Posts from GovCon Wire for 11/18/2015

Inside Defense: Heidi Shyu to Retire as Army’s Acquisition Chief in January

Heidi Shyu will retire from her post as the U.S. Army assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology by the end of January, Inside Defense reported Tuesday. Sebastian Sprenger writes Shyu confirmed her planned retirement through an email sent to her personnel Monday…

Gerry Decker Joins Alion as Chief Growth Officer; Bahman Atefi Comments

Gerry Decker, a national security and intelligence veteran, has joined Alion Science and Technology as chief growth officer. Decker will be responsible for the company’s revenue growth strategy and for its effort to expand the range of technology services, Alion said Tuesday…

Mac Thornberry: OMB, DHS, OPM Officials Absent From House Committee’s Data Breach Meeting

Representatives from the Office of Management and Budget, Department of Homeland Security and Office of Personnel Management failed to attend a House committee-hosted classified meeting on the OPM breaches Tuesday, Nextgov reported Tuesday…

Commerce Dept Picks Jeffrey Chen as Chief Data Scientist; Tyrone Grandison Comments

Jeffrey Chen, a data scientist in residence at Georgetown University, has joined the Commerce Department as its first-ever chief data scientist and will help efforts to meet the goals of the Commerce Data Service…

Unisys Extends IT Work for Colombian Public Utilities Firm; Carlos Ferrer Comments

Unisys Corp. has been awarded a one-year extension to provide information technology services to Empresas Publicas de Medellin, a public utilities company in Colombia. Unisys will produce additional devices, firewalls, servers and applications for the new contract, the company said Tuesday…

Galois Subsidiary, Partners Work on IoT-Enabled Smart Home, Transit Systems Under NIST Grant

Galois has received a $1.86 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace to provide a data storage system with privacy and Internet of Things functions…

Strat Aero Affiliate, NASA Partner on R&D Drone Traffic Mgmt System; Cliff Hudson Comments

NASA has partnered with a Strat Aero affiliate to research and build a system for monitoring of civilian unmanned aerial vehicles that fly at a low altitude. Emerging Technology Ventures joined the agency’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Traffic Management project with the goal of helping to ensure safe drone flight operations with ATM technology, Strat Aero said Tuesday…

November 17 Market Close: GovCon Index Gains as US Stocks End in Narrow Range

The GovCon Index continued its rebound on heightened volume into a second straight session with a gain of 0.313 points to 77.900 Tuesday as U.S. stocks gave back gains from midday and closed in narrowly mixed range…