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  • Hughes Implements Managed Enterprise Network for Labor Department's Mine Safety Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes Implements Managed Enterprise Network for Labor Department’s Mine Safety Office

    Hughes Network Systems has concluded the installation of a managed enterprise network for the Labor Department‘s Mine Safety and Health Administration under a one-year, $1.36 million contract. The company said Monday HughesON works to provide remote connectivity to the deployed vehicles and regional facilities of MSHA’s Mine Emergency Operations. Tony Bardo, Hughes assistant vice president of government solutions, said […] More

  • Executive Profile: Jerry Calhoun, Vencore SVP for Human Capital - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Jerry Calhoun, Vencore SVP for Human Capital

    Jerry Calhoun has served as senior vice president for human capital at Vencore since April 2014. Calhoun previously worked as SVP of human resources at PAE, where he was responsible for human capital management, workforce realignment, succession planning, performance management and acquisition integration. Prior to joining PAE in 2012, he was SVP of human resources […] More

  • Nonprofit to Recognize Booz Allen’s Robin Portman, Christine Lucy at Heroines of Washington Gala - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nonprofit to Recognize Booz Allen’s Robin Portman, Christine Lucy at Heroines of Washington Gala

    The March of Dimes will honor Booz Allen Hamilton‘s Robin Portman and Christine Lucy today at the 15th Annual Heroines of Washington Gala, which seeks to recognize the contributions of women to community service, 3BL Media reported Monday. Portman, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, has been selected as one of the finalists for […] More

  • Sabre Systems Lands $22M IT Application Development Contract with Labor Department - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sabre Systems Lands $22M IT Application Development Contract with Labor Department

    Sabre Systems has received a $22.4 million task order to develop information technology applications for the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Office of Prices and Living Conditions. The company’s software architects, engineers and developers will work to build database and statistical applications, analyze requirements, design and test software, and perform documentation and production maintenance, Sabre said Friday. The […] More

  • BLS Report: Nonfarm Payroll Employment Up in May, Unemployment Rate Unchanged - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BLS Report: Nonfarm Payroll Employment Up in May, Unemployment Rate Unchanged

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that nonfarm payroll employment in the U.S. increased by 280,000 during May and unemployment rate held at 5.5 percent. BLS said in its latest jobs report released Friday the unemployment rate has been stable since February alongside the number of unemployed persons, with the long-term unemployed number at 2.5 million. BLS said the increase in nonfarm […] More

  • Ingersoll-Rand Names Linda Hudson, Elaine Chao to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ingersoll-Rand Names Linda Hudson, Elaine Chao to Board of Directors

    Linda Hudson, chairman and CEO of The Cardea Group, and former U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao have been elected to Ingersoll-Rand‘s board of directors. Hudson will serve on the board’s audit and finance committee while Chao will work with the compensation and corporate governance and nominating committees, Ingersoll-Rand said Thursday. Before she joined […] More

  • Labor Dept Seeks Info on IT Engineering Services Sources for OCIO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Labor Dept Seeks Info on IT Engineering Services Sources for OCIO

    The Labor Department is seeking industry input on potential sources of information technology engineering and planning services to support the programs of the agency’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. The request for information posted March 20 on FedBizOpps states that DOL OCIO is looking for potential partners to help integrate the various IT systems of DOL agencies […] More

  • Leidos Wins Recognition for Veteran Hiring, Retention Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Wins Recognition for Veteran Hiring, Retention Program

    Leidos has received a recognition from the Tennessee Veterans Business Association for the company’s work to hire and retain veterans. TVBA will present the Veterans Work award to Leidos at the 2015 TVBA business and education exposition at the Holiday Inn Knoxville Downtown World’s Fair Park on Jan. 26 and 27, the company said Tuesday. […] More

  • Labor Dept Eyes "Online Acquisition Knowledge" From Private Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Labor Dept Eyes “Online Acquisition Knowledge” From Private Sector

    The Labor Department is conducting market research into organizations in search of a provider of regular acquisition market news and other tools as a subscription service, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Rebecca Carroll writes the agency is also looking to determine a business’ capability to extend access to Government Accountability Office decisions; checklists, templates and forms; and […] More

  • Compusearch Deploys Acquisition Management System for Labor Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Compusearch Deploys Acquisition Management System for Labor Dept

    Compusearch has deployed its acquisition management system across the Labor Department‘s program and procurement offices ahead of the next phase of DOL’s AMS modernization program. The company said Wednesday that it analyzed requirements and migrated legacy system data as part of the deployment process for the cloud-based PRISM. PRISM works to integrate with DOL’s New Core Financial […] More