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Former Westinghouse Government President Joins Navarro, Replacement Named

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Cathy Hickey has departed her post as president of Westinghouse Government Services, 17 months after the company opened a new office just outside of Washington, D.C., to increase its visibility within the Energy Department contracting world.
Hickey “chose to…

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