Recent Articles from Kate Andrews
Va. pharmacies open vaccinations to essential workers, others
The Federal Retail Pharmacy program in Virginia is now providing COVID-19 vaccination to essential workers and people under age 65 with high-risk medical conditions, the Virginia Department of Health announced Wednesday. Currently, there are more than 300 pharmacies across the state receiving vaccine doses directly from the federal government, separate from the doses allocated to […]
New Metro railcars set to be built in D.C. region
Metro’s new fleet of railcars will be built in the Washington, D.C., region, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced Wednesday. Hitachi Rail Washington LLC, an entity related to Japanese manufacturer Hitachi, has been awarded a contract worth up to $2.2 billion to build up to 800 railcars. The base order for the system’s 8000-series […]
$5M donation establishes Bridgewater’s School of Arts and Humanities
A 1962 alumna of Bridgewater College has made a $5 million donation that will establish the Bonnie Forrer and John Harvey Rhodes School of Arts and Humanities, named for the donor and her late husband. The private college’s first named and endowed school will combine its existing communications, fine arts and literature divisions with its […]
Online games made up 21% of Va. Lottery income
The Virginia Lottery raked in $436 million from online lottery games between their July 1, 2020, launch and the end of February, making up 21.8% of the state lottery’s total $2 billion revenue during that period. According to a news release Wednesday, 163,000 players have won prizes playing the lottery online, including the Mega Millions, […]
PAE Inc. president and CEO resigns
PAE Inc., a Falls Church-based government contractor, has appointed Charles Peiffer as its interim president and CEO starting Friday, March 19, following the resignation this week of John Heller, who had led the company since 2013. Peiffer is PAE’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. Heller, who joined PAE from Engility Corp., resigned as […]
Alexandria company wins $90M Army Corps of Engineers contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Alexandria-based MPR Associates a $90 million, multiyear contract to provide technical services to the U.S. Department of Energy and other federal agencies, the company announced Tuesday. MPR, a specialty engineering and management services firm, won its first U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contract in 2010, and the […]
Draper Aden hires chief human resources officer
Richmond-based Draper Aden Associates has hired Robert Barclay as its chief human resources officer, the engineering, surveying and environmental services firm announced Tuesday. He will oversee the human resources and corporate health and safety teams, as well as serving on the firm’s executive team. Barclay previously worked as vice president of administrative services and human […]
CDW Corp. purchases Norfolk-based Amplified IT
Norfolk-based education consulting firm Amplified IT has been purchased by CDW Corp., an Illinois-based Fortune 500 technological services provider, CDW announced Tuesday. Founded in 2008, Amplified IT focuses on the K-12 and higher education markets and is Google’s leading K-12 services partner. CDW offers its services to education customers as well as business, government and […]
McLean software company appoints two VPs
Logi Analytics, a McLean-based embedded software analytics firm, announced last week it has hired Vijay Pendyala as senior vice president of engineering and Jeff Seifert as vice president of alliances and channels. Pendyala was most recently senior vice president of engineering at Guavus and has held other leadership roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and People […]
Danville, Eastern Shore first Va. localities to move into third vaccination phase
Danville and Eastern Shore health districts will be moving into phase 1c of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout this week, vaccinating a variety of workers from sectors including energy, higher education, finance, legal and housing and construction. Other regions are likely to follow soon, the Virginia Department of Health announced Tuesday. Others in group 1c include […]