Tag Archives: USAID

The American Institutes for Research has acquired consulting firm Kimetrica for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand research and evaluation work in nutrition, food security and other areas. 

Christen Smith, former vice president of management advisory services at LMI, has taken a new role as VP of the nonprofit company's federal health and civilian market. Smith said in a LinkedIn post published Friday that she aims to continue LMI's efforts to help government customers manage health care delivery and federal work environments as well as drive scientific and space innovation efforts.

On Wednesday, Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its latest virtual event, Secure IT Modernization in Today’s Environment, featuring a keynote address from Michael Mestrovich for the U.S. Department of State. If you missed the event, you can still register to watch the full event in Potomac Officers Club’s Event Archive.

Washington, D.C.-based development consulting firm Chemonics International has purchased the goverment services unit of San Francisco-based utility and energy management software provider Nexant for an undisclosed sum.

The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded nine companies spots on a potential seven-year, $500M contract to provide technical support to allow USAID’s energy initiatives to respond to post-conflict and post disaster recovery, regional security, economic growth and other agency priorities.

President Trump announced on Wednesday that he’s selected Robert O’Brien to be the new National Security Adviser for the White House. O’Brien succeeds John Bolton, who left Trump’s administration last week. In his role, O’Brien will tackle everything from immigration policy to heightened tensions with Iran. He will be responsible …

The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded 10 companies positions on the unrestricted portion of a potential five-year, $2.5B contract to support U.S. foreign policy objectives by helping USAID’s office of transition initiatives advance democracy and stabilization efforts in countries facing political crises.

Dell’s Boomi business unit has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a  cloud-based offering designed to help customers consolidate organizational data and applications.

The public sector subsidiary of NTT Data Services received a potential five-year, $218M contract to provide operational and digital infrastructure support to the U.S. Agency for International Development. The company said Wednesday it will use technology platforms to help increase overall efficiency and manage day-to-day operations at the agency under …

Kimetrica has secured a potential $100M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide support services for U.S. Agency for International Development-funded network that offers information and early warning on food security challenges worldwide. The company will perform data management services in support of USAID’s Famine Early Warning Systems Network 7, the agency said …