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Oct 1, 2020

Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber announces SoVa leadership cohort

The Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce on Monday announced a partnership with the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and the Charlottesville-based Tom Tom Foundation to launch NextGen: Southern Virginia, a virtual learning and networking opportunity for Dan River Region emerging leaders.  The NextGen program will occur during the Tom Tom […][...]

Oct 1, 2020

Atlanta health care research company buys Falls Church tech firm

Atlanta-based health care research company DLH Holdings Corp. announced Thursday it has acquired Falls Church-based health care technology provider Irving Burton Associates (IBA). DLH is a publicly traded health care research company focused on the federal government and IBA provides health care technology to the military. IBA employs approximately 115 people and its clients include […]

Oct 1, 2020

Morgan Stanley expected to complete $13B E-Trade acquisition Friday

Morgan Stanley announced Thursday it has won regulatory approval and expects to complete its $13 billion acquisition of Arlington-based online brokerage E-Trade Financial Corp. on Friday.  In late July, E-Trade announced that more than 99% of its stockholders had approved the acquisition, which will be one of the largest acquisitions of a local company in […]

Oct 1, 2020

Herndon company to buy N.C. crowdsourcing platform

Herndon-based MBO Partners, a network of independent consultants and contractors, announced Thursday it has agreed to acquire Durham, North Carolina-based crowdsourcing platform MindSumo.  Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  MindSumo’s platform allows businesses to crowdsource ideas and insights by posting market research, innovation surveys and product development plans to a community of 500,000 people. […][...]

Kenneth Randall. Photo courtesy George Mason University
Oct 1, 2020

George Mason names new law school dean

George Mason University announced Thursday it has named Kenneth Randall as the new dean of its Antonin Scalia Law School in Arlington, effective Dec. 1, replacing Henry Butler. Randall previously served as dean of The University of Alabama’s law school for 20 years and as special counsel to UA President Robert Witt. During[...]

Oct 1, 2020

Parsons Corp. lands $45M contract from San Francisco transit system

Centreville-based Parsons Corp. announced Thursday that the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) public transit system in San Francisco has awarded the company a $45 million contract to support the implementation of the largest communications-based train control system in North America.  The CBTC system will improve passenger carrying capacity and provide repair for a safer, […]

Oct 1, 2020

Fairfax tech firm to develop immigration identify verification platform

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has awarded Fairfax-based tech company Sevatec Inc. a $22.5 million task order to develop a modern authentication and identity proofing platform for mission delivery, the company announced Thursday. Under the Unrestricted GSA Alliant 2 task order, Sevatec will support mission delivery through a single platform that will provide secure […]

Oct 1, 2020

CACI wins $59M DOD comptroller task order

The Office of Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) awarded Arlington-based federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. a $59 million task order to support the Defense Finance and Accounting Service’s comptroller critical mission systems, the company announced Tuesday. The comptroller handles all budgetary and fiscal matters for the Department of Defense. Under the task order, CACI […][...]

Oct 1, 2020

LMI lands $50M DOD contract

The Department of Defense awarded Tysons-based government and defense consultancy LMI a $50 million contract to help manage various elements of logistics operation associated with both commercial and federal supply chains. LMI will support the transportation, maintenance, supply chain and contingency management aspects of DOD logistics for the assistant secretary of defense for sustainment, the […][...]

Oct 1, 2020

ODU launches School of Cybersecurity

Old Dominion University on Thursday became the first research university in the country to launch a cybersecurity school offering interdisciplinary degree programs for both undergraduate and graduate students. The university is expanding its existing Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research (CCSER) into the ODU School of Cybersecurity. The school will operate under ODU’s Office of […][...]

Oct 1, 2020

Mount-It! to invest $7.45M in Prince George operation

Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that mounting solutions distributor Mount-It! will invest $7.45 million to establish its first East Coast warehouse and distribution facility in Prince George County, creating 85 jobs. Mount-It!, which provides more than 500 types of mounting products, will be located in the former Quality Way building in Prince George County. Virginia […]

Continued claims map for the week ending Sept. 26 courtesy Virginia Employment Commission. Green areas have 500 or fewer claims, yellow areas have between 501 and 6,000 claims and red areas have between 6,001 and 20,634 claims.
Oct 1, 2020

Va. jobless claims drop slightly last week

Virginia saw a small decrease in the number of initial jobless claims last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday, but the number of initial claims filed from mid-March through the Sept. 26 filing week totaled 1.167 million, or 28.4% of pre-pandemic payroll employment. For the week ending Sept. 26, 9,377 Virg[...]

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