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Ernest Portfors, former Klohn Crippen Berger chairman and eight-year member of Louis Berger‘s board of directors, has been elected as the latter’s chairman following the retirement of Nicholas Masucci. Portfors has been part of Louis Berger’s board of directors since 2008 and is also a member of the audit committee, where he oversaw the company’s modernization and reform […] More
Noblis has landed the fifth spot on the Washington Post’s annual list of the metropolitan region’s “Top Workplaces” that represents the nonprofit organization’s third consecutive selections. The science, technology and strategy services provider said Friday Workplace Dynamics gathered employee feedback from companies with a presence in the greater Washington, D.C. area to support the Post’s list. “Being recognized as a […] More
Kelly Bissell, former Deloitte cyber risk services lead for Europe, Middle East and Africa, has joined Accenture as global managing director of the latter firm’s Accenture Security subsidiary. Accenture said Monday Bissell, who was hired in June, holds 25 years of security industry experience in breach incident response, identity management, privacy and data protection, secure software development and cyber risk […] More
DigitalGlobe aims to help the Defense Intelligence Agency develop tools for analysis of mission-critical data from multiple sources as part of a potential five-year, $55 million contract DIA awarded last week. DigitalGlobe and its subsidiary GeoEye Analytics Inc. will work to deliver all-source analytic services to the agency, the company said Monday. “I’m excited to extend our partnership with the DIA, building […] More
Social & Scientific Systems has named Paul Gorrell, a former IMPAQ International health division vice president and director of quality assurance, to the position of health and policy and data analysis group VP. Gorrell has 20 years of experience in research and management and has held a number of leadership roles in health services research projects such as project […] More
Global safety consulting and certification science organization Underwriters Laboratories and the Department of Veterans Affairs have signed a cooperative research-and-development agreement to help create cybersecurity standards and certification approaches for medical devices. UL said Friday the CRADA project will cover veterans’ patient safety and security work through the organization’s Cybersecurity Assurance Program and modify existing and emerging standards and […] More
Federal agencies should include concepts and changes in technology surrounding the Internet of Things as they work to secure mobile devices inside their networks, Microsoft‘s Susie Adams told MeriTalk in an interview published Monday. Adams, federal chief technology officer for the software giant, said the mindset of federal agencies should be to have a network of secure […] More
Concurrent Technologies Corp. has transitioned a web-based electronic safety, health and wellness tool to the National Park Service in an effort to help assess the wellness of NPS employees. CTC and NPS jointly developed the e-Tool to measure progress across national parks, historic sites, battlefields and programs in conjunction to the implementation of the NPS […] More
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Drone World Expo organizers have jointly created a contest meant to foster research into unmanned aerial systems. The Innovative Drone Exploration and Application competition seeks to encourage partnership between UAS end-user and aerospace communities as well as inform drone users of emerging concepts and technologies, AIAA said Thursday. “I look forward to seeing the dynamic and […] More
Australia’s defense science and technology organization has partnered with Lockheed Martin to develop radar technology for detecting and tracking small, fast-moving targets at a very long range, Defense News reported Friday. Nigel Pittaway writes the Australian DST Group and Lockheed completed the first phase of validation work on ‘over-the-horizon’ radar technology as part of Project Coorong. The report said Lockheed invested in […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation to gather research proposals for a potential five-year, $26 million program that aims to build miniaturized magnetic components for integration with electromagnetic systems used by the Defense Department. DARPA’s Magnetic Miniaturized and Monolithically Integrated Components program will focus on three technical areas, according to a broad agency announcement posted Thursday on FedBizOpps. Those […] More
Intergraph Government Solutions’ software platform will be deployed across 13 U.S. Marine Corps installations worldwide after the platform received milestone C and full deployment approval under the defense acquisition system. IGS said Thursday the deployment approval for Intergraph Computer-Aided Dispatch was based on the software tool’s live operation and testing conducted at Marine Corps Air Station […] More
