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  • Dave Helmreich Leads Audience Partners as New CEO; Jeff Dittus Comments
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    Dave Helmreich Leads Audience Partners as New CEO; Jeff Dittus Comments

    Dave Helmreich, formerly senior vice president for the media and advertising business of Neustar, has joined digital media technology provider Audience Partners as CEO. He holds experience in leading technology-enabled organizations and helping enterprise clients implement data-based advertising platforms, Audience Partners said Wednesday. Audience Partners chairman Jeff Dittus said Helmreich will leverage his leadership skills to help […] More

  • Clarence Schmitz Joins AECOM Board of Directors; Michael Burke Comments
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    Clarence Schmitz Joins AECOM Board of Directors; Michael Burke Comments

    Clarence Schmitz, formerly chairman and chief executive officer of Outsource Partners International, has joined the board of directors at AECOM Technology. “[Schmitz’s] diverse experience guiding organizations that have delivered extraordinary growth will greatly complement the existing expertise on our Board as we focus on the continued growth of our business,” Michael Burke, AECOM president and chief […] More

  • Marilyn Crouther: HP Building a Culture of Customer-Focused Innovation
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    Marilyn Crouther: HP Building a Culture of Customer-Focused Innovation

    Hewlett-Packard conducts service delivery reviews to gain new technological ideas and use these to improve customer experience, Washington Technology reported Wednesday. Nick Wakeman writes that Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager for public sector at HP Enterprise Services, has said the current business landscape pushes HP to collaborate with clients on balancing cost […] More

  • Ball Aerospace to Help Nat’l Lab Design Giant Telescope Lenses; Jim Oschmann Comments
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    Ball Aerospace to Help Nat’l Lab Design Giant Telescope Lenses; Jim Oschmann Comments

    The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has picked Ball Aerospace & Technologies to develop optical and ground mount structures for a giant telescope that will be used to observe the sky from a Chilean mountain. Ball Aerospace and partner Arizona Optical Systems will produce, integrate and test the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope‘s refractive lenses and support […] More

  • NSA Accredits 7 Companies for Cyber Incident Response Services
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    NSA Accredits 7 Companies for Cyber Incident Response Services

    The National Security Agency has issued cyber incident response assistance accreditation to seven companies under the National Security Cyber Assistance Program, the Defense Daily Network reported Wednesday. Following an assessment of 21 focus areas, such as incident analysis and network traffic data collection, the NSA accredited Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen Hamilton, CrowdStrike Services, FireEye, Mandiant, Maddrix and Verizon. NSA’s information assurance directorate also evaluated the […] More

  • DHS Set to Enter New Phase in HQ Construction
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    DHS Set to Enter New Phase in HQ Construction

    The General Services Administration this week sought to move forward with the consolidation of the Department of Homeland Security into its new headquarters in southeast Washington, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Andy Medici writes the agency’s consolidation had been postponed due to congressional budget cuts, but now has a $140 million contract to start construction of the […] More

  • FDA Taps DNC to Provide Enterprise Architecture Support
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    FDA Taps DNC to Provide Enterprise Architecture Support

    Data Networks Corp. has won a contract from the Food and Drug Administration to provide enterprise architecture services to the agency’s Office of Information Management following best practices and government and industry standards. The company will support the development, implementation and integration of an EA program that is expected to guide FDA decision-makers on business and information technology matters, […] More

  • Tony Smeraglinolo: DRC Wins $22M to Support Air Force UAS Programs
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    Tony Smeraglinolo: DRC Wins $22M to Support Air Force UAS Programs

    An Engility subsidiary has won $22.2 million in task orders to help the U.S. Air Force engineer, test and manage the branch’s fleet of Reaper and Predator unmanned aerial systems. Dynamics Research Corp. will perform UAS flight and ground assessments, weapons integration, logistics, acquisition and flight scheduling, among other support services, Engility said Wednesday. “We appreciate […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Breaks Ground on Florida Campus Expansion
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    Northrop Grumman Breaks Ground on Florida Campus Expansion

    Northrop Grumman has begun construction on a 220,000 sq ft office and research facility at its Melbourne International Airport campus in Florida, the Orlando Business Journal reported Wednesday. The building is part of the first phase of the company’s planned $500 million, 720,000 sq ft expansion of the campus, Anjali Fluker writes in the exclusive report. The completed […] More

  • NASA Awards 5 Academic Institutions With $500K Grant, ISS R&D Payload
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    NASA Awards 5 Academic Institutions With $500K Grant, ISS R&D Payload

    NASA has awarded five U.S. academic institutions with a $100,000 grant each and opportunities to conduct research and development work aboard the International Space Station as part of its Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. The agency said Wednesday the research coverage, including ultrasonic sensor and self-healing polymers technology, is crucial for NASA missions as well […] More

  • Northrop’s Kathy Warden: Global Partnerships Could Build Up Cyber Defense
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    Northrop’s Kathy Warden: Global Partnerships Could Build Up Cyber Defense

    Northrop Grumman believes partnerships among enterprises and governments worldwide could pave the way for building up the defense infrastructures of organizations against cyber attacks. Kathy Warden, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Information Systems, stressed the significance of alliances between the academia, industry and government during the Information Assurance 2014 in London, Northrop said […] More

  • DoD, NIH and Noetic Corp. Partner for Human Performance Research
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    DoD, NIH and Noetic Corp. Partner for Human Performance Research

    A working group formed by the Defense Department and the National Institutes of Health will meet this week to identify possible collaborative research projects in human performance. DoD and NIH established the Human Performance Optimization Working Group with the aim of developing programs designed to help military and civilian individuals manage physically and emotionally demanding […] More