AT&T and NOVA launch IT apprenticeship program
AT&T has created an IT apprenticeship program with Northern Virginia Community College and the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, the company announced Tuesday. The two-year program will offer students information technology training and 2,000 hours of on-the-job training in technical, soft skills, lab work and related skills. They will earn five industry certifications in […]
ASGN Inc. acquires Fairfax consulting firm
Richmond-based ASGN Inc., a Fortune 1000 provider of IT and professional services, acquired Fairfax-based Enterprise Resource Performance Inc., a health care consulting and data analytics firm that delivers federal healthcare transformation services, ASGN announced Thursday. ERPi’s 250 consultants will become part of ECS, ASGN’s Fairfax-based federal contracting subsidiary. ERPi was founde[...]
GDIT snags $219M Homeland Security contract
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. (GDIT) has won a five-year, $219 million contract with the contact center for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, G2Xchange FedCiv reported this week. The contact center offers front-line support for people inquiring about immigration case status and related issues. The agency is part of the Department of Homeland Security. [&[...]
Intelligent Waves announces new senior vice president
Reston-based federal information technology contractor Intelligent Waves LLC has named Kathy Barlow as its senior vice president of contracts and pricing, it announced May 6. Barlow spent more than 10 years with government contractor IntelliDyne LLC, where she served as senior director of contracts. She also held roles overseeing contracts at QinetiQ and Horne International. […]
Chantilly IT firm acquired by N.C. company
A year shy of its 30th anniversary, Chantilly-based IT services provider SolutionWorx has been acquired by WingSwept, a B2B tech services company based in Garner, North Carolina, the companies announced. The deal, which became effective March 31, will allow the managed IT service providers to grow, and provide SolutionWorx with the resources of a larger […]