The GovCon Index followed the steep downturn in U.S. markets Monday with a decline of 1.027 percent to 70.035 spurred by new declines in oil prices and worries about the pace of future interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve. Monday also represented the first day of Colorado Springs-based government services contractor Vectrus‘ (NYSE: V...
As covered here yesterday, GovCon Wire’s parent company Executive Mosaic announced its inductions for the 2016 edition of the Wash 100 — EM’s annual selection of the government contracting arena’s most influential voices. These 100 individuals were chosen by EM’s editorial and organizational leadership as the executives...
Tiffanny Gates, formerly vice president of cyber strategies at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) Blackbird Technologies subsidiary, has joined Novetta as president of the company’s federal division. Gates will be responsible for the company’s projects for the U.S. government and for the division’s strategy, business development and...
The GovCon Index failed to carry momentum from its Tuesday rebound and plummeted 2.671 percent to 72.284 Wednesday as steep losses in consumer stocks spurred a large-scale selloff in U.S. financial markets. The Index has declined 6.2 percent since the start of 2016 and is down 8.11 percent from its most recent high of 78.669...
