NSF CIO Dorothy Aronson Challenges the Status Quo — Technologically and Personally
Dorothy Aronson never thought she would pursue a career in IT — or even a career at all. She grew up in Philadelphia with a single mother and two brothers. As a child, Aronson envisioned she would become either a wife, a mother or a professional dancer. Nothing more. “I didn’t grow up thinking of
Rep. Frank Wolf Announces Upcoming STEM Career Fair
Last week, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) announced the upcoming STEM Career Fair for area middle and high schools students September 27-28 at the Dulles Town Center in Loudoun County. Wolf, a longtime supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education and chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds many of the nation’s science
NSF Awards Accenture Federal Services $24.4M Contract for Financial System Upgrade
Accenture Federal Services has won a five-year, $24.4 million contract from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) in an effort to help modernize the organization’s financial system. “Today, the way federal agencies process and manage their financial information can have a significant impact on their ability to deliver on their mission,” said said Ed Meehan,
NSF Selects Unissant, Inc. to Operate Internal and Public Web Applications
Unissant, Inc. has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Information Dissemination Branch (IDB) to manage and operate NSF’s internal and public facing web applications. As part of the contract, Unissant will support NSF’s SharePoint 2010 environments as well as the Autonomy IDOL search application. “NSF has been at the forefront for implementing tools
What’s Trending? WashingtonExec’s Latest E-Magazine
A new WashingtonExec series on apps and sequestration, executive appointments, merger news, and federal contract awards. These are only some of the news you can expect to read in the latest issue of WashingtonExec‘s E-Magazine. The latest issue also features interviews with leaders like Dr. Suzanne Iacono (Natural Science Foundation) and tech executive Louis Chabot
Q&A with Dr. Suzanne Iacono of NSF: Developing the Road Map for Big Data
Dr. Suzanne Iacono is at the forefront of Big Data research at the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering. She believes that all the national priorities the United States is facing would benefit from Big Data research and helps lead a team developing a Big Data plan for the federal
NSF Celebrates First Successful Year of I-Corps Program
The National Science Foundation is celebrating the first year of its entrepreneurial I-Corps program with a special event today, showcasing some of the technologies that participating teams have developed. By the end of this week, the program will have trained 100 teams of scientists to create businesses from the innovations they created in a university
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Partners With Virginia Tech
Lou Von Thaer, President of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems will collaborate with Virginia Tech as an affiliate of the newest Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC), founded with assistance from the National Science Foundation (NSF). General Dynamics is a leading provider of cyber security solutions to the U.S.
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