DSFederal Updates

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Dec 5, 2019

DSFederal's CEO Sophia Parker Receives Recognition for FDA Small Business Fair Presentation

The FDA Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services (OAGS) recognized CEO Sophia Parker for presenting at the 2019 FDA Small Business Fair in March. At the ev...

Nov 18, 2019

Two NIH Projects Awarded Office of the Director (OD) Awards

DSFederal team members from the Office of Extramural Research (OER) Scientific and Program Support Services and the National Institutes of Health Training Ce...

Nov 1, 2019

DSFederal’s Sophia Parker inducted into Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame

On Tuesday, October 29, the eighth annual Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame (MCBHOF) was held at The Universities at Shady Grove (USG). Among the four ...

Jul 19, 2019

CEO Sophia Parker to be inducted into Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame

DSFederal CEO Sophia Parker, along with three other honorees, will be inducted into the Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame during its October annual lun...

Jun 28, 2019

DSFederal wins NAGC Blue Pencil and Gold Screen Award of Excellence

For our HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Building Futures Technical Assistance Toolkit, DSFederal won a National Association of Government Communicators Blue Pencil & Go...

Apr 22, 2019

DSFederal wins NAGC Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Award

Last week, DSFederal received word that our HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Building Futures team will win a National Association of Government Communicators Blue Penci...

Feb 8, 2019

Maryland General Assembly recognizes DSFederal CEO Sophia Parker

Along with several other prominent Asian-American business leaders, DSFederal CEO Sophia Parker was honored by the Maryland General Assembly during a special...

Jan 2, 2019

DSFederal among latest CIO-SP3 awardees

DSFederal is pleased to announce the pending award of the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners (CIO-SP3) Small Business (SB) Government-Wide Acqu...

Oct 18, 2018

DSFederal CEO Sophia Parker receives business award in Taiwan

DSFederal CEO Sophia Parker returned to her native Taiwan last week to accept the Hua-guan Award honoring the world's top Chinese businesswomen. Winners trav...

Apr 20, 2018

DSFederal's Lauren Gibson wins NIH CSR Director's Award and Employee of the Month Award

The NIH Center for Scientific Review is dedicated to ensuring that NIH grant applications--thousands each year--"receive fair, independent, expert, and timel...

Jan 12, 2018

Ladder Safety App exceeds 200,000 downloads

Version 2.1 of the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Ladder Safety Application, a mobile application developed by DSFederal...

Jan 5, 2018

ICYMI: DSFederal's 2017 Year in Review

DSFederal had a memorable 2017, and we're looking forward to an amazing 2018! Read our 2017 year in review here. #News

Nov 29, 2017

DSFederal team members receive National Library of Medicine award

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) ChemIDplus system, a TOXNET database, is a searchable online dictionary of over 400,000 chemicals (including names, sy...

Nov 17, 2017

RCDC Project Manager receives Office of the Director Honor Award

We are very pleased to announce that DSFederal's Nancy Praskievicz, Project Manager at the NIH Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization (RCDC) program...

Nov 10, 2017

CEO Sophia Parker is Montgomery County's Small Business Leader of the Year!

DSFederal is very pleased to announce that our CEO Sophia Parker has been named Montgomery County’s Small Business Leader of the Year. The Montgomery County ...

Nov 2, 2017

DSFederal RCDC team members honored with NIH Director's Awards

DSFederal Project Manager and Senior Scientific Information Analyst Nancy Praskievicz, and Scientific Information Analysts Samantha LeDuc and Brock Heller re...

Nov 2, 2017

CEO Sophia Parker accepts "Women Who Mean Business" award at gala event

Sophia Parker accepted the Washington Business Journal's "Women Who Mean Business" award at last night's annual gala, held at the InterContinental at the Wha...

Oct 20, 2017

DSFederal is a top 100 MBE®: CRMSDC names DSFederal CEO Sophia Parker as one of the best in the regi

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND. October 20, 2017. The Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council has named DSFederal CEO Sophia Parker as a 2017 Top 100 MBE® w...

Sep 29, 2017

DSFederal's Sophia Parker: A Woman Who Means Business

We are delighted to share that the Washington Business Journal has selected our CEO Sophia Parker as a Woman Who Means Business for 2017. Sophia was honored...

Sep 25, 2017

CEO Sophia Parker featured in "We Are Montgomery County" video series

DSFederal is honored to be included in the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) video series "We Are Montgomery County," online at #MOC...