Josh Salmanson, a former NCI vice president, has been named chief architect and vice president of the business development and operations business at ECS. He will support ECS' efforts to transform platforms for the government and commercial sectors and brings 25 years of business leadership, sales and technology experience to his new position, the company said Thursday.

Federal agencies have long been troubled with what to do when there is an expectation that multiple proposals will be submitted in response to a solicitation but only one offer is actually received.

NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) has secured a potential 10-year, $137M contract to help the Federal Aviation Administration implement a software platform to manage transportation incident data and investigations. The company said Thursday it will update FAA's debriefing platforms at 770 agency facilities worldwide.

Randy Wood, vice president of public sector sales at Akamai (Nasdaq: AKAM), has said there are three strategies government agencies can implement to protect information technology systems from cyber threats and one of those is bot management.

Halfaker and Associates has received a potential five-year, $163M task order to help modernize financial information technology infrastructure at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The company said Tuesday it will support the VA's Financial Services Center in software projects and launches, as well as provide operations and maintenance support to the facility.

John Hooley, a more than 18-year government services industry veteran, has joined The MIL Corp.'s federal business as vice president of financial services, G2Xchange ETC reported Tuesday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 5, 2019 — Infor will offer GTY Technology Holdings' grants management, budgeting and transparency platforms to local and state government agencies in support of digital transformation efforts in the public sector, ExecutiveBiz reported July 19.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 05, 2019 — NCI Information Systems will bid for task orders under a five-year, $49M contract to help the Department of Health and Human Services modernize business processes and systems through the use of intelligent automation and artificial intelligence technology, ExecutiveGov reported July 25.

Dan Davis, area vice president for federal civilian sales at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has said delivering a seamless service to citizens calls for federal agencies to establish an “omni-channel experience that protects existing agency investments and simply meets agency customers where they are.”

Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware (NYSE: VMW), wrote in a GCN article published Tuesday that there are three technologies federal agencies can adopt to transform the mobility experience of their employees and adhere to security policies and one of them is an enterprise mobility management system.