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Dewberry selects new CHRO
Dewberry — an engineering, architecture and construction firm in Fairfax County — announced Monday it has promoted Stacey McKavish to chief human resources officer. In the role, McKavish will oversee all HR functions of the organization and a team of nearly 30 benefits, compensation, human resources, recruiting and training specialists. “Stacey is a charismatic leader […]
Amentum wins $247.6M DOD contract
Amentum Services has landed a $247.6 million contract to help the U.S. Department of Defense to counter threats from a finance systems, the Chantilly-based federal contractor announced Monday. The contract was awarded from the DOD’s Air Combat Command’s Acquisition Management and Integration Center’s Counternarcotics and Global Threats division. As part of the contract, Amentum w[...]
Xpect Solutions names new CFO
Fairfax County-based Xpect Solutions — an IT, cyber and infrastructure solutions provider to federal agencies — announced Tuesday that it has appointed Jeff Dohmann as chief financial officer. Dohmann has experience from financial leadership roles across private equity-backed firms in the federal sector. He was most recently interim CFO at Reston-based Raft and previously served […]
SAIC appoints new CHRO
Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp. announced Wednesday that it has appointed Kathleen McCarthy as its new executive vice president and chief human resources officer, effective May 12. She will report directly to CEO Toni Townes-Whitley and will spearhead all human resources initiatives, employee engagement strategies and talent acquisition operatio[...]
Guidehouse wins $250M hybrid Army contract
McLean-based consultancy Guidehouse has been awarded a $250 million hybrid contract from the U.S. Army for financial support services. The Department of Defense said bids for the hybrid firm-fixed-price and time-and-materials contract were solicited through the internet, and that two bids were received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated […]
MicroStrategy expects Q1 loss as bitcoin value falls
MicroStrategy appears to have lost the coin toss — the bitcoin toss, that is. The world’s largest corporate bitcoin investor, Tysons-based MicroStrategy reported an expected first quarter loss in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday due to the falling value of its holdings in the cryptocurrency. After cresting at an all-time high of […]
Bechtel wins $242M contract modification for chemical weapons destruction
Reston-based Bechtel National has been awarded a $242.28 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to address past contract overruns associated with the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Colorado. The plant is a chemical weapons destruction facility that destroyed the chemical weapons stockpile previously stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo, […]
HII division awarded $133M Air National Guard contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division won a $133 million contract by the U.S. Air National Guard to support and provide training for flying units. HII, which made the announcement Wednesday, said this will be accomplished through live, virtual and constructive training in a 10-year task order. Mission Technologies will provide expertise and staffing [&hell[...]
NoVa govcon firm Mitre to lay off 442 employees after DOGE cuts contracts
Federal contracting firm Mitre, which has dual headquarters in McLean and Massachusetts, expects to lay off 442 people in Virginia in two months. The cuts come after the Trump administration has announced more than $28 million in canceled contracts for the company. Mitre notified the state Wednesday of 442 job cuts in McLean, in compliance […]
Va. reports close to 300 layoffs across 3 bizs
A Fortune 500 federal contractor, a global aluminum company and a private school notified Virginia on March 31 of job cuts in compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. Leidos, which has its headquarters in Reston and provides technology, engineering and science services to defense, intelligence, civil and health customers, will lay […]
Health care systems are in their building era
At some medical centers around Virginia, construction workers donning hard hats are nearly as prevalent this year as medical staff wearing scrubs. From smaller-scale renovations to new hospitals with billion-dollar price tags, health care systems are undertaking a wide range of projects to respond to growing (and aging) populations and expand services at hospital campuses, […]
Former Alexandria laser tag arena sells for $6M
The owners of an Alexandria Goddard School, an early childhood learning franchise, plan to open a second location in the city in a 20,000-square-foot building that started out as a roller-skating rink and was later home to a laser tag arena. The private preschool will take up 75% of the building at 5508 Franconia Road […]
