Ron Ash, chief operating officer of Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) government-focused business arm, will succeed John Goodman as Accenture Federal Services CEO on Sept. 1. The company said Tuesday Ash will also take over the chairmanship of Accenture Federal Services’ board of managers from Goodman, who is set to step down from his roles on Aug...
Angela Ambrose, former vice president of government relations and communications/marketing at General Motors‘ (NYSE: GM) defense business arm, was named VP of government operations at Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK). The defense vehicle and equipment manufacturer said Monday Ambrose, who has over two decades of experience in legislative and executive bran...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index recovered from its weak start in July. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, had substantial gains in three of five trading sessions, ending 0.58% higher to $4,982.68. Also, the 2.11% week-on-week advance was GCI’s second-strongest weekly gain in 2024. Wall Street had a...
Cognosante has won a potential five-year, $582.9 million contract from the General Services Administration to support a program designed to provide service members and their families with a wide array of information and referrals to military and civilian resources and counseling support services through a centralized source. According to an award no...
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has promoted executives Angie Park, Karthik Narain and Bhaskar Ghosh to senior leadership positions in a string of leadership appointments. The company said Tuesday Park, head of business and commercial finance at Accenture, will succeed the retiring KC McClure as chief financial officer, effective Dec. 1, and join the global m...
Accenture Federal Services will provide agile applications development support services to the Transportation Security Administration under a potential five-year, $170 million blanket purchase agreement. Accenture (NYSE: ACN) said Monday its subsidiary will deliver agile design, development, testing and maintenance capabilities to introduce mobile a...
Accenture Federal Services has received a $250 million contract to develop, operate and maintain a unified mission services platform for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers software development, integration, test, audit support, system analysis, documentation, ...
The Department of the Interior has selected seven companies for a potential 10-year, $2 billion follow-on contract for cloud license and support services. The awardees under the Foundation Cloud Hosting Services 2 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract are Accenture Federal Services, IBM (NYSE: IBM), CGI Federal, Cognosante, Science Applic...
Accenture Federal Services has closed its purchase of Cognosante and launched a federal health portfolio to bring specialized mission platforms and services to customers to help them deliver better health outcomes. Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm said Monday more than 1,500 Cognosante employees will join the company’s workforce as a result o...
Arnab Chakraborty has assumed the newly created role of chief responsible AI officer at Accenture (NYSE: ACN), where he previously served as senior managing director for data and artificial intelligence. The company said Tuesday Chakraborty’s appointment aligns with Accenture’s efforts to expand its responsible AI capabilities, products ...
