Information Technology

Steven D. Ungaro, 60, who worked in the 1990s for the Washington area information technology company Quality Systems Associates, died of leukemia Jan. 18 at a hospital in Los Angeles. He moved to Valley Village, Calif., from Fairfax County in 2010. The death was confirmed by his former wife, Diana Adams. Steven Douglas Ungaro was born in Waukegan, Ill., and grew up in North Miami, Fla. He served in the Navy from 1969 to 1973, then became electrical foreman at a hospital in Miami.

STRONGER TIES: One day after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Indian business leaders that developing stronger economic ties between their two nations would have huge benefits for both sides. COMPLEMENTARY STRENGTHS: Li told the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry that the two nations' strengths complement each other, with India having an edge in information technology and software, while China is rapidly expanding in...

For the U.S. Secret Service to carry out its dual missions of protecting the president of the United States and investigating counterfeiting and fraud, the agency must track and analyze an enormous amount of information and be able to react at a moment's notice. Julia Pierson, the highest-ranking female agent at the agency, is making sure that the technology systems used to gather and evaluate critical information, coordinate special agent assignments and prepare for presidential events and travel are modernized...

WASHINGTON — The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas. Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet says the change will diversify the pool of applicants who want to help improve the quality of education, health care and economic development in host countries around the world. Married couples have been serving together in the Peace Corps since the organization was founded in...

Local information technology contractors have taken the federal cloud-first policy quite literally. Since the government announced last year that it would give priority to cloud — or Web-based — computing, contractors have been overloading their Web sites with images of puffy white clouds and blue skies. They're hoping to show that they're on board with the new policy — and ready to be awarded contracts — but some marketing specialists say the images may signal something else.

Eric Waldbaum, 73, an executive with retail, financial services and information technology businesses who also was a plaintiff in a noted libel lawsuit, died Jan. 28 at a friend's home in Bedford, Va. He had pancreatic cancer. The death was confirmed by his wife, Yvonne Behrens-Waldbaum. Mr. Waldbaum drew public attention from 1971 to 1976 as chief executive of Greenbelt Consumer Services, one of the largest co-ops in the nation. The cooperative operated...

Marriott International has issued layoff notices to some technology workers in its Bethesda, Frederick and Gaithersburg offices and warned that more are likely to follow, according to filings with the Maryland Labor Department . The notices say 35 positions will be eliminated initially; 34 of those will occur in the Bethesda office, the company said separately. By December 2013, the number could rise to "several hundred" across the three offices. The cuts are effective June 28. Such notices are mandated by the...

Marriott International has never been more reliant on technology. Like others in the hospitality industry, the Bethesda-based hotelier depends on technology for everything from facilitating reservations to training kitchen personnel. Yet Marriott chief executive Arne Sorenson told staff in an internal blog post earlier this month that the company plans to trim its information technology workforce and shift some of those responsibilities to outside firms that specialize in I.T....

A sophisticated cyberattack targeted The Washington Post in an operation that resembled intrusions against other major American news organizations and that company officials suspect was the work of Chinese hackers , people familiar with the incident said. Post company officials confirmed the broad outlines of the infiltration, which was discovered in 2011 and first reported by an independent cybersecurity blog on Friday. But they did not elaborate on the circumstances, the duration of the...

John P. Jumper's high-velocity military career was over, and the former Air Force chief of staff was settling into a quiet retirement in Fredericksburg. He and his wife had built a house. He'd signed on to corporate boards. He was ready for visits from the grandkids. Then came an unexpected call to duty: an offer to run contracting giant Science Applications International Corp. The weeks since have been a blur. Jumper, 67, and his wife, Ellen, found and furnished a townhouse...

Marriott International has issued layoff notices to some technology workers in its Bethesda, Frederick and Gaithersburg offices and warned that more are likely to follow, according to filings with the Maryland Labor Department . The notices say 35 positions will be eliminated initially; 34 of those will occur in the Bethesda office, the company said separately. By December 2013, the number could rise to "several hundred" across the three offices. The cuts are effective June 28. Such notices are mandated by the...

The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the subsequent military invasions overseas sparked a boom in new work for defense and information technology contractors, many of them based around Washington. The government established the Department of Homeland Security and ramped up military and intelligence spending. Government services companies and weapons manufacturers saw their businesses surge, particularly after the U.S. military moved into Iraq. But analysts say the Boston bombing...

Cybersecurity Firms to partner with new cyber center Several private-sector executives signed an agreement last week to collaborate with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to manage cyber threats. The National Institute of Standards and Technology said 11 major companies, including Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, McAfee, Microsoft, Splunk and Symantec, have established formal partnerships with the center. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D)

Lockheed Martin , the Prince George's County school system and the county's Office of Information Technology have entered into a private-public partnership that will allow students and teachers at three high schools to learn from and share information with each other in a secure, cloud-based environment , county officials announced Wednesday. The partnership, which will begin at Fairmont Heights, Suitland and High Point high schools, will eventually be expanded to seven high schools inside the...

Marriott International has never been more reliant on technology. Like others in the hospitality industry, the Bethesda-based hotelier depends on technology for everything from facilitating reservations to training kitchen personnel. Yet Marriott chief executive Arne Sorenson told staff in an internal blog post earlier this month that the company plans to trim its information technology workforce and shift some of those responsibilities to outside firms that specialize in I.T....

American Registry of Pathology of the District won a contract worth up to $5.9 million from the Army for professional, administrative and management support services. B3 Enterprises of Woodbridge won a contract worth up to $1.9 million from the General Services Administration for construction of structures and facilities. BPSI/MPSC of Severna Park won a contract worth up to $5 million from the Army for professional, administrative and management support services. CACI Federal of Chantilly won a contract...

Sikhs don't make much religion news. They don't go on TV announcing their intention to burn Korans; they don't loudly forecast apocalypse; and they have not had to defend their faith as one of them races to be president of the United States. But the Sikh community caught my attention recently with the announcement of its FlyRight app, which, when installed on a smartphone, allows Sikhs to advise one another about airport security staff members who may be predisposed to harass or detain fellow Sikhs.

Lockheed Martin , the Prince George's County school system and the county's Office of Information Technology have entered into a private-public partnership that will allow students and teachers at three high schools to learn from and share information with each other in a secure, cloud-based environment , county officials announced Wednesday. The partnership, which will begin at Fairmont Heights, Suitland and High Point high schools, will eventually be expanded to seven high schools...

After 34 years as a government employee, Ed Greer is headed to the private sector. The former deputy assistant secretary for development test and evaluation at the Defense Department retired earlier this year. This month, he took over as chief operating officer of Bowie-based MIL Corp., an information technology services contractor that specializes in financial management and communications engineering. At the Pentagon, Greer oversaw the developmental testing of 265 weapons systems.

AllTech of Herndon won a contract worth up to $10.8 million from the Department of Homeland Security for miscellaneous work. Booz Allen Hamilton of McLean won a contract worth up to $475 million from the Defense Department for medical services. Critical Power and Cooling of Annapolis won a contract worth up to $2 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs for construction of structures and facilities. Development Alternatives of Bethesda won a contract worth up to $41.7 million...