The former government services business of Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) that private equity firm Veritas Capital acquired in April has adopted the name Peraton after temporarily operating as MHVC Acquisition Corp. Peraton said Friday its new name derives from the concept that the company supports government customer missions that are crit...
Weekly Roundup July 17 – July 21 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Several executive moves this summer look to make a significant splash across the GovCon community. Last Friday, Battelle’s Board of Directors announced that Lewis “LouÃ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) was able to remain above the 98.00 mark and closed at 98.192, up 0.014 percent. The major indices closed mixed on the day the S&P500 and DJIA down slightly and the NASDAQ Composite setting new record highs for the third day. Crude oil ended the day down with WTI on the...
The Naval Hospital Oak Harbor in Washington state became the second facility to utilize the Department of Defense’s new electronic health record system, MHS Genesis. The Naval Hospital is the first inpatient facility to use the system, which incorporates Cerner’s commercial health records system. Naval Hospital Oak Harbor’s new sys...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 17, 2017 ” Executives from Maximus (NYSE: MMS), DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), Vencore, Noblis and Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) have taken positions on the board of directors of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, GovCon Executive reported Friday. NVTC said Tuesday Maximus CEO Richard Montoni and DXC Senior Vice Pres...
Lou Von Thaer, who has been CEO of DynCorp International since July 2015, will join Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit research and development company Battelle as president and CEO on Oct. 1. He will succeed the retiring Jeff Wadsworth, who will continue to provide assistance during the transition period and perform consulting work on some project...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed the week on Friday at a new high while coming close to breaking the 98.00 mark. Advancers outpaced decliners 3 to 1 as the GCI closed at 97.971, up 0.450 percent. The major indices all closed up with the S&P500 and DJIA reaching a new highs. The S&P500 ended the...
The markets ended the week in the positive. The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) flirted with breaking 98.00 closing up 0.450 percent to 97.971 reaching new highs with advancers outpacing decliners 3 to 1. The major indices all closed up with the S&P500 and DJIA reaching a new highs. The S&P500 ended the day at 2,459.29, t...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed down for the first time in four days. The major indices all closed up with the DJIA reaching a new high of 21,553.09, the S&P500 was up 0.19 percent, while the NASDAQ Composite gained 0.21 percent driven by Technology shares. WTI crude oil closed positive for the fourth consecutive day....
Weekly Roundup July 3 – July 7 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Open source intelligence, or OSINT, has existed as a concept for decades, but is enjoying a resurgence in corporate and public interest. The federal government, and the intelligenc...
