Tag Archives: Acquisition

Accenture has acquired Yesler, a business-to-business (B2B) marketing services agency that helps many of the world’s leading brands run their global marketing programs and operations at speed and scale, the company announced on Thursday. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Govini analyzed the Department of Defense’s use of other transaction authorities and Small Business Innovation Research contracts between fiscal year 2015 and FY 2019 and found that the two contracting methods accounted for 10 percent, or $9.6B, of DoD’s spending on research, development, test and evaluation operations in 2019, Defense News reported Wednesday.

Executive Mosaic is honored to announce James Geurts, assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition at the U.S. Navy, as the newest inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for driving the military service’s approaches to acquire technology and innovate with industry. This marks the first Wash100 Award win for Geurts.

Julie Dunne, commissioner of federal acquisition service with General Services Administration (GSA), will serve as a keynote speaker during Potomac Officers Club’s 2020 Procurement Forum on Thursday, March 19th.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for ramping up efforts to secure the defense supply chain while also working to accelerate the Pentagon's procurement process. This marks Lord’s fourth Wash100 Award and third consecutive.

Bruce Jette, acquisition executive at the U.S. Army and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said companies that previously submitted bids for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program have expressed plans to compete again after the service restructured the acquisition strategy for the OMFV competition, Inside Defense reported Thursday.

Kim Herrington, acting principal director of defense pricing and contracting at the Department of Defense, will serve as a keynote speaker during Potomac Officers Club’s 2020 Procurement Forum on Thursday, March 19th.

Gerry Fasano, president of Leidos' (NYSE: LDOS) defense group and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, told Government Matters in a video interview posted Tuesday about the Department of Defense’s focus on speed of acquisition and its impact on government contracting.

John Sherman, chief information officer of the U.S. intelligence community, said the National Security Agency plans to release in March a solicitation for a program to update the on-premise GovCloud platform, FedScoop reported Wednesday.

The U.S. Air Force has released a draft solicitation for production-ready systems designed to meet its requirement for a three-dimensional expeditionary long-range radar platform.