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    FCi Federal Creates Advisory Board to Support Expansion Initiatives; Scott Miller Comments

    Ashburn, Virginia-based FCi Federal has established a board of advisers as the professional services company looks to expand its market footprint and grow its portfolio. The advisory board consists of public and private sector veterans with background in immigration, intelligence, diplomacy, transportation and homeland security, FCi Federal said Monday. “The formation of the board of advisers signals […] More

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    Unisys Appoints Security Vets to Support APAC Operations

    Unisys has appointed Alan Chan as business development director; Leon Mason as senior pre-sales architect; and Ashwin Pal as security delivery director to support the company’s operations in the Asia Pacific region, SecurityBrief NZ reported Tuesday. Sara Barker writes Chan will oversee Unisys’ Australia and New Zealand security business; Mason will aid customers across the Asia-Pacific region; and Pal will help the company […] More

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    Andy Peters of AECOM Joins Labor Dept’s Construction Safety & Health Advisory Panel

    Andy Peters, a senior vice president and chief safety officer of AECOM, has been appointed by the U.S. Labor Department to serve on DOL’s advisory committee on construction safety and health. Peters will work with the 15-member panel to assist Labor Secretary Thomas Perez in efforts to develop workplace safety and health strategies for the construction industry, AECOM said Thursday. AECOM […] More

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    Siemens Adds Two Partners to STEM Career Technical Education Initiative

    Siemens‘ nonprofit arm has partnered with The Center to Advance CTE and The Center on Education and Skills at New America to expand an initiative that aims to train young adults for middle-skill jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Siemens said Friday Advance CTE will support states and communities’ efforts to recruit students into career technical education programs […] More

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    Education Dept, NASA Partner on Bus Tour to Promote STEAM Education

    The Education Department has held a bus tour that sought to promote NASA‘s journey to Mars program and inspire students to take up higher education in the fields of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. The Opportunity Across America bus traveled across 11 cities in six states in an effort to foster STEAM education to students, teachers, parents and school […] More

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    Law Enforcement Vets Ronald Sloan, Robert Fahlman Join Wynyard Advisory Council

    Former Colorado Bureau of Investigation Director Ronald Sloan and Robert Fahlman, a 35-year veteran of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, have joined the advisory council at crime analytics firm Wynyard. Both Sloan and Fahlman will bring their investigative and criminal intelligence experiences as well as provide insight on the needs of law enforcement agencies to the […] More

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    Pwnie Express Adds Former Raytheon CEO William Swanson to Board of Directors; Paul Paget Comments

    William Swanson, former chairman and CEO of Raytheon, has joined the board of directors of Pwnie Express, a developer of device threat detection technology for wired, wireless and connected devices. Swanson led Raytheon for nearly 10 years before he retired from the defense company in September 2014 after a 42-year career there, Pwnie Express said Wednesday. “Bill’s leadership […] More

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    INSA Names Defense & Intell Analyst Larry Hanauer as Policy VP

    Larry Hanauer, a former senior international policy analyst at RAND Corp., has joined the Intelligence and National Security Alliance as vice president for policy. He will oversee the nonprofit organization’s councils, task forces and other member-driven groups that aim to address national security issues through thought leadership and collaborative, public-private recommendations, INSA said Wednesday. At RAND, Hanaeur analyzed […] More

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    Bill Turk, Taylor Johnson Join SOSi’s Legal Team; Brian Geoghegan Comments

    Bill Turk, former vice president and general counsel of Omniplex World Services, and Taylor Johnson, former deputy general counsel at Raytheon’s Blackbird Technologies subsidiary, have joined the in-house legal team of Virginia-based operations support provider SOS International. Turk was most recently responsible for Omniplex’s merger and acquisition, contract negotiation, intellectual property and corporate governance functions, SOSi said […] More

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    Raytheon to Fund Habitat for Humanity Construction of Veteran’s Home; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon will contribute $100,000 and employee volunteers to Habitat for Humanity’s branch in Washington to support the construction of a home for a veteran and his or her family. The company said Tuesday DC Habitat will select the homeowners of the house to be built in the southeast neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information […] More

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    DHS, Washington State Agency Help Launch National Cyber Security Awareness Event

    The Department of Homeland Security, Washington State office of cybersecurity and National Cyber Security Alliance will hold a public cyber preparedness and cybersecurity event from Oct. 4 to 5 in support of the National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2016. The two-day event will kick off this year’s NCSAM and focus on topics such as drones and autonomous vehicles, emergency management of critical […] More

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    Tiffany Nesbit, Douglas Sandklev Take VP Roles at Elbit Systems’ US Arm; Raanan Horowitz Comments

    Tiffany Nesbit, formerly director of engineering at Honeywell’s aerospace business, has joined Elbit Systems’ U.S. subsidiary as vice president of engineering. Elbit Systems of America also named Douglas Sandklev, formerly technical director of training and simulation solutions at Lockheed Martin, as VP of technology and innovation, the company said Sunday. Raanan Horowitz, president and CEO […] More