Weekly Roundup August 07 – August 11 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson At the tail-end of May the Department of Defense released its FY 2018 budget request, while the Comptroller of the Department of Defense published the Defense Budget Overview, a succi...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) followed the markets downward closing at 100.168 off 0.706 percent. Declining shares outpaced advancers 3 to 1. The major indices responded to heightened geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and North Korea to close down significantly. The S&P500 was off 1.45 percent while DJIA moved downw...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 10, 2017 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. will lead an open-house event on Aug. 24 for the company-operated Center for Advanced Nuclear Manufacturing in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in efforts to provide opportunities for collaboration with suppliers in the nuclear power generation sector, ExecutiveBiz reported...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up 0.144 percent to 100.857. Advancers and decliners split even on the day. The major indices responded to heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea and closed slightly down for the day. The S&P500 off 0.04 percent while DJIA moved downward by 0.17 percent, and the NASDAQ C...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 9, 2017 ” A CSRA-led (NYSE: CSRA) industry team has installed the second increment of an update to the National Institutes of Health‘s Biowulf supercomputing system in order to increase the agency’s computing capacity, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Aug. 2 the effort continues...
Criterion Systems has secured an $85 million task order under the General Services Administration‘s Alliant Small Business contract vehicle to provide information technology support staff to the Agriculture Department‘s National Information Technology Center. The company said Tuesday it will supply 75 full-time person...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) reversed direction to close down 0.261 percent to 100.760 . Decliners outpaced advancers 19 to 11. The major indices closed down for the day with the S&P500 off 0.24 percent, while DJIA moved slightly downward by 0.15 percent and the NASDAQ Composite was off 0.21 percent. Crude oil closed down on...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 8, 2017 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) will pursue work to provide telecommunications services and technologies to government agencies through its position under the General Services Administration‘s $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Aug....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 8, 2017 ” Unisys (NYSE: UIS) has added former U.S. Air Force secretary Deborah Lee James to the company’s board of directors, where she brings more than 30 years of experience in the areas of homeland and national security, GovCon Executive reported Monday. “I look forward to helping make the company’s...
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has wrapped up its acquisition of Alexandria, Virginia-based federal government cloud services provider Phase One Consulting Group for an undisclosed sum. Both companies first announced the deal in June and Accenture said Tuesday it made the acquisition to expand its Salesforce (NYSE: CRM...
