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  • Bob Fecteau: Employee Collaboration Key to SAIC's IT Workforce - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Fecteau: Employee Collaboration Key to SAIC’s IT Workforce

    Bob Fecteau, chief information officer of Science Applications International Corp., has discussed the company’s method to further build up its information technology team in an interview with Forbes published Tuesday. Fecteau told Forbes’ Peter High that SAIC first established a set of principles to promote collaboration and sharing within the IT workforce. “One of the features we find […] More

  • Executive Profile: Chris Braccio, HR VP at American Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Chris Braccio, HR VP at American Systems

    Chris Braccio serves as vice president for human resources at American Systems, with responsibility for the alignment of human talent with the company’s overall strategy. Braccio oversees American Systems’ talent management, compensation, benefits, HR information systems, community affairs and charitable programs. She also serves on American Systems’ ethics and employee stock ownership plan employee education committees. The 25-year […] More

  • Patricia Lewis Outlines Lockheed's Strategy to Attract, Retain Cyber Workers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patricia Lewis Outlines Lockheed’s Strategy to Attract, Retain Cyber Workers

    Patricia Lewis, Lockheed Martin’s senior vice president of human resources, has discussed the company’s strategy to recruit and retain its cyber personnel, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. Lewis told the Business Journal’s Jill Aitoro that Lockheed has worked to cyber talent from universities, offer retention pay and salaries based on market standards and put incentives in the […] More

  • Alan Chvotkin: Gov't Has Sped Up Clearance Process in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alan Chvotkin: Gov’t Has Sped Up Clearance Process in 2014

    The Human Resources Association of the National Capital Region has released new data that indicates demand for employees with security clearances dropped in 2014, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Aaron Gregg writes the HRA-NCA report also suggests the number of contractors offering pay differentials for security-cleared personnel could decline to 37 percent in 2014 from the 72 percent recorded in 2010. […] More

  • Raytheon Survey Highlights Innovation Aims for Tech-Enabled OEMs; Mark Oliver Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Survey Highlights Innovation Aims for Tech-Enabled OEMs; Mark Oliver Comments

    A Raytheon-commissioned report has found that many car original equipment manufacturers consider innovative learning technologies in customer-facing staff training to be a useful business growth strategy. Mark Oliver, Raytheon Professional Services managing director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, said 45 percent of respondents associate technology-driven instruction to direct revenue growth. “In addition, […] More

  • Pakistan Telecoms Firm Picks SAP Tool for HR System; Gergi Abboud Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pakistan Telecoms Firm Picks SAP Tool for HR System; Gergi Abboud Comments

    Pakistan Telecommunication Co. has selected SAP AG’s cloud computing technology to develop new human resource processes, Daily Times reported Friday. PTCL will use SAP’s Success Factors talent management tools to centralize HR operations, according to the reports. The technology comprises systems for employee profile and organization chart, visualization, goals and performance, succession and career development, compensation […] More