Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index followed markets to close up Friday after the release of strong February employment figures. The Labor Department™s monthly report showed employers added an above-forecast 235,000 positions in February, with the jobless rate dropping to 4.7 percent. Other strong indicators from the February report were...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed up as major markets rebounded on strong February employment results. The Labor Department™s monthly report showed employers added an above-forecast of 235,000 positions in February, led by construction jobs and employment in the goods-producing industries. Other strong indicators from the Februa...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 10, 2017 ” Mike Herrinton, leader of the U.S. government sector and a partner at Ernst & Young, has been included in this year’s Executive Mosaic Wash100 for his leadership in audit and information technology control. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector executive...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 10, 2017 ” Roger Mason, senior vice president for national security and intelligence at Noblis, has been named in this year’s Executive Mosaic Wash100 for his leadership in cyber workforce development. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector executives selected by Execut...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 10, 2017 ” NTT Data (NYSE: NTT) will provide information technology services to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over five years under a potential $62 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the contract covers application hosting, cloud management, file storag...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 10, 2017 ” A subsidiary of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has secured orphan drug status from the Food and Drug Administration on a plague vaccine it is developing as a potential pre-exposure prophlaxis treatment against Yersinia pestis infection, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the des...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 10, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will provide healthcare information technology and cybersecurity services to government agencies through its position on the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the expanded scope of its offerin...
Douglas Dreyer, formerly a senior vice president at Vencore, has been appointed executive VP of business development at Parsons™ federal business unit. Dreyer will oversee the federal group™s business development operations in the U.S. through the company™s office in Centreville, Virginia, Parsons said Thursday. œHe brings 32 yea...
Abdul Omar, a more than 20-year financial management professional, has joined PlanetRisk as chief financial officer of the McLean, Virginia-based data visualization and analytics firm. PlanetRisk said Thursday that Omar will oversee accounting, finance and merger-and-acquisition functions in his new position as the company looks to grow it...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed down for the day to 92.798 off -0.123%, contrary to the major markets which all closed slightly up. Investors wait for the February official U.S. jobs data due to release tomorrow. GovCon Index decliners outpaced advancers 19 to 11 as Orbital ATK (NYSE:OA) leds gainers for the second day in a...
