Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index plunged 1 percent Tuesday to post its worst one-day performance in two months with all 30 companies in red at the close as U.S. financial markets entered sell-off mode on investor worries over dim third quarter corporate earnings and the fast pace of inflation. Six of the GovCon Index’s 10 l...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 11, 2016 ” Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services (NYSE: SAP), has noted that the “graph technology” analytics tool works to support efforts to manage digital information, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. CNN reported Thursday graph technology is designed to identify con...
Satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has agreed to purchase Chantilly, Virginia-based geospatial information services contractor The Radiant Group for $140 million in an effort to diversify revenue and add new offerings and staff to support the U.S. intelligence and special operations community. DigitalGlobe said Tuesday i...
AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has purchased the remaining 50 percent equity interest in its Calgary, Alberta-based FT Services joint venture in a push to grow the oil and gas business, expand lifecycle service offerings and diversify end-market exposure. FT Services was formed through a partnership of AECOM™s Flint Energy Services ...
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has appointed Hal Smith, former associate deputy director at the National Security Agency, to managing director of the intelligence practice within the global consulting firm’s federal government subsidiary. Accenture said Monday Smith has held additional intelligence, security and technology role...
Jacklyn Wynn, an official at EMC™s security division RSA, has said government agencies should work to re-evaluate their cyber defense strategies through the integration of cyber policies and objectives with the way they implement their missions on a daily basis. Wynn, vice president of strategy and market development of global public sect...
October 3 – October 7, 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson The stalwart GovCon technology maker L-3 Communications extended its profile as an active player in the merger-and-acquisition scene this week and closed its first buys since a large business divest...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held higher against narrow trading activity in U.S. financial markets Thursday on strong performances by CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and defense platform makers as Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) rallied to recoup one-half of losses from a steep fall Wednesday. ThursdayR...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 6, 2016 ” An Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) Cygnus spacecraft will launch Oct. 13 to transport 5, 100 pounds of supplies and research to the International Space Station as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The space agency said in a blog p...
Alejandro Mayorkas, second-ranked official at the Department of Homeland Security, will join Washington-based law firm WilmerHale in November to support the deep civil and criminal litigation and internal investigations area. WilmerHale said Wednesday Mayorkas will offer more than two decades of experience in public service...
