Charlie Sowell, a retired U.S. Navy commander and a former senior vice president at Salient CRGT, has joined Reston, Virginia-based information technology services contractor iWorks as chief operating officer. The more than 30-year national community veteran will lead iWorks’ business development efforts in the personnel security, insider threat, security clearance reform …

Salient CRGT has finalized its acquisition of health information technology company Information Innovators Inc. in a move that aims to build on the former’s health IT portfolio for the federal government. The purchase is also part of Salient CRGT’s efforts to drive revenue to more than $500 million and expand its workforce across 150-plus locations …

Ian Graham, formerly vice president for the federal division at information technology and services firm Qlarion, has joined Salient CRGT as VP for data analytics and business solutions. Graham will be responsible for the company’s efforts to grow its data analytics and big data portfolio as well as oversee data analytics …

Tom Howe, formerly a division director at Salient CRGT, has elevated to vice president of homeland security and law enforcement solutions at the Fairfax, Virginia-based information technology services provider. Salient CRGT said Wednesday he will oversee the company’s work with the Department of Homeland Security and FBI in his new role. Tom Ferrando, president of Salient CRGT, …

J.D. Kuhn, former senior vice president and controller at Salient CRGT, has been promoted to chief financial officer at the Fairfax, Va.-based software development and data analytics contractor. The company said Tuesday that Kuhn succeeds Ted Dunn, who will retire from the company after six years both there and the predecessor Salient Federal Solutions …

Government services contractors Salient Federal Solutions and CRGT have agreed to merge under a deal of an undisclosed sum in a push to expand their information technology modernization and business intelligence services to federal and other public sector agencies. The companies said Tuesday they expect to close the transaction early in the fourth quarter …

Salient Federal Solutions has appointed David Vennergrund and John Blatchford to lead two data analytics operations functions within the company’s Data Analytics Center of Excellence headed by Cindy Walker. The company said Tuesday Vennergrund will be director of predictive analytics, while Blatchford will be director of agile business intelligence. Vennergrund holds at least 25 years of experience in IT …

Salient Federal Solutions has won a potential five-year, $10 million contract from the Office of Personnel Management for database administration services, including design, maintenance and upgrades, for both mainframe and distributed systems. The company said Wednesday its services will also cover Federal Investigative Service systems that support background investigations for security clearances issued to federal personnel …

KPMG and Salient Federal Solutions have won a five-year blanket purchase agreement potentially worth $94 million to update business processes and technology for the Department of Housing and Urban Development‘s Federal Housing Administration. Salient said Wednesday the BPA contract was awarded under the Mortgage Risk and Fraud Initiative, with KPMG as the prime …

The U.S. Navy has awarded four positions on a potential three-year contract for training services to support the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific’s training development and support center. SPAWAR received seven proposals for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple-award contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. Awardees will compete for task …