Accenture Federal Services has won a five-year, $24.4 million contract to transition the U.S. National Science Foundation’s financial accounting system to a cloud computing environment. The company plans to host the agency’s 25-year old system in a shared service environment and use commercial-off-the-shelf software for the project, Accenture said Thursday. …

FSIS is responsible for overseeing labeling and packaging of meat, poultry and egg products in the U.S. Ed Meehan, head of Accenture’s federal civilian agency portfolio, said the company will help FSIS protect the country’s food supply infrastructure. “Federal agencies are faced with the challenge of transforming and improving how …

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) CEO Pierre Nanterme has succeeded William Green as chairman of the board of directors, effective Friday. Green, whom Nanterme succeeded as CEO in January 2011, retired from the company. “I am honored to take on the additional role of chairman, ” Nanterme said “I want to thank …

Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal business has won an eight-month contract to design an information technology system for the Defense Contract Management Agency to mange contracting activity. The company said it will focus on analytics, work flow and streamlining reporting with the goal of helping the DCMA address reviews that require …

Accenture Federal Services has won a $250 million contract from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to create identity management and credentialing system processes for individuals working at sensitive and secure areas in the U.S. transportation system. According to a company statement, the contract has a five-year term, during which Accenture …

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has promoted 18-year company veteran David Moskovitz to chief executive of its federal business, effective immediately. The move comes nearly two months after John Goodman, managing director of the defense and intelligence business, was named to lead the federal business on an interim basis after then-chief executive …

John Goodman, managing director of Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) defense and intelligence business, has been tapped to lead the company’s federal business on an interim basis, Nick Wakeman of Washington Technology reports. The company confirmed to Wakeman that Kay Kapoor, former managing director and chief executive of the federal business, has resigned from …

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has won a $750 million prime contract with the U.S. Department of State to deliver technical support and consulting services to the agency, the company announced today. Accenture received the award along with eight prime contractors under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Development, Modernization, Enhancement contract vehicle The DME contract, with …

The U.S. Navy has awarded a set of contracts potentially worth nearly $171 million total for command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence systems engineering support. The Defense Department said Friday that the group of contractors will analyze command and intelligence systems, define concepts and develop and design systems for interoperability. …

Accenture has appointed Agriculture Department Chief Information Officer Chris Smith as the company’s new federal chief technology and innovation officer. The company said Tuesday that he will assume his new position April 9 after retiring from his post at USDA two days prior. He will report to Kay Kapoor, Accenture’s …