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What one person's transgender journey teaches about the power of change management

Cassandra Grace has spent a career honing her change management skills, so it was natural that she leaned on those skills as she embarked on her transgender journey. Her story conveys the power in all of us to make a positive change, whether personal, professional or corporate.

  • By Nick Wakeman

How CentralSquare's new CEO is using virtual tools to lead the company

David Zolet became CEO of CentralSquare in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and sees the crisis as a way to strengthen ties with partners and customers.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Booz Allen creates $100M COVID-19 employee fund

Booz Allen Hamilton has set aside at least $100 million for a COVID-19 resilience program to supports its 27,000 employees and the communities where they live and work.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Toni Townes-Whitley: A public-sector native comes home

A child of public servants and a former Peace Corps volunteer herself, Microsoft's president for U.S. regulated industries is committed to making her firm "a fundamental partner in the mission."

  • By Troy K. Schneider

Retention is what wins the talent war

Growing the workforce is only part of the overall human capital question for companies in the government market because keeping the talent they have is what ultimately wins the day.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Bersoff leads GovCon awards with Hall of Fame induction

The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council picked the top executives and contractors of the year and named BTG founder Ed Bersoff to the Greater Washington Government Contractor Hall of Fame.

  • By Washington Technology staff
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IBM hires Army vet with an eye to next-gen logistics

IBM has hired retired Army Col. John Kuenzli, a logistics expert who has an eye on how the power of both cloud computing and containerization will bring more power and insights to the military's logistics operations.

  • By Nick Wakeman

How SAIC helps vets boost their cyber career paths

Many companies put a value on hiring veterans and here's how SAIC is supporting veterans by using a scholarship to advance their cyber careers.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Who will be chosen as GovCon's best for 2019?

Nominations for this year's edition of the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards are in.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Lisa Bruch, telecom vet, dies at age 62

Lisa Bruch, a long-time telecom veteran recently at CenturyLink, dies at the age of 62.

  • By Ross Wilkers

DynCorp is bouncing back and sounds ready to buy

DynCorp International's top and bottom line are both on the upswing again after being hit hard by defense spending declines. Their CEO explains how they turned things around and why DynCorp is ready to be a buyer of others.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Salient CRGT adds Miller as health, civilian lead

Salient CRGT hires former General Dynamics and CSRA executive Rebecca Miller as sector president for health and civilian agencies.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Contractor CFOs picked among the DC region's best

The Northern Virginia Technology Council reveals finalists for the 2018 Greater Washington Technology CFO Awards and government contracting firms are well represented.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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ENSCO founder Paul W. Broome dies at 85

Dr. Paul W. Broome, the founder and former long-time leader of Falls Church, Va.-based ENSCO Inc., has died at the age of 85.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Final hours for Federal 100 nominations

Get your submissions in by noon ET on Wednesday, Jan. 3.

  • By Troy K. Schneider

Accenture's new federal lead sees disruption as growth engine

Accenture's new federal leader John Goodman explains how disruption is both a way of doing business and a market trend the contractor must answer to.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Greg Godbout on career choices and agile development's evolution

The co-founder of 18F and former EPA CTO Greg Godbout has moved to TechFlow to create a Sherpa to help agencies make real changes through agile development and digital services.

  • By Nick Wakeman

FedBiz IT Solutions turns NASA contract into stellar growth platform

FedBiz IT Solutions hopes its second straight year atop our annual Fast 50 rankings is merely the start of a long winning streak in the government market.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Greg Touhill continues his cyber mission in the private sector

Now in the private sector at Cyxtera, former federal CISO Greg Touhill views his role in helping federal agencies move to new technologies as very similar to when he was in government.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Forcepoint eyes human factor for global government cyber growth

The Raytheon-backed Forcepoint venture focuses on defending the people in cybersecurity and sees that as its angle to expand in global government markets.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Govini names six to board of advisers

Public sector data company Govini reveals the names of six government and technology industry veterans to the company's board of advisers.

  • By Ross Wilkers