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    Pentagon’s ORS-1 Reconnaissance Satellite Logs 4 Years in Space

    A U.S. military satellite carrying United Aerospace Systems-built intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors has completed four years in orbit. The Operationally Responsive Space-1 satellite works to provide the U.S. Central Command with imagery and data to help increase warfighters’ battlefield awarenesss, UTC Aerospace Systems said Monday. ORS-1 launched aboard a Minotaur I rocket from NASA’s […] More

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    JD Crouch Joins USO as President, CEO; Richard Myers Comments

    J.D. Crouch, CEO of QinetiQ North America prior to The SI Organization‘s acquisition of QNA’s services business, has joined the nonprofit United Service Organizations as president and CEO. “He comes to the USO with a record of government service, leadership and innovation, but most important of all, he has a deep and abiding passion for our men and […] More

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    Sotera to Host Cybersecurity Job Fair

    Sotera Defense Solutions will host a job fair for qualified individuals with at least a TS/SCI clearance for positions supporting the U.S. Army at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia on July 30. During the job fair, Sotera will have recruiters and program managers on the floor to interview candidates for opportunities in cybersecurity positions ranging […] More

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    Executive Profile: Margaret Grayson, MTN Government Services, President

    Margaret Grayson serves as president for MTN Government Services, where she leads the company in providing integrated communications services for military and government agencies. Appointed to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council by President Bush in 2002 and currently serving at the request of President Obama, she actively participates in the development of policy recommendations and […] More

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    Executive Profile: Timothy Hurlebaus, CGI Federal, Senior Vice President for National Security and Defense Programs

    Timothy Hurlebaus is CGI Federal’s senior vice president for national security and defense programs. He leads the company’s NSDP in delivering solutions for U.S. federal organizations, including the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, several intelligence community clients and the General Services Administration. Hurlebaus is also a member of the U.S. Executive Management Committee, as […] More

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    CODY Systems named $50,000 Top Diamond Sponsor of FBINAA Conference

    CODY Systems has been named top Diamond Sponsor of the 50th Annual FBI National Academy Associates National Conference in Philadelphia, PA July 26-29. This year marks a milestone as the 50th anniversary of the conference, as Diamond Sponsor CODY systems makes a sizable contribution of $50,000 to benefit the Eastern Pennsylvania FBINAA chapter, where the […] More

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    Kennedy Consulting Picks Deloitte for State, Local Gov’t Market Leadership List

    Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory has selected Deloitte as a leader in U.S. state and local government consulting services. In the report “United States Sate & Local Government Consulting 2014,” Kennedy said “Deloitte is substantially immersed in the state and local government market, giving it a thorough understanding of clients’ needs.” According to the report, the firm works to bring experiences […] More

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    Ball Aerospace, ULA Launch Colorado’s Largest Rocket

    Interns from Ball Aerospace and United Launch Alliance launched Colorado’s largest rocket Saturday from the Hudson Ranch near Pueblo. More than 100 students are participating in the seventh annual Student Rocket Launch with a total of 18 payloads on board three high-power sports rockets, ULA said Wednesday. “Year after year exceptionally talented summer interns amaze […] More

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    David Hardison of Deloitte Elected CDISC Board Chairman

    David Hardison, a three-decade biopharmaceutical veteran and ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte vice president, has been appointed to chair the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium’s board of directors. He held the chairman role at CDISC from 2005 to 2007 and has been supporting the nonprofit’s collaboration with the healthcare community to develop standards for clinical research data […] More

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    Microsoft and IBM hot on Amazon’s heels, Google falls short

    In a recent release from Synergy Research Group it was revealed that Microsoft and IBM are clear leaders in cloud infrastructure, while Amazon has been forced to face its new competitors. After experiencing a year-on-year growth rate drop to 49%, Amazon was unable to grow its sequential cloud revenues, shedding light on Google‘s inability to […] More

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    Jennifer Mulveny Named Intel Cloud Policy, Gov’t Affairs Director for Australia, NZ; Kate Burleigh Comments

    Jennifer Mulveny, a former lobbyist for Intel in the Senate, has been named the company’s director of cloud policy and government affairs in Australia and New Zealand, ARN reported Friday. Chris Player writes that Mulveny will work with government agencies on trade, Internet governance, privacy, security and other matters relevant to Intel’s business in the region. Kate Burleigh, Intel’s managing director for […] More