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The Washington Post Names 25 PSC Member Companies Among Top Places to Work in 2020

PSC congratulates the 25 member companies that were listed in The Washington Post’s “Top Workplaces” for 2020. Companies were nominated as top workplaces in sectors including technology, consulting, professional services, engineering, research, finance, banking, law, and real estate. Moreover, PSC members in all business size categories - “Small”, “Medium”, “Large”, and “Largest” - were nominated for the awards. The Washington Post annually surveys employees to gauge the region’s top employers, now in the seventh year of the survey in 2020. Over 120,000 DC-area employees were surveyed for the competition, narrowing down to 200 workplaces for nomination. REI Systems of Sterling, VA, was among the member companies recognized by the Washington Post. “We are honored that our employees have found REI to be such an appealing place to work. We continue to be proud that our culture is such a big part of that appeal as REI has worked over 30 years sustaining a culture that celebrates our employees,” said REI Systems’ CEO, Shyam Salona. The final list will be unveiled in October, awarding three winners in each size category.

Abt Associates Honored by Commuter Connections’ Employer Recognition Awards

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Commuter Connections’ program honored Abt Associates of Rockville, MD, with an award for their exceptional commitment to offering and promoting innovative and sustainable commute alternative programs at its 23rd annual Employer Recognition Awards. For the first time, the awards were streamed virtually from the National Press Club with participants joining via livestream to celebrate. These programs help reduce traffic congestion, personal expenses, auto emissions, and improve the quality of life for their employees and the region.

BookZurman Named to Inaugural NXT UP list

BookZurman was recognized alongside champions of industry on the NXT UP list as a company “poised to make big waves in the Federal sector in the second half of 2020 and for years to come.” BookZurman was included on the inaugural NXT UP list in January of this year with other business leaders such as Microsoft, Perspecta, Google, Intersystems, IBM, and others. G2Xchange recently completed its mid-year review and added 75 additional companies to the NXT UP list, a comprehensive analysis of the top Federal Emerging Technology and Consulting firms in the government marketplace today.

PSC Event Recap: PSC Participates in 2020 CMS Reverse Industry Day

On June 30, 2020, PSC joined theNational Contract Management Association, Woodlawn Chapterto hold theCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Reverse Industry Day program as a virtual event. Over three hundred CMS employees viewed the session and more than four hundred from industry listened to the audio.

In a Reverse Industry Day, the audience is the government workforce (Contracting Officers, Contract Specialist, Program Managers, Contracting Officer Representatives and other acquisition workforce personnel) and industry representatives are the presenters. The purpose of the Reverse Industry Day was to provide CMS with industry views on best practices in the preaward and post-award processes involving CMS procurements and to let CMS know what CMS can do to make improvements.

Melissa Starinsky, Director, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, CMS delivered opening remarks. PSC’s Bradley Saull, Vice President for Civilian Agencies moderated the pre-award session. Derrick Heard, Deputy Director, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, CMS delivered closing remarks. A recording of the virtual session should be available for your reference soon on the PSC website. Thank you to those who submitted a nomination to participate and to those of you that participated in this CMS event. We look forward to conducting similar events with CMS in the future.

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