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The General Services Administration has awarded a potential 10-year, $2.5B blanket purchase agreement to two teams led by Carahsoft Technology and Grant Thornton to update the government payroll, leave management and work schedule systems. The NewPay BPA includes the delivery of software-as-a-service platforms and services to support the federal government’s …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 4, 2018 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has extended its partnership with Grant Thornton’s public sector business in efforts to help federal agencies derive insights from data to support compliance with the President’s Management Agenda and other regulations that target transparency and efficiency, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Grant Thornton …

Kristen Mullins, formerly vice president of human resources at Oceus Networks, has joined citizen experience information technology firm HighPoint Global as chief HR officer. She will oversee HighPoint’s employee relations, recruitment, compensation, benefits and performance management as well as help the firm establish a team of professionals to advance citizen …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 15, 2017 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, has joined the board of directors of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, GovCon Executive reported Nov. 8. The council said Nov. 7 Desch joins three other newly appointed board …

Paul Johnson, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, has joined Grant Thornton‘s public sector business as a senior strategic adviser for the defense and intelligence community. The 32-year military veteran will advise the company on security and defense business development and strategic matters, Grant Thornton said Friday. Carlos Otal, national managing …

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded seven companies positions on a potential five-year, $115 million contract that covers information technology support services to EPA’s environmental information, national program, administrative, field and regional offices. EPA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday the awardees under the IT Solutions-Business Information Strategic Support III indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity …

Kathleen Sifer, a former principal at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has joined Grant Thornton as a managing director of the accounting and advisory services company’s federal financial regulatory practice. The more than three-decade public and private sector veteran will oversee the practice’s  business development and quality delivery efforts, Grant Thornton said Monday. “Kathleen …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 — Grant Thornton‘s public sector unit has found that government information technology leaders aim to address challenges in IT infrastructure, management and processes but struggle to recruit new IT professionals, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday its two annual surveys show that federal and state IT executives …

Jim Brady, currently managing partner for the Central region at Grant Thornton, has been named chief operating officer of the company. He will oversee Grant Thornton’s public policy team as well as the firm’s Central and East regions and will continue to report to CEO Mike McGuire, Grant Thornton said …

Linda Miller, formerly assistant director of forensic audits and investigative service at the Government Accountability Office, has been named a director at Grant Thornton‘s public sector fraud risk assessment practice. She will work with government clients that aim to assess the risk of fraud in their organizations and identify strategies to reduce fraud risk, Grant Thornton said …