Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Clay Hale is senior vice president and chief financial officer for Siemens Government Technologies, the energy and technology conglomerate’s U.S. federal business organization. He started his tenure as SVP and CFO in March and spoke with ExecutiveBiz less than a month later to discuss how he applies Siemens’ commercial success in the federal market and […] More
Frances Coady, formerly vice president of human resources for Day & Zimmermann‘s munitions and government business, has been promoted to senior VP of HR at the company. She will be oversee the company’s talent management, rewards and compensation, diversity, succession planning, change management and labor strategy, Day & Zimmermann said Monday. “Bringing a tremendous amount of human resources expertise to […] More
David Fastabend serves as vice president of advanced information systems at Exelis and leads an organization that works on new products for customers in the defense and intelligence, air traffic management, space, earth science and homeland defense markets. Fastabend joined the company in January 2011 and has also served as Exelis’ director of strategic planning and technology development. […] More
Raytheon, General Motors, and the U.S. Army have certified the first graduating class of their training program for soldiers that will transition into the private sector as service technicians for GM. Raytheon said Tuesday the first class in the 12-week “Shifting Gears” automotive technician training program produced 23 graduates who have received certification to work in GM dealerships across the U.S. […] More
Arlington, Virginia-based digital security intelligence and analytics firm Endgame has appointed Jon Brody and Jim Tosh as senior vice president of marketing and VP of engineering, respectively. Brody will be responsible for the company’s marketing strategy and Tosh will lead Endgame’s security technology product development work, Endgame said Wednesday. “Both Jon and Jim have a depth of expertise in enterprise security that will be […] More
Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T‘s government solutions business, has received the Janice K. Mendenhall Spirit of Leadership Award from the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council. ACT-IAC said Monday the award is named after a civil servant who sought to bolster mentorship and relationships between industry and government and is the highest award given to members of the organization. […] More
Bart Olson serves as vice president of strategy and business development at ATK‘s defense segment and is responsible for functions related to strategic planning, business development, mergers and acquisitions, industry outreach and pursuits. Olson also serves on the board of directors for ATK’s Employee Citizenship Fund. His career prior to ATK includes time at other government contractors in […] More
Dr. Christopher Boone, a former vice president at healthcare advisory firm Avalere Health, will officially join the Health Data Consortium on Nov. 3 as the nonprofit organization’s executive director. Boone will oversee the group’s efforts to grow as a public-private alliance working to promote the open data movement and adoption of information technology platforms in […] More
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger and Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland will deliver the opening remarks at the CyberMaryland Conference on Wednesday and Thursday, which will host representatives from academia, industry and government. “Governor O’Malley launched the CyberMaryland initiative in January 2010 to position the state as the epicenter of cybersecurity,” Dominick Murray, secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, said Friday. DBED […] More
A Deloitte-built platform for managing unemployment benefits in New Mexico has won the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ 2014 Digital Government Award in the government-to-citizen category. Deloitte said Thursday the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions received the NASCIO award for the agency’s integrated unemployment insurance tax and claims system. “This UI project […] More
The Chertoff Group will host the “Beyond CDM – Transitioning to an Active Cyber Defense” conference on Nov. 4 to discuss cyber defense measures across industry and government as part of the Chertoff Group Security Series. The company said Wednesday it expects the event to bring together business and security leaders to share new approaches in threat analysis, intelligence and automated defense and mitigation as well […] More
Ronnie Chronister, a former deputy commander at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, has joined Dynetics as director of the company’s army and missile defense programs. He has served in SMDC’s no. 2 civilian post for two years and led a 5,000-employee organization that is responsible for developing and operating the military branch’s […] More
