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Lee Enterprises plans newsroom cuts at Virginia publications
The Daily Progress newspaper in Charlottesville will lay off its four-person copy desk in early October, as Iowa-based owner Lee Enterprises eliminates local jobs in favor of a consolidated copy desk in Indiana or Wisconsin, according to a memo sent to affected employees Friday. The cuts at The Daily Progress are possibly just the beginning […]
Industrial building in Ashland sells for $2.7M
An industrial building in Ashland has sold for $2.756 million, Glen Allen-based commercial real estate company Commonwealth Commercial Partners LLC announced Wednesday. Located at 11250 Hopson Road, the 52,500-square-foot building sits on more than 3.6 acres of land. TMC Properties LLC (doing business as Green Air Inc., The Duct[...]
General Dynamics subsidiary lands $201M VA contract
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. a potential three-year, $201 million contract to provide software development and information technology services (DevOps) to improve the department applications, according to reports. GDIT is a subsidiary of Fortune 100 aerospace and defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. GDIT will use […][...]
Navy awards SAIC $63.5M contract
The U.S. Navy awarded a $63.5 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to provide mission engineering and integration services, the Reston-based defense contractor announced Thursday. Under the SeaPort-NxG Multiple Award Contract, SAIC will provide services to the Global Deterrence and Defense Department (Code GX) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NWSC) in Crane, […][...]
Dewberry to provide QA for $3.8B Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel project
Fairfax-based engineering consulting firm Dewberry announced Friday it will provide quality assurance services for the entire $3.8 billion Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) project — the largest construction project in Virginia and the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) history. A contract amount was not disc[...]
Dominion taps new CEO, rearranges top leadership
Dominion Energy Inc. Chairman, President and CEO Thomas F. Farrell II will become executive chair effective Oct. 1. Robert M. Blue, the Richmond-based Fortune 500 energy utility’s executive vice president and co-chief operating officer, will succeed Farrell as president and CEO, the company announced Friday. Also on Friday[...]
Alion Science wins $75 million Air Force contract
Alion Science and Technology Corp., a federal contractor based in McLean, won a $75 million contract for technical support to U.S. Air Force directorates, the company announced Wednesday. The contract, awarded by the Department of Defense’s Information Analysis Center, could be extended five years. Alion will provide technical support for every fighter and bomber aircraft […]
Bechtel Corp. names new president, COO
Reston-based construction company Bechtel Corp. announced Thursday that Craig Albert has been promoted to president and chief operating officer, effective Sept. 8. Albert will succeed Jack Futcher, who will retire at the end of the year after a 40-year career but continue to serve as a director on the company’s board. “Jac[...]
Snagajob hires chief technology officer
Glen Allen-based hourly online staffing platform Snagajob announced Thursday it has named Alec Wilkins as chief technology officer. In his new role, he will lead technology and engineering for the company’s online job marketplace. Wilkins was most recently the head of product and engineering at Backcountry.com. He has also[...]
Accenture Federal Services wins $328M VA contract
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded Accenture Federal Services, an Arlington-based subsidiary of Irish Fortune Global 500 company Accenture, a $328 million contract to help the department modernize applications used for the the VA home loan program. The contract, awarded through the VA’s Office of Information and Technology and Loan Guaranty Service, will […]
DoD awards $198M contract to Herndon company
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded Herndon-based federal contractor Constellis a $198 million contract to provide security operations support at Camp Buehring and Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, the company announced Thursday. Constellis company Triple Canopy, which has worked with the DoD for the past nine years in Kuwait, will carry out the contract announced […]
Va. saw nation’s second-highest jobless spike last week
Coming on the heels of reports that the U.S. domestic gross product in the second quarter dropped to its lowest point since 1947, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday that Virginia saw the second-highest increase in initial jobless claims in the nation last week. The Department of Labor reported Thursday morning that 46,524 Virginians […]
