Accenture to Join S&P 500 Index; Nanterme and Craig Comment

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index stayed flat despite negative returns in three of five sessions. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, hardly moved with a negligible $0.20 uptick week-on-week to $4,880.65. Meanwhile, the three major equities indexes booked weekly gains, resulting in Wall Street’s best week thus far in 2024. Flour

Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal business will provide the U.S. Navy with SHARKCAGE systems customized with commercial and commercial off-the-shelf analytics hardware and software under a potential 10-year, $789.5 million contract. The Department of Defense said Wednesday that Accenture Federal Services will also perform design, architecture, testing, manufacturing and delivery as well as assistance in installation

Doug Keating, formerly a senior director at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has joined national security technology company Vibrint as vice president of business development.  He will report to Amy Steinberg, chief growth officer at Vibrint, and oversee the development and execution of the company’s expansion strategy for the national security sector, Vibrint said. “Doug will be