Portia Crowe, former chief data officer of the U.S. Army Futures Command’s Network Cross Functional Team, has been named chief data strategy director for defense at Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm. She will be responsible for helping customers of Accenture Federal Services use data in insight generation and decision-making processes with...
Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services arm has finalized its purchase of McLean, Virginia-based analytics company Novetta for an undisclosed sum and added a national security portfolio to its business as a result of the acquisition. Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said in a statement published Thu...
Six companies have won $91.9 million in contracts for program management services in support of the Navy Medicine’s efforts of providing well-trained medical professionals. Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services arm, Ancilla Technologies and Services, Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), Deloitte Consulting, Universal Consulting Services and...
Biniam Gebre, senior managing director at Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and head of management consulting for its federal business arm, will be nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy within the Office of Management and Budget. The White House said Wednesday Gebre has more than two decades...
Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services arm has received a potential six-year, $729 million contract from the U.S. Army to consolidate enterprise resource planning systems into a single model to improve readiness and efficiency. Accenture Federal Services will provide the Army Shared Services Center with Agile development, organizational change m...
Last week, ExecutiveBiz released its latest Executive Spotlight interview featuring both John Goodman, chief executive for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), and Novetta CEO Tiffanny Gates, who are both recent 2021 Wash100 Award recipients, following the news that AFS will be acquiring Novetta. Gates and Goodman discussed the background behind the ac...
Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services arm has agreed to acquire analytics company Novetta from global investment firm The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its artificial intelligence, cloud and cyber capabilities in support of missions of defense, intelligence and law enforcement agency clients. Acc...
The Atlantic Council has released a report offering recommendations for the U.S. government and its allies to maintain national security and economic competitiveness in the global economy with the use of technology. The council said Wednesday its Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data classified those recommendation...
Potomac Officers Club, the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its 2021 Navy Forum on Wednesday, May 12th. If you missed the 2021 Navy Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting Potomac Officers Club’s Event Page. The 2021 N...
The Library of Congress has awarded four spots on a potential five-year, $150 million multiple-award contract to provide a full range of information technology life cycle technical support services. The awardees on the IT services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract are MIL Corp., CGI’s (NYSE: GIB) federal arm, Artemis Consulting and ...
