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  • DHS Taps DynCorp Subsidiary for Elicitation, Deception Detection Training Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Taps DynCorp Subsidiary for Elicitation, Deception Detection Training Contract

    A DynCorp International subsidiary has been awarded a potential $700,000 contract by the Department of Homeland Security to provide elicitation and detecting deception training services to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s office of international operations. The company said Tuesday its Phoenix Consulting Group will train the department’s visa security program agents to identify applicants who could be a potential threat to the […] More

  • DynCorp Passes Private Security Company Mgmt Systems Standards; Leonard Moss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Passes Private Security Company Mgmt Systems Standards; Leonard Moss Comments

    DynCorp International has achieved a private security company management systems certification conducted by independent auditing firm MSS Global. The certification builds on the company’s compliance with the ISO 18788 standards for security operations management systems, DynCorp said Tuesday. “The PSC.1 Standard, established by the U.S. Congress, requires any company providing security services to meet high standards for […] More

  • Gina Gallagher Joins AOC Key Solutions as President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gina Gallagher Joins AOC Key Solutions as President

    Gina Gallagher, a 20-year federal market veteran, has been named president of Chantilly, Virginia-based proposal development consulting company AOC Key Solutions. She has previously served as vice president of sales and marketing at Systems Made Simple for five years and has played a key role in the company’s pursuit of various health information technology contracts in the government sector, […] More

  • Lou Von Thaer on His 2016 DynCorp Outlook & The Int'l GovCon Market Picture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lou Von Thaer on His 2016 DynCorp Outlook & The Int’l GovCon Market Picture

    Lou Von Thaer began a new phase of his nearly three-decade GovCon career in Summer 2015 when McLean, Virginia-based DynCorp International appointed him to the chief executive post. He joined DynCorp from a two-year stint at Leidos as national security sector president, which was preceded by a decade at General Dynamics as head of the advanced information systems unit. […] More

  • 2015 Washington Govcon Award Finalists Unveiled, Paul Lombardi to Get Hall of Fame Induction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    2015 Washington Govcon Award Finalists Unveiled, Paul Lombardi to Get Hall of Fame Induction

    The Professional Services Council and Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce have named the finalists for government contracting vendor and executive honors at the 13th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards Nov. 5. PSC said Thursday the awards recognize the leadership, commitment and innovation of businesses and leaders in the Washington metropolitan area’s government contracting community. “Each year we are privileged […] More

  • Laurence Grayer Joins Board of Veterans Moving Forward - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Laurence Grayer Joins Board of Veterans Moving Forward

    Laurence Grayer, of counsel at Protorae Law, has been appointed to the board of directors at Veterans Moving Forward, a nonprofit organization that trains and offers assistance dogs to former military service members with physical and mental health problems. He previously held the roles of senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at DynCorp […] More

  • Executive Profile: Chris Sullivan, Serco SVP and CIO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Chris Sullivan, Serco SVP and CIO

    Chris Sullivan serves as senior vice president and chief information officer at Serco Inc., where he is responsible for the information technology department. Sullivan leads the implementation of IT governance framework, operating model and information security plan at the British contractor’s North American subsidiary. He previously served as CIO for the North American public sector at […] More

  • Executive Profile: Doug Kitani, CEO of IAP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Doug Kitani, CEO of IAP

    Doug Kitani serves as CEO of IAP Worldwide Services Inc., where he is responsible for the strategic direction of government services and national security, infrastructure services and power provider. Kitani served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of AOPA and co-founder of Calder Capital Partners before he joined IAP. He also led portfolio […] More

  • Jim Myles: DynCorp Extends Support for California's Aerial Firefighting Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Myles: DynCorp Extends Support for California’s Aerial Firefighting Program

    DynCorp International has received a one-year, $27.8 million contract extension to help the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection maintain aerial vehicles the agency uses when it responds to wildfires. The company said Wednesday it will continue to provide maintenance, repair and modification services for the agency’s fleet of OV-10A observation aircraft, S-2T tankers […] More

  • Executive Profile: Terence Raley, AECOM Govt Services Group VP of Contracts and Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Terence Raley, AECOM Govt Services Group VP of Contracts and Procurement

    Terence Raley serves as vice president of contracts and procurement at AECOM‘s government services unit and is a three-decade contract, acquisition and business management veteran. Raley previously served as a contracts VP for the company’s national security programs business. Before that, he was the director of operations for Computer Sciences Corp.‘s state and local solutions […] More

  • Executive Profile: Deborah Drake, HR SVP at Sotera Defense - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Deborah Drake, HR SVP at Sotera Defense

    Deborah Drake serves as vice president of human resources at Sotera Defense Solutions, where she is responsible for leading the company’s enterprise global human resources function. Prior to her current role, she served as a Leidos vice president of Human Resources where she was responsible for compensation, international HR and services initiatives in its intelligence and […] More