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Stephanie Turner, VP of Diversity and Inclusion at Mitre

Stephanie Turner serves as Mitre’s vice president of inclusion, diversity and social innovation. Mitre said she drives an integrated inclusion strategy that involves talent acquisition, social innovation and leadership development. Turner strengthens relationships with socially impactful organizations, with an initial focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in underserved communities, Mitre said. She represents […]
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Valerie Utsey, Chief People Officer at T-Rex Solutions

Valerie Utsey serves as the chief people officer at T-Rex Solutions, a company that supports the federal government’s information technology modernization journey.  Utsey is responsible for all human resources functions, including change management; talent management; professional development; and diversity, equity and inclusion, T-Rex said. Utsey has more than 15 years of HR experience in the […]
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Biden to Double Down on Commercial Cloud Use, Official Says

The Biden administration will sign a cybersecurity-focused executive order affirming the federal government’s commitment to using commercial cloud technology, a senior White House official said. According to the official, commercial technology is still the government’s best choice despite its failure to prevent the SolarWinds hack, Nextgov reported Tuesday. The Russia-linked SolarWinds hack compromised the networks […]
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Omnispace Demonstrates 5G-via-Satellite Capability for Department of Defense

Omnispace, a satellite infrastructure operator, said it has demonstrated an initial 5G-via-satellite capability for the Department of Defense. The test was conducted at LinQuest’s Northern Virginia laboratory in collaboration with the National Security Innovation Network, the Navy and the Marine Corps, Omnispace said Monday. During the test, Omnispace’s on-orbit satellite received emulated 5G radio access […]
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Illumio to Demonstrate Network Segmentation Tool Under Air Force SBIR Contract

The Air Force has awarded Illumio a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research contract to demonstrate technology for ensuring trusted communications for workloads. Illumio said that its offering, the Illumio Core, was designed to protect high-value federal applications and datacenters by reducing their attack surfaces. “This is done through real-time visibility into applications and workloads […]
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Peraton to Provide Test Services for Army’s Hypersonics Program

Peraton has been awarded a two-year contract to support the Army’s Hypersonic Test Engineering, Mission Planning and Systems project. Under the terms of the $44 million contract, Peraton will provide comprehensive mission support for inter-service flight test missions. The contract also calls the development of hardware and software relevant to maintaining and operating mission and […]
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