The Food and Drug Administration has awarded four companies contracts worth up to $75M each to develop automated methods for reporting adverse drug events. IBM (NYSE: IBM), Acumen, Dovel Technologies and IQVIA Government Solutions will use artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing and other automation...
Ann Addison, executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been elected by Northrop Grumman‘s (NYSE: NOC) board of directors to succeed Denise Peppard as CHRO beginning on Jan 1. Northrop said Wednesday Addison will take on a transitional role as corporate VP when she formally joins the c...
Tina Dolph, a more than two-decade government industry veteran, has been named president and CEO of Siemens™ U.S. federal arm in a move that takes effect Oct. 1. œTina™s depth of understanding in government finance, strategy and operations aligns perfectly to SGT™s continued growth, Anne Altman, board chairman at Siemens Governme...
The U.S. Army has awarded 134 companies spots on the potential nine-year, $12.1B Information Technology Enterprise Solutions recompete contract for services. Army Contracting Command received 187 bids for the ITES-3 Services contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The contractors will compete for task orders under several areas: cybersec...
Pittsburgh, Pa.-based workforce services provider System One has acquired Reston, Va.-based intelligence services contractor TPGS for an undisclosed amount as part of efforts to expand its information technology offerings for federal civilian and defense clients. “The expertise and reputation of TPGS aligns with System One’s strateg...
Gil Tadmor, a more than 30-year information technology industry veteran, has been appointed chief technology officer of DLH Holdings. DLH said Wednesday Tadmor will report to President and CEO Zachary Parker and oversee health IT, data analytics and big data projects with federal customers in his new position. He joined the company in...
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded 20 companies spots on the small business set-aside track of a potential 10-year, $17.5B contract to provide information technology platforms and services for the Defense Department and other federal agencies. DoD said Friday DISA received 95 proposals for the Encore III contract vehic...
Ten companies have won positions on the partial small business set-aside portion of a potential nine-year, $28B contract to provide research and development support services for the Defense Department. The contractors may compete for up to $15M worth of task orders under Pool 2 of the Defense Technical Information Center™s Information Analysis ...
Arlington, Va.-based technology firm ByteCubed has purchased Washington, D.C.-based creative agency CHIEF for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its information technology offerings to government and commercial clients. Lena Trudeau, newly appointed ByteCubed CEO, said in a statement published Tuesday the company will combine its techno...
Arlington Capital Partners has launched a new company, Tyto Athene, after the Washington-based investment firm completed its $75M cash purchase of Black Box™s (Nasdaq: BBOX) government solutions business. Tyto Athene will provide systems integration support and managed services for communications platforms of the Defense Department and civilian...
