Penelope Prett, a senior managing director of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has been promoted to chief information officer in a move that takes effect Dec. 1. She will succeed Andrew Wilson, who will continue to work with Accenture through January 2020, the company said Wednesday.

Aaron Faulkner, former vice president of cybersecurity at ECS, has been named head of the cyber practice within Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) federal subsidiary. The more than 18-year industry veteran will oversee efforts to design, build and deliver cybersecurity offerings to federal civilian and defense customers in his new position, Accenture said Monday.

Julie Sweet has begun her tenure as CEO of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) after leading the professional services firm's business in North America for the past four years.

Kathryn Sullivan, a retired NASA astronaut and former head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has joined the board of managers at Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) federal arm. “We welcome her experience and insight as we continue to evolve our company and help our clients stay ahead of their changing mission needs," said John Goodman, chief executive of AFS and a 2019 Wash100 winner.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has promoted 33-year company veteran James Etheredge to the position of group chief executive for North America in a move slated to take effect Sept. 1. He will succeed Julie Sweet, who will take the helm at Accenture as CEO, the professional services firm said Thursday.

Julie Sweet, who has led Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) North American business over the past four years, will succeed David Rowland as CEO of the company and join its board of directors beginning on Sept. 1.

A new Wells Fargo Securities report says CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has reached the milestone of 10 percent earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization margin. WFS Managing Director Ed Caso and Associate Analyst Justin Donati forecast that win rates will drive organic growth at the Arlington, Va.-based government contractor.

The federal business of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has received a one-year, $65.4M other transaction agreement from the U.S. Air Force to conduct risk reduction efforts for an enterprise information technology-as-a-service platform. Accenture Federal Services will help the military branch develop, operate and maintain a hosting platform for storing and processing applications and data, the Department of Defense said Friday.

A new Accenture (NYSE: ACN) report shows that 33 percent of aerospace and defense executives said they expect their organizations to witness the greatest impact from artificial intelligence in the next three years compared with distributed ledger, quantum computing and other emerging technologies.

Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal business won a potential five-year, $79.1M contract to help the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery manage a telementoring program.