Project On Government Oversight

VMD Corp Wins $29 Million DOE NNSA Governance & Oversight Support Services Contract

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

VMD will provide cybersecurity expertise and strategic advisory services to deliver Governance & Oversight (G&O) across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) to enable the goal of effective information and data management for the Office of Mission Integration.

Key Points: 
  • VMD will provide cybersecurity expertise and strategic advisory services to deliver Governance & Oversight (G&O) across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) to enable the goal of effective information and data management for the Office of Mission Integration.
  • "We look forward to leveraging our cybersecurity expertise in NNSA's modernization and optimization of the enterprise-wide information infrastructure," VMD Chief Executive Officer Deepti Malhotra said.
  • This partnership with the Department of Energy enhances our Cybersecurity mission work in securing the nation's critical infrastructure."
  • Under the five-year contract, VMD will work to strengthen NNSA's security posture by providing Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) cyber assessments, enterprise project management office (ePMO) expertise, governance, enterprise policy advisory, and implementation support.

Measures for Justice and the Center for Open Data Enterprise Release Report on Data for Equity in Policing

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Monday, June 27, 2022

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As the United States grapples with questions around police accountability, there is a growing need for data on police involvement in minority communities specifically and police performance more broadly. To help answer the need, Measures for Justice (MFJ) and the Center for Open Data Enterprise (CODE) released a summary report (https://measuresforjustice.org/services/racial-equity-in-policing) that highlights the data that civil society and advocates are most interested in having from their police departments, which will bolster a set of standard metrics for police performance.

Key Points: 
  • To help answer the need, Measures for Justice (MFJ) and the Center for Open Data Enterprise (CODE) released a summary report ( https://measuresforjustice.org/services/racial-equity-in-policing ) that highlights the data that civil society and advocates are most interested in having from their police departments, which will bolster a set of standard metrics for police performance.
  • The report incorporates insights and experiences from leaders of key organizations in the space, including Police Scorecard, National Police Data Coalition, Tableau Foundation, US.
  • Department of Justice, The White House, Center for Policing Equity, Campaign Zero, Civic Hacker, Code for America, Project on Government Oversight, Arnold Ventures, Council on Criminal Justice, Data for Black Lives, and DataKind.
  • CODE's Open Data for Racial Equity Program focuses on how data can be used to increase racial equity in areas including health, housing, and criminal justice.

Standard National Set of Police Measures to be Piloted in West Sacramento Police Department, Available via Public Dashboard and Co-Created with the Community

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

The standardized measures, which will track the department's performance and practice, will be made available to the public through Measures for Justice's Commons ( https://measuresforjustice.org/commons ) dashboard.

Key Points: 
  • The standardized measures, which will track the department's performance and practice, will be made available to the public through Measures for Justice's Commons ( https://measuresforjustice.org/commons ) dashboard.
  • "Measures for Justice has been working for 3 years to develop a national set of police measures with input from community leaders and police experts," said Amy Bach, CEO of Measures for Justice.
  • The roundtable welcomess leaders from key organizations in the space, including Police Scorecard, National Police Data Coalition, Tableau Foundation, US.
  • Measures for Justice is on a mission to make accurate criminal justice data available to spur reform.

Kontoor Brands Appoints Tammy Heller as Chief Human Resources Officer

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Kontoor Brands, Inc. (NYSE: KTB), a global lifestyle apparel company with a portfolio led by two of the worlds most iconic consumer brands, Wrangler and Lee, today announced the appointment of Tammy Heller as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective September 29, 2021.

Key Points: 
  • Kontoor Brands, Inc. (NYSE: KTB), a global lifestyle apparel company with a portfolio led by two of the worlds most iconic consumer brands, Wrangler and Lee, today announced the appointment of Tammy Heller as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective September 29, 2021.
  • Tammy brings an extensive track record of leading dynamic talent management programs and human resources organizations, said Baxter.
  • Heller joins Kontoor from Perspecta where she served as Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President since 2018.
  • Prior to that, she was Vice President, Global Human Resources at CGI; Vice President, Human Resources Card Operations and Enterprise/Corporate at Capital One; Vice President, Governance & Oversight at Freddie Mac; and Global Human Resources Director at BearingPoint.