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SRA International Inc. announced Wednesday it was included on Military Times EDGE magazine’s “Best for Vets” 2012 employer list. The award recognizes companies that demonstrate outstanding support for U.S. veterans and their families. Military Times listed 40 companies and scaled them based on their recruiting and hiring policies, social recognition …

Charlie Precourt, a vice president and general manager at ATK’s aerospace division, was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 5. The Arlington, Va.-based firm said the space launch division leader was inducted alongside fellow astronauts Kevin Chilton and Chang-Diaz. Seventy-nine astronauts have joined the Hall since …

Cisco Systems has named Global Technology Resource Inc. one of its data center partners of the year for the public sector. GTRI received its award on April 17 at Cisco’s annual partner conference in San Diego, according to a Cisco release. Cisco recognizes partners on the global, geo and theater …

Iron Bow Technologies has won Cisco Systems’ federal partner of the year and civilian services partner of the year awards, the company announced Thursday. The Chantilly, Va.-based technology firm said it was recognized for its ability to deliver technology for data center and security technology to its federal customers. Iron …

Three companies that hold government contracts were among the winners of recruiting awards at an expo last week in San Diego, Ere.net reports. Accenture repeated its win last year for having the best employee referral program. For this year, the consulting firm focused on allowing employees to search for open …

US Investigations Services named Tim Earnshaw the company’s top investigator in 2011, the Altegrity subsidiary announced Wednesday. The Falls Church, Va.-based background investigations provider said he developed a training program focusing on timeliness requirements for background investigations required under government contracts. The company credited him with having the top-ranked metrics …

Mitre Corp. employees won awards for leadership in the science, technology, engineering and math fields the week of Feb. 16 in Phladelphia at a competitiveness conference in Philadelphia. at the  Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Global Competitiveness Conference. Mitre announced Tuesday three of its employees were recognized at the 2012 …

Harris Corp.’s broadcast communications Quincy, Illinois-based operations has been recognized with the 2011 Governor’s Sustainability award, the company announced today. The company said it was one of 25 that received this award, which recognizes organizations that have demonstrated measures in protecting the environment, sustaining the future and improving the economy. …

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. announced today that M&A Advisor has nominated the company for its 2012 Information Technology Award and the 2011 Middle Market Deal of the Year Award at a Dec. 13 awards gala in New York City. Kratos said it was nominated for both awards for its …

Capgemini has been named “Most Innovative Alliance Partner of the Year for Europe Middle East and Africa” by HP, according to a company announcement. This is the second year the group, made up of Capgemini and Sogeti, was recognized with this award. HP software awards are given to partners HP …

RightNow recently recognized winners of its Second Annual Public Sector Awards of Excellence during a ceremony last month at the company’s Reston, Va.- based offices. According to Kevin Paschuck, vice president, public sector and Canada for RightNow,“the winning organizations and individuals have shown true leadership in the area of customer service …

At a recent awards ceremony, Power Engineering magazine recognized the top projects of the year. The projects has to represent significant facilities and technologies in areas of coal-fired, gas-fired and renewable energy. The 2011 Projects of the Year Award went to three winners and six honorable mentions. Awarded projects featured contracting …

A team including Lockheed Martin, the Army‘s Program Executive Office for Aviation and  the Army’s Apache Program Management Office has received the 2011 U.S. Secretary of Defense Performance Based Logistics Award for the modernized target acquisition designation sight/pilot night vision sensor, also known as Arrowhead, for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. Lockheed said …

Northrop Grumman announced today that its online game that aims to reinforce quality business practices received a People’s Choice award at a recent conference in Orlando, Fla. The company’s Quality Tycoon game won the “Best of show” award for 2011 at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference Serious Games Showcase …

The Metro Ethernet Forum, a nonprofit telecommunications industry consortium, has named Verizon as its Global Service Provider of the Year. In a release announcing the award, Verizon said it received the honor for its carrier ethernet portfolio, which includes private lines and partner agreements worldwide. “Verizon has paved a global path, …