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With demand for skilled IT and engineering professionals showing no sign of slowing, a new study from TechServe Alliance and global survey firm Inavero helps IT and engineering staffing firms, clients and consultants understand and address the myriad of opportunities and challenges faced by all stakeholders in the talent engagement process. IT & Engineering Staffing Firms, Clients & Candidates: A 360-Degree Perspective is the first study of its kind to examine the flexible IT and engineering workforce from three distinct perspectives: ... read more

C2 Solutions Group, Inc., a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) that provides performance-based IT services to the federal government, has been named to the Virginia Chamber’s list of 50 of the fastest growing companies in Virginia. Called the Fantastic 50, ... read more

Transaction Network Services (TNS) has added to its innovative product suite through the launch of TNSVerify, a ground-breaking solution that utilizes newly available telecommunications data to help reduce risk and fraud in the US payments and financial services industries. Professionals ... read more

Gravy, the what's going on platform, today announced the launch of its new web experience at www.FindGravy.com that will revolutionize the way people discover what's going on around them everyday. The website will prompt visitors for their mood, whether its Lively or Classy or Brainy, then recommends fun local events that coincide. In addition to all of the features found on Gravy mobile apps, the new website will offer people the unique ability to set up venue-specific channels for places ... read more

In the last ten years, many people have developed unexpected toxicities from prescription drugs that had been on the market for several years. Researchers have been baffled. Dr. Dorothy L. Smith, a leading expert in the development of patient adherence programs, suggests unexpected toxicities could occur when patients in real-life have better patient adherence than the patients in clinical trials. In short, they took a higher dose. In an article titled "Missing Link" published in the May 2013 issue ... read more

LGS Innovations™, an independent subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE and Euronext Paris: ALU) today announced it has been selected for a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to expand and improve its wireless local area network ... read more

FourthWall Media(TM) announced today the expansion of its MassiveData(TM) television viewership footprint. New participants will bring the total number of viewers who provide set top box data to 4.7 million. These people use three million cable television devices and reside in 1.8 million homes across the United States. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110228/PH55362LOGO) The MassiveData cable TV panel was launched last August and already delivers data and analytics from millions of viewers. MassiveData collects census-level second-by-second usage data from traditional cable ... read more

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed a program milestone for the integrating system that links the numerous sensors, weapons and systems currently operational in the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System. The Lockheed Martin-led Missile Defense National Team successfully completed the preliminary design review for a major upgrade to the training component of the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) system, the hub of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/PH85737LOGO-b ) As the force multiplier for the Ballistic Missile Defense ... read more

InferX Corporation (OTC/PK:NFRX) is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert M. King as a new member of the InferX Management Advisory Board. Mr. King is a skilled senior executive in creating new revenue- producing lines of business as well as delivering products. Mr. King brings significant experience in Cybersecurity, Big Data Analytics, SaaS including end-to-end systems integration which is a key element within InferX's upcoming rollout of its Release 2.0 predictive analytics product suite. Mr. King brings extensive knowledge ... read more

RxAlly, a first-of-its-kind alliance of more than 22,000 pharmacies nationwide, announces today the publication of a white paper entitled Personalized Pharmacist Care: Healing America's Post-Reform Health Care System. The white paper highlights an unprecedented solution for improving patient health, reducing costs, and seeks public engagement to avert strains on the health care system. Personalized Pharmacist Care refers to a range of individually-tailored, pharmacist-provided clinical and consultative services to improve patient quality of life and optimize clinical and economic outcomes. Personalized ... read more

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, announced that the Company will hold its 2013 Investor Day on Monday, June 3, 2013 in New York City. The event will be led by Dr. Magid Abraham, comScore's President and Chief Executive Officer, and will include a series of presentations from members of the senior management team, detailing the Company's growth opportunities, product strategies and financial performance highlights. In addition, Investor Day activities will include a ... read more

National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) CEO B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA issued the following statement today regarding a survey by Hart Research Associates regarding Medicare Part D "preferred pharmacy" drug plans, which often exclude independent community pharmacies from offering patients the plan's lowest advertised co-payments: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100106/DC33253LOGO) "Officials with Medicare and MedPAC, 16 U.S. Senators and more than 30 U.S. Representatives have all expressed concerns with Medicare preferred pharmacy drug plans and for good reason. They create access concerns for ... read more

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has invited one of the nation's top cybersecurity research institutions - the University of Southern California (USC) - to join its Cybersecurity Research Consortium. USC's leadership in big data, computer science and informatics will expand the consortium's breadth of research to further advance solutions to counter the newest and most pressing cyber threats to our economy and national security. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121024/LA98563LOGO) USC joins three more of the nation's leading cybersecurity research universities- Carnegie Mellon University, The ... read more

The Board of Directors of CSC (NYSE: CSC) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share on the company’s Common Stock. The dividend will be paid on July 12, 2013 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 14, 2013. ... read more

Swisslog, a global provider of integrated logistics solutions, and Power Automation Systems (PAS), the leading provider of cart-based, deep lane automated warehouse systems, today announced they have formalized a cooperation agreement for the North American market. Swisslog in North ... read more

The U.S. Army has awarded ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) a $48 million contract option for follow-on production of enhanced night vision goggles that allow soldiers to detect and identify potential threats in various environmental conditions during nighttime missions. Exelis expects to complete ... read more

Mobile Work ExchangeSM, a public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework and mobility, today announced the results of a new study, “Digital Government Strategy: A Moving Target,” underwritten by Good Technology™. The report examines Federal agencies’ progress ... read more

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] announced it was awarded a prime contract by the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) to provide program, engineering, medical, and technical support services. The multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a three-year base period of performance, two one-year options, one six-month extension optional period, and a total contract value of $495 million for all awardees, if all options are exercised. Work will be performed in multiple cities throughout the ... read more

ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, announced that it has been re-appraised as operating at the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 3 for ICF Software Development Projects – revalidating ... read more

The following statement can be attributed to Michael Petricone, senior vice president of government and regulatory affairs for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, in response to yesterday’s introduction of the End of Anonymous Patents Act (H.R. 2024) by Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL): ... read more