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  • Mac Curtis: Vencore Lands NVTC Award in Year of Rebrand, Acquisition Moves - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mac Curtis: Vencore Lands NVTC Award in Year of Rebrand, Acquisition Moves

    Vencore has received the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s Top Technology Company of the Year award in the category of firms with more than $50 million in annual revenue. The company said Tuesday it was chosen from among six finalists and 100 total nominees from Northern Virginia’s technology community. Chantilly, Virginia-based Vencore rebranded to its current name from The SI Organization and completed two acquisitions […] More

  • LMI's David Shepherd Offers Federal IT Strategies Vs Data Breach Losses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI’s David Shepherd Offers Federal IT Strategies Vs Data Breach Losses

    David K. Shepherd, a senior consultant at firm LMI, has offered strategies that he believes information technology leaders can adopt to minimize damage in event of a cyber attack. Shepherd indicated in an Oct. 30 guest post on the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s blog that proper risk mitigation procedures should be in place, given the […] More

  • MAXIMUS CFO David Walker Picked for Public CFO of the Year Award; Richard Montoni Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MAXIMUS CFO David Walker Picked for Public CFO of the Year Award; Richard Montoni Comments

    David Walker, MAXIMUS CFO, has been named Public Company CFO of the Year at the 18th Annual Greater Washington Technology CFO Awards, MAXIMUS said Tuesday. The award was presented to Walker by the Northern Virginia Technology Council and is meant to recognize outstanding financial leaders in the D.C. area.   “David has been a trusted partner […] More

  • Chmura Report: Northern Virginia, Potomac Region Grow Big Data Assets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chmura Report: Northern Virginia, Potomac Region Grow Big Data Assets

    A new study from Chmura Economics & Analytics indicates that the Northern Virginia and Potomac region have continued to expand their big data footprints. The Northern Virginia Technology Council, the George Washington University and Attain LLC released the report on the growth of big data assets in those areas, NVTC said Friday. “As the research indicates, […] More

  • LMI Wins Innovation Technology Award Sponsored by NVTC and The Washington Post; Gus Creedon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI Wins Innovation Technology Award Sponsored by NVTC and The Washington Post; Gus Creedon Comments

    The open source semantic software developed by LMI has won the most innovative technology award in the government category of a months-long competition sponsored by the Northern Virginia Technology Council and The Washington Post. LMI’s OpenPolicy tool won the Destination Innovation 2014 award for how it helps organize massive data and knowledge in “countless pages […] More

  • NVTC Selects Winners of Innovation Technology Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NVTC Selects Winners of Innovation Technology Competition

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council has chosen the winners of a four-week innovation competition that had 29 participating technology companies. The Destination Innovation competition amassed 75,000 total votes during the course of the competition through the Washington Post’s Capital Business website, NVTC announced Thursday. LynxFit won the social category, Homesnap won the commerce category, LMI […] More

  • Three Wire's VetAdvisor Tool Picked to Compete at NVTC Destination Innovation Contest - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology

    Three Wire’s VetAdvisor Tool Picked to Compete at NVTC Destination Innovation Contest

    A tool developed by Three Wire Systems LLC to connect veterans with career coaches was has been nominated for an innovation competition run by the Northern Virginia Technology Council. Three Wire’s VetAdvisor platform will compete in the social category of the competition’s preliminary stage, the company announced Monday. The Washington Post’s Capital Business weekly business […] More

  • Linda Hudson: Defense Industry Needs More Citizens in STEM Fields - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Linda Hudson: Defense Industry Needs More Citizens in STEM Fields

    Outgoing BAE Systems Inc. President and CEO Linda Hudson spoke to technology leaders Thursday about the changes she believes would address concerns on how to develop U.S. student and professional talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, FedScoop reported Thursday. Dan Verton writes Hudson appeared at an Northern Virginia Technology Council event to discuss U.S. […] More

  • IT Jobhunting Website for Veterans Goes Live - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology

    IT Jobhunting Website for Veterans Goes Live

    The new website developed by the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the Consumer Electronics Association and Monster Worldwide to help veterans find work in the information technology sector is now live. USTechVets.org is designed with a skills translator to help users match their backgrounds with available jobs and built to contain a database of more than 800,000 […] More

  • NVTC to Co-Launch New Website for Veterans to Find IT Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NVTC to Co-Launch New Website for Veterans to Find IT Work

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council, the Consumer Electronics Association and Monster Worldwide is launching USTechVets.org on Jan. 8, an online community aimed to connect military veterans with possible employment in the information technology sector. “USTechVets seeks to facilitate veterans’ transition to civilian careers, reduce veteran unemployment and provide America’s veteran workforce access to employment in […] More