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  • Leidos Recognized for Veterans Recruitment Program; Sarah Allen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Recognized for Veterans Recruitment Program; Sarah Allen Comments

    Leidos has received an award from Victory Media for the company’s program to hire veterans, soldiers that end their service and military spouses. Victory Media presented the 2016 Military Friendly Employer and Top 100 Employer recognition to Leidos for its Operation MVP military veteran outreach program, Leidos said Wednesday. “We recognize the immense character, work ethic […] More

  • Parsons Gets 2016 Military Friendly Employer Designation; Jamie Morehead Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Gets 2016 Military Friendly Employer Designation; Jamie Morehead Comments

    Parsons has received the Military Friendly Employer designation from Victory Media for the fourth year in a row. The designation is based on a company’s military recruitment programs, retention initiatives for veterans, policies on National Guard and Reserve service and percentage of newly hired personnel with previous military background, Parsons said Tuesday. “This recognition is […] More

  • Ernst & Young to Offer LANL's Behavioral Cyber Tools in Commercial Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ernst & Young to Offer LANL’s Behavioral Cyber Tools in Commercial Market

    Ernst & Young and the Los Alamos National Laboratory have entered into a strategic alliance to bring the lab’s behavioral cybersecurity tools to the commercial marketplace amid a growing sophistication of attacks. “Defensive cybersecurity is an area that requires strong public-private partnerships to shift the balance,” Duncan McBranch, chief technology officer at LANL, said Tuesday. EY will exclusively offer technologies […] More

  • NVTC Unveils FY 2015-2016 Board Roster - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NVTC Unveils FY 2015-2016 Board Roster

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council has announced the roster of its board of directors for the trade association’s 2015-16 fiscal year. NVTC also announced Tuesday the election of 27 new and returning board members, and 16 three-year-term members to the board. Officers of the board of directors include: Chair: Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of Inova Center for […] More

  • Carahsoft's Craig Abod Named 2015 EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Greater Washington - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s Craig Abod Named 2015 EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Greater Washington

    Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft Technology and an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2015, has received recognition as the 2015 EY Entrepreneur of the Year in the Greater Washington region under the “Government Services Large” category. Carahsoft said Friday the award is for entrepreneurs who have worked to bolster financial performance, innovation and personal commitment to the […] More

  • James Turley Joins Northrop’s Board of Directors; Wes Bush Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    James Turley Joins Northrop’s Board of Directors; Wes Bush Comments

    James Turley, former chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young, has joined Northrop Grumman’s board of directors. Turley, who joined EY in 1977, held various roles at the company until his retirement in 2013, Northrop said Thursday. He was named EY’s regional managing partner for the Upper Midwest in 1994 and for New York in 1998. […] 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

  • Talha Zobair Joins Northrop as Tax VP; James Palmer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Talha Zobair Joins Northrop as Tax VP; James Palmer Comments

    Talha Zobair, formerly senior tax counsel and director of global taxes at Raytheon, has joined Northrop Grumman as vice president of tax. Zobair will report to James Palmer, corporate vice president and chief financial officer, and start in the tax VP role on Aug. 18, Northrop said Monday. “I am pleased Talha is joining the Northrop Grumman […] More

  • Chris Kubasik Joins Investment Banking Firm Seabury Group as COO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Kubasik Joins Investment Banking Firm Seabury Group as COO

    Chris Kubasik, former president and chief operating officer at Lockheed Martin, has joined New York City-based investment banking firm Seabury Group to serve in the same roles. John Luth, Seabury chairman and CEO, said Monday that the firm appointed Kubasik for his experience in the international and professional services markets, as well as his background in […] More