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GTSI Corp. board of directors has appointed Sterling E. Phillips, Jr. as the new chief executive officer and president. Before joining GTSI, Phillips served for six years as chairman and CEO of Analex Corp, a publicly traded company acquired by QinetiQ North America in 2007. Prior to Analex, Phillips was …

CACI Chairman of the Board Dr. Jack London has been inducted as a laureate into the Washington Business Hall of Fame. The lifetime achievement award is given to Greater Washington Region executives who have demonstrated business excellence, innovative leadership and community involvement throughout their career. A committee comprised of members …

SAIC (NYSE: SAI) will be the exclusive host of the 33rd annual World Energy Engineering Congress on Dec. 8-10 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The WEEC conference and expo is presented by the Association of Energy Engineers, and is an energy event for end users and energy professionals …

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signed a multiflex enterprise license agreement for Autodesk products and Autodesk services and training. The contract is for $6 million over a three-year period and access to a variety of Autodesk products. “Autodesk software plays a vital role in helping USACE provide quality and …

This week, Joe Dodd of TASC Federal shared his thoughts about how government contractors can best engage with Congress: “We’ve let them know — the committees that have oversight of our customer’s programs — that OCI avoidance is good, that companies like TASC do exist, and in dealing with TASC …

Verizon Wireless has become an official ENERGY STAR Partner. Verizon Wireless will work to improve energy efficiency and fight global warning though its partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency. Verizon Wireless will measure and track energy performance at hundreds of company communications stores, switching centers, cell sites and other facilities …

A new study by Savvis, Inc states that three-fourths of companies either currently employ enterprise-grade cloud computing solutions or plan to apply enterprise-grade cloud in the next five years. “This independent study validates the industry notion that enterprises want customizable cloud solutions that go beyond the application level and comprehensively …

Capgemini announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant for North America, in the latest “Magic Quadrant for SAP ERP Implementation Service Providers, North America” report. The report covers professional services connected to all forms of on-premises SAP ERP application software. According to the report, Capgemini …

The 2010 holiday shopping season has started with a 13-percent increase over last year, and $11.64 billion has been spent online for the season-to-date. Black Friday was the heaviest online spending day to date in 2010, with $648 million in online sales and a 9 percent increase compared to Black …

BAE Systems test pilot Graham Tomlinson has won the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators Derry & Richards Memorial Medal for his contributions to aviation, the company announced this week. Flying for the first time at age 15, Tomlinson was in the Royal Air Force until 1986, when he …

IBM, HP and Cisco have all made it onto the list of environmentally-friendly IT leaders. The “Summary report: Low carbon and Environmental Leadership in the ICT Industry by Gartner and WWF, 2010” study identifies the top 10 IT companies in terms of all-around greener performance. The top all-around performers include …

CSC (NYSE: CSC) was named one of the top 100 greenest companies in America in the 2010 Newsweek Green Rankings. The list, in its second year, provides an environmental ranking of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in America, as measured by revenue, market capitalization and number of employees. In …

This week, Alion booked a deal to help Special Operations Forces in the field. QinetiQ North America was awarded the Engineering Services Contract for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, valued at $1.9 billion. L-3 grabbed a trio of deals worth more than $1 billion. Keane Federal Systems became the latest firm …

ExecutiveBiz recently spoke to some of the area’s top BD leaders, who shared what advice they would offer other business development leaders in the government contracting field in 2011. Here is what Attain’s Mike Fox said: “A lot of times, small businesses lead with the fact that they’re a small …

Verizon will begin issuing electronic identity credentials to some 2.3 million medical professionals in the United States starting in January, the company has announced. With the login data, medical providers can access a unified portal that provides digital health information like electronic health records, e-prescribing services and receive medical information …