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State launches app to connect vendors with Va. agencies
Virginia has launched an app to help connect state government agencies and other users with local, woman- and minority-owned businesses more efficiently, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. The Start Small app is available for free, and it allows users to conduct keyword searches to match with businesses that fit their needs, and can be narrowed […]
Va. Tech launches National Security Institute
Virginia Tech has launched a research institute focused on national security with presences in Blacksburg and the Washington, D.C., metro area, the university announced Tuesday. The Virginia Tech National Security Institute aspires to become “the nation’s preeminent academic organization at the nexus of interdiscipli[...]
Noblis lands $263M Defense contract
Reston-based not-for-profit federal contractor Noblis has won a five-year, $263 million contract from the Department of Defense’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency to implement the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, the company announced Tuesday. Under the contract, Noblis will deliver advisory services that will advance the CTR program’s mission to work cooperatively with partners and allies to […][...]
AMSG promotes COO to CEO
Dumfries-based Advanced Management Strategies Group Inc. has named Jim O’Farrell as its new CEO, effective Tuesday. O’Farrell joined AMSG, a management and technology consulting firm with the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) certification, in 2010 as president and chief operating officer. He replaces Mike McCormick, the[...]
Parsons names new president of engineered systems business
Centreville-based defense contractor Parsons Corp. has promoted Jon Moretta as president of the engineered systems business unit, the company announced Monday. Moretta joined Parsons in 2016 and most recently served as the industrial market leader in the company’s critical infrastructure business segment. Under his leaders[...]
ODU board names new rector, other officers
The Old Dominion University Board of Visitors has elected a new slate of officers, including former newspaper executive Bruce Bradley as rector, the university announced Monday. Bradley was the president of Landmark Publishing Group and executive vice president of Landmark Media Enterprises LLC before he retired, and he was prev[...]
German manufacturer bringing 355 jobs to Henry County
Schock GmbH, a German quartz composite sink manufacturer, plans to build an $85 million manufacturing facility in Henry County, creating 355 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. Virginia competed with Florida, Georgia and North Carolina for the project, which will occupy a 95,500-square-foot shell building on 14.7 acres i[...]
Bedford County names new economic development director
Pam Bailey will be the new Bedford County Economic Development director, County Administrator Robert Hiss announced Monday. She had been serving as the interim director. “Pam brings energy, passion and creativity, along with a high work ethic, to this position,” Hess said in a statement. “I’ve been completely impress[...]
VCU Massey Cancer Center wins $3.3M grant for lung cancer research center
The Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center won a $3.3 million Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant to establish a research center on lung cancer disparities from the National Cancer Institute last week. The Translational Research Center in Lung Cancer Disparities (TRACER) will study the disprop[...]
Murphy & McGonigle appoints new Va. managing partner
New York-based financial services law firm Murphy & McGonigle announced Monday that Katherine McGrail, its litigation shareholder and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, will become the new managing partner of its Virginia office, located in Glen Allen. She will serve on the executive committee. “The perspective[...]
JMU SVP of administration and finance announces retirement
Charlie King, James Madison University’s senior vice president of administration and finance for the past 25 years, has announced he will retire in December, the university said Monday. “On behalf of the entire university community, I congratulate Charlie on his retirement and share deep appreciation for the foundation h[...]
Governor: Staff shortages becoming dire in Va. hospitals
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said that hospital workers in the state are “losing their patience” and that medical facilities will not be able to handle all patients with COVID-19 or other ailments if hospitals are understaffed beyond where they are now. “They need our help,” he said Monday at a news confer[...]
