The GovCon Index gradually tumbled from a strong open Friday and fell sharply in late afternoon trade to end at a nominal gain of 0.197 points to 74.227, which puts the GCI at a weekly loss for the second time in three weeks. The GCI posted a nominal 0.103-point loss from the April 1 close that...
April 4 – April 8 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson The global effort to combat the spread of mosquito-borne Zika virus in the Western Hemisphere now will include the company soon to become the largest U.S. government services contractor. Reston, Virginia-base...
Rochester, New Hampshire-based specialty materials processing company Albany International (NYSE: AIN) has wrapped up its acquisition of Harris Corp.‘s (NYSE: HRS) aerostructures business for approximately $210 million in cash and capital lease. Harris said Friday it will use proceeds from the deal originally announced in late F...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA April 7, 2016 — Kay Kapoor, AT&T (NYSE:T) president for government solutions business, has been elected to Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for the third consecutive year for her mobility and cloud technology services vision. The Wash100...
The GovCon Index suffered its largest percentage drop in two months Thursday at 0.987 percent — or -0.738 points — to 74.031 with satellite services provider Intelsat (NYSE: I) and rocket maker Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) the only GCI stocks to close in positive at 3.23 percent and 4 cents, respectively. Maximus (NYSE: MMS...
Mark Gerencser, the three-decade Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) veteran and six-term director there, has joined the board of directors at McLean, Virginia-based government and national security engineering services contractor Alion Science & Technology approximately seven months after its acquisition by private equity firm Veritas Capita...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2016 ” Sterling Global Operations has rebranded into Janus Global Operations following its acquisition of several risk management and security companies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Janus Global said Monday the purchase of Janus Security International, SNE Special Projects and Tundra Security Afghan...
The National Security Agency‘s ongoing reorganization program aims to integrate its team into a single enterprise that continues cryptography as the core focus, NSA’s second-ranked official told the Potomac Officers Club Wednesday. Rick Ledgett said goals of “NSA21” initiative announced in February are to ...
The FBI‘s number of investigations into possible economic espionage on U.S. businesses has increased by 53 percent within the past year, a top bureau official told the Potomac Officers Club Wednesday. Randall Coleman — executive assistant director of the criminal, cyber, response and services branch – described that ...
Philippe Vallee, chief operating officer at Gemalto, will be endorsed by the board of directors to succeed Olivier Piou as the new CEO of the Amsterdam-based digital security firm, effective Sept. 1. Piou will retire on Aug. 31 but will continue to serve on Gemalto’s board as a non-executive director, Gemalto said Tuesday. “[Piouâ€â„...
