TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2017 ” CGI (NYSE: GIB) will support the city of Los Angeles’ accounting, budgeting and financial reporting systems under a potential $43 million contract for cloud hosting and managed digital application services, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the contract wor...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 10, 2017 ” Hughes Network Systems has unveiled the new HM500 ruggedized manpack terminal offering that will serve to support portable satellite communications for military and other customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the multi-band transportable terminal can be utilized i...
Employment rates in April rebounded better than expected, as employers added a solid 211,000 jobs. Unemployment dipped to 4.4 percent, its lowest rate in a decade, the Labor Department said Friday. The market added an average of 185,000 jobs a month this year, matching last year’s pace, reports CBS. Hiring was strongest in lower...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $541.1 contract modification from the U.S. Army to manufacture lot 15 CH-47F cargo renew and new build helicopters for Netherlands under a foreign military sales deal. The Defense Department said Friday the full obligated amount at the time of award of the modification is from fiscal 2010, 2016 and 2017...
Weekly Roundup April 17 – April 21 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson We™re rapidly approaching the middle of FY 2017, and amidst all of the news surrounding President Trump™s FY 2018 budget plan, the border wall, and attempts at healthcare refor...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 21, 2017 ” Mark Fletcher, chief architect of Avaya™s worldwide public safety solutions business, is co-chair of an accessibility committee working group within the National Emergency Number Association that has partnered with its European counterpart to standardize a first responder strategy that uti...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index retreated to close down 0.407 percent to 90.431 giving back one-half of yesterday’s gains. Advancing and declining stocks were pretty well split on the day. U.S. markets all closed down with a disappointing earning report from Goldman Sachs. Leading the decline were healthcare companies, energy produ...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business will deploy a cloud-based platform to update NATO’s IT infrastructure under a potential five-year, $140 million contract from the NATO Communications and Information Agency. The company said Thursday General Dynamics Information Technology will work to facilitate IT modern...
Deloitte has purchased McLean, Virginia-based cloud consulting firm Day1 Solutions for an undisclosed sum in a move to build up its cloud offerings and capabilities as well as expand its client base in both commercial and public sectors. Luis Benavides, founder and CEO of Day1 Solutions, said in a statement released Monday the transaction would...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 24, 2017 ” Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, has been chosen for this year’s Executive Mosaic Wash100 for his leadership in cloud and mobility platforms. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector executives selected by Executive Mosaic™s organizat...
