition of the CONNECTpreneur series of events. CONNECTpreneur’s sponsors expect 300 business leaders such as 175 CEOs and founders, as well as around 60 angel investors […] More

  • Mark Testoni: NS2 Serves Training Program's 3rd Class Aims to Tackle Vet Unemployment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Testoni: NS2 Serves Training Program’s 3rd Class Aims to Tackle Vet Unemployment

    A nonprofit organization started by SAP NS2 has opened 20 slots to post-9/11 military veterans for a three-month technology training and employment program that will provide participants with mentorship and potential job opportunities. NS2 Serves said Monday the residential, full-time course will offer training on SAP software and career placement assistance in national security and other fields, provide […] More

  • DynCorp Among Victory Media's 2015 Top Military Friendly Employers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Among Victory Media’s 2015 Top Military Friendly Employers

    DynCorp International is ranked 20th in Victory Media‘s list of 2015 Military Friendly Employers in recognition of its programs and policies for military veterans and employees who are in the Reserve or National Guard forces. The company said Tuesday this is the eighth year that it is included in the list. Inclusion in the Military Friendly Employer list is based on an assessment of a […] More

  • Deloitte Preps CORE Leadership Program Session for Veterans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Preps CORE Leadership Program Session for Veterans

    Deloitte has scheduled the fifth session of its career and leadership development program for veterans and service members between November 13 and 15 as part of its veteran support efforts under Deloitte University. The firm says the Career Opportunity Redefinition & Exploration Leadership Program aims to help recently retired and soon-to-retire soldiers transition from the military to a corporate environment. CORE focuses on networking strategies, […] More

  • Sotera to Host Cybersecurity Job Fair - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sotera to Host Cybersecurity Job Fair

    Sotera Defense Solutions will host a job fair for qualified individuals with at least a TS/SCI clearance for positions supporting the U.S. Army at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia on July 30. During the job fair, Sotera will have recruiters and program managers on the floor to interview candidates for opportunities in cybersecurity positions ranging […] More

  • National Institutes of Health Awards Discovery Labs $1.9M Research Grant to Study Respiratory Distress in Infants - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Institutes of Health Awards Discovery Labs $1.9M Research Grant to Study Respiratory Distress in Infants

    Discovery Laboratories announced Tuesday that it has received $1.9 million of a $2.4 million fast-track small business innovation research grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The award supports continuing research into the ongoing phase 2a clinical trials for Aerosurf, Discovery Labs’ answer to treating infantile respiratory distress syndrome. […] More

  • CenturyLink Breaks Through to Spring with Emboldened Presence in Arlington - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Breaks Through to Spring with Emboldened Presence in Arlington

    After forging through the Capitol area’s (extended) winter weather season, CenturyLink is heading into Spring with an updated shine and presence around the beltway. New rooftop and street-level canopy signs now adorn the firm’s federal government sales office in Arlington, displaying the CenturyLink name and pathways symbol brightly across the street from the Ballston Metro […] More

  • DynCorp: 10K Vets Hired Since 2010 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp: 10K Vets Hired Since 2010

    DynCorp International and its family of companies have hired nearly 10,000 veterans since 2011 in support of a program started by the White House in the same year. The company announced Tuesday during the White House Joining Forces program’s third anniversary celebration that DynCorp has hired more than 2,000 veterans in 2013 and 9,725 since joining the […] More

  • IBM Selects 11 New Fellows; Ginni Rometty Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Selects 11 New Fellows; Ginni Rometty Comments

    IBM has selected a record number of company scientists and researchers from the U.S., Canada, Switzerland and Germany to receive the IBM Fellow honor, the company’s highest technical distinction. The 11 new Fellows will work to carry out the company’s Technology Ambassador Initiative, a program intended to drive growth through innovation, IBM announced Tuesday. “The […] More

  • FireEye's Steve Pataky Among CRN's '50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye’s Steve Pataky Among CRN’s ’50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs’

    Steve Pataky, vice president of worldwide channels and alliances at FireEye, has been included in CRN magazine’s list of the 50 most influential leaders in the channel industry; The CRN editorial team picked Pataky for his leadership work on FireEye’s channel-related programs such as the FireEye Fuel Partner Program, FireEye announced Tuesday. The FireEye Fuel Partner Program […] More

  • Report: Russ Ramsey, Ted Leonsis to Head DC 2024 Olympic Campaign - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Russ Ramsey, Ted Leonsis to Head DC 2024 Olympic Campaign

    Washington, D.C. businessmen Russ Ramsey and Ted Leonsis have been named chairman and vice chairman of the nonprofit organization campaigning for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the capital region, the Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday. Greg Otto and Douglas Fruehling write that DC 2024 announced its intention to bid for the Olympics in August. Ramsey […] More