Cloudera, an enterprise data cloud company, announced that it has promoted Sarah Shin as the company's new chief diversity officer. Shin will be responsible for leading Cloudera's goals related to addressing workplace inequality. She is expected to provide deliberate and decisive actions to keep the company accountable in promoting belongingness at its workplaces, AiThority reported. […]
DLT Solutions, a Virginia-based IT reseller, has forged a partnership with software developer and security provider SteelCloud to distribute the company’s compliance products. With the partnership, Steelcloud’s STIG compliance products are available through DLT, a subsidiary of Tech Data, a government technology service provider headquartered in Florida, the company said. Chris Wilkinson, DLT president said […]
The Homeland Security and Defense Business Council has announced the appointment of Rafael Borras, a 2014 Wash100 winner, as its new president and CEO, effective immediately. Borras most recently served at A.T. Kearney as a senior executive and expert in domestic security. His three-decade career includes stints in the federal government, city government and the nonprofit and private […]
Intelsat announced that law veteran Peter Davidson has joined the company as its new vice president for global government affairs and policy. Davidson will be responsible for leading the development of the integrated satellite and terrestrial network company's government relations strategy and for building relationships with Congress and the White House, Intelsat announced Monday. “Peter is […]
The departments of Energy, Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs have launched a new big data analytics effort to coordinate and share coronavirus information. Called COVID-19 Insights Partnership, the project will create a framework for HHS and VA to leverage the DOE's high-performance computing and artificial intelligence resources for coronavirus research, HealthITAnalytics reported. “Our […]
The Department of Defense has confirmed that retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata has been appointed to serve as the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy. Tata was originally the administration pick for undersecretary of defense for policy but his confirmation hearing for the DoD’s top foreign relations and policy job was canceled due to […]
Science Applications International Corp. has named Steffanie Easter as its new vice president of strategy and planning for the Defense Systems Group. In her new role, Easter will help steer the strategic direction and drive the growth of all group customer accounts under the supervision of Jim Scanlon, executive vice president and general manager of […]
Parsons announced that its CEO, Chuck Harrington, a 2020 Wash100 winner, has been appointed to the board of directors of Quality of Life Plus, a nonprofit education organization that serves disadvantaged groups and veterans. Harrington's experience and leadership will help QL Plus deliver science, technology, engineering and mathematics solutions to veterans and first responders, Parsons said […]
Four new companies have joined the Leidos Alliance Partner Network, giving them access to the deep integration expertise of the defense company’s supplier base for improved innovation, program performance and efficiency. Leidos has selected HP, Palo Alto Networks and Splunk as its new Technology Alliance Partners and added Dataiku to its list of Emerging Technology […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has partnered with the University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to improve its research, assessment and acquisition of unmanned maritime systems. “Innovative use of unmanned systems will benefit many NOAA programs, augmenting data collection often at lower cost, increased safety and reduced risk — especially in remote or […]
