TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 19, 2018 — An Accenture (NYSE: ACN) survey has found that more than half of respondents across Australia, France, Germany, Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S. are open to use artificial intelligence-based government services, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday 54 percent of the 6,000-plus citizens polled …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 2, 2018 — Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business is set to open a security operations center in San Antonio, Texas, in efforts to provide cybersecurity services to federal agency customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. San Antonio Express-News reported that Accenture Federal Services sees San Antonio as a “critical” location …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 9, 2018 — Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business will help the Department of Veterans Affairs update its loan management system at the VA Office of Information and Technology under a potential $29 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday Accenture Federal Services will redesign …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 18, 2018 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has established a new facility in Boston, Massachusetts, that will serve as an innovation center for partners that seek to transform their organizations in line with the digital economy, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the hub is part of …

Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business has secured a position under a potential five-year, $500 million blanket purchase agreement to support a shared services program at the Agriculture Department. Accenture Federal Services is one of nine contractors eligible to compete for task orders to help USDA’s Office of the Chief Financial …

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has won a potential five-year, $297 million contract to help the Customs and Border Protection recruit and employ 5,000 border patrol agents, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. CBP received five bids for the contract that also covers the recruitment of 2,000 customs officers and 500 employees for …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 7, 2017 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) executive George Franz has secured recognition for his work in cybersecurity as a recipient of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Saint Isidore Army Cyber Award, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Franz, a managing director of Accenture Federal Services and former director of …

Ed Meehan, formerly head of safety and citizen services portfolio at Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business, has been promoted to chief operating officer of that same unit. Meehan succeeds John Goodman, who took over as CEO of Accenture Federal Services on Nov. 20, the company reported. He said he …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 30, 2017 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into a strategic alliance and placed an investment with quantum computing software developer 1QBit in the former’s effort to advance quantum-based analytics technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the expanded partnership aims to help organizations generate intelligence to address …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 16, 2017 — Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services unit has secured provisional authorization for its platform-as-a-service cloud technology under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the Accenture Insights Platform for Government offering with moderate-impact level authorization works to provide federal …