Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, a former army surgeon general and head of the branch’s medical command, will join Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) U.S. government services subsidiary on April 6 as leader of the defense health practice. Accenture Federal Services said Wednesday she will oversee the pr...
Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has issued earnings and revenue guidance for 2016 with the midpoint outlooks respectively below and level the consensus Wall Street forecast on continued declines in sales for programs based in Afghanistan. The Colorado Springs-based informat...
The GovCon Index failed to turnaround declines incurred during morning trade Monday and ended at a loss of 0.237 points to 73.743 as U.S. stocks hovered in and out of positive territory throughout the afternoon session. Investors have turned their attention to the Federal Reserve‘s two-day meeting Wednesday and Thursday wit...
Bud Langston, a 16-year veteran of Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), has joined Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) as vice president of strategy and business development for the cloud computing company’s North American public sector business, GovCon Wire has learned. He previously was VP of Oracle’s public sector operations in the North American region and led b...
The General Services Administration has awarded 31 companies spots on two potential 10-year contracts worth up to $30 billion combined to provide building maintenance and operations support at the federal government’s Zone 1 sites. Nine companies will compete for task orders under the BMO Unrestricted contract and 24 vendor...
Shannon Wagner, formerly senior vice president of operations at Bridgewater, Virginia-based Dynamic Aviation, has been promoted to chief operating officer at the company. The 25-year commercial aviation veteran started in his current role in February and oversees the company’s daily operations, Dynamic Aviation said Monday....
The GovCon Index recovered from a brief morning dip into a decline Tuesday and closed at a gain of 0.443 points to 73.042 as U.S. stocks rose in tandem with crude oil prices in New York and investors awaited a decision from Europe’s central bank on additional stimulus. Crude futures in New York settled up...
Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) has secured a potential $250 million contract to provide aerospace testing and facilities operations and maintenance services at NASA‘s Ames Research Center. The company said Tuesday the ATOM-4 contract also requires information technology system administration and work on Ames̵...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has received a five-year, $199 million task order to update, run and maintain a web-based supply chain management system for the U.S. Agriculture Department. The WBSCM online platform is designed to help the department order, procure, distribute and track food products for the National School Lunch...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 4, 2016 ” Fluor (NYSE: FLR) will work with several partners to finance, design, build, operate and maintain the future Purple Line light rail system in Maryland as part of a $2 billion project, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday its Purple Line Transit Partners, Purple L...
