Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) ASM Research subsidiary has received a potential $286 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to help provide service desk support for VA employees. ASM said Tuesday the contract covers support for VA’s National Service Desk that works to provide front-line assistance...
New York City-based unmanned vehicle maker Drone USA has concluded its purchase of wholesale distribution company Howco Distributing Corp. for $3.5 million in cash, promissory notes and warrants. Drone USA said Tuesday it will have access to Howco™s facility leases and related intellectual property and establish co...
Bethesda, Maryland-based information technology services provider InfoZen has secured a potential $208 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security to help DHS carry out its Support Platform Engineering and DevOps Integration program. InfoZen said Monday the DHS’ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office of IT pro...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rose Monday in an attempt to close above the 80-point barrier for the first time since Sept. 12 on gains by large defense primes and services-oriented companies. The GCI’s positive movement contrasted activity in U.S. financial markets as stocks turned south in the final hour of trade a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 19, 2016 ” The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) a $15 million contract to develop a cloud-based threat detection and analysis software prototype that works to automate threat assessments, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the prototype will feature a modula...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 19, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has moved to expand its global supply chain services for F-16 operators with the designation of Derco Repair Services as a certified F-16 repair center under Lockheed’s Hologram program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Lockheed said Wednesday the Derco Aerospac...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 19, 2016 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) President and CEO Larry Prior has said the next U.S. president should include the modernization of the federal information technology infrastructure among the administration priorities, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Prior, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 19, 2016 ” A survey sponsored by Unisys (NYSE: UIS) indicates that 69 percent of respondents from the federal, state and local governments support digital government programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday respondents have expressed concerns over potential s...
Tony Cole, vice president and global government chief technology officer at FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE), has said federal agencies should work to make their data infrastructures resilient to cyber attacks through the adoption of an œintelligence-driven security strategy. Cole wrote that implementing an intelligence-driven security approach calls for...
Anne Rung, administrator of the Office of Management and Budget™s Office of Federal Procurement Policy, will step down from her position by the end of September after two years on the job, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller writes Rung will serve as head of Amazon Business (Nasdaq: AMZN) and will be responsible for...
