Science, tech and operations leadership moves across the market
Our final roundup of key executive promotions and hires for 2024 involves a bit of foreshadowing for one company in the upper quadrant of our Top 100. Alpha Omega Stephen Ambrose has joined the technology solutions provider in the newly created position of chief scientist. The 35-year public sector veteran will work with Alpha Omega’s federal […]
COMMENTARY: Trump’s promise and the chaos ahead
The continuing resolution battle is a preview of an administration that wants to bring reforms into government, as long as it can avoid derailing its own agenda. As I write this, the federal government is on the verge of a shutdown. But it doesn’t really matter when you are reading this. The government will either shut […]
How Booz Allen thrives on tech disruption
Richard Crowe, who leads Booz Allen’s civilian business, sees artificial intelligence adoption and expertise as keys to the company’s continued growth. Administrations come and go. Priorities shift and new ones emerge. But there is one constant in the federal market – disruption. “The core missions of the agencies don’t change, but everyday there is disruption,” said […]
Small businesses object to their exclusion from $5B USAID vehicle
Two companies are challenging the U.S. Agency for International Development’s decision to only select a pair of small businesses for the stability support services program. A pair of small businesses are challenging how the U.S. Agency for International Development made its choices for a $5 billion contract vehicle. The Support Which Implements Fast Transition contract, known […]
Trace3 enters federal market via acquisition
Zivaro and its 200 employees become the first building block of a new business vertical focused on government. Trace3, a technology and business transformation consulting firm, has acquired a provider of software engineering and modernization services that also represents a foray into the government market for the buyer. By purchasing Zivaro, Trace3 is establishing a third […]
Sikich adds USPTO work in its newest purchase
The technology and professional services provider has prioritized federal market growth in its acquisitions over the past five years. Sikich, a technology and professional services provider, has completed a fifth acquisition in as many years that focuses on building out its presence across the federal landscape. The newest move as part of that strategy sees Sikich […]
ServiceNow CEO says DOGE has Washington ‘inspired and fired up’
Bill McDermott believes there is genuine momentum building behind President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency. ServiceNow Chief Executive Officer Bill McDermott believes the federal government should run like a best-in-class business: secure, efficient, cost-effective and agile. And for the first time, he senses real momentum pushing the government toward that outcome with the second Trump […]
NIH chooses 17 for $1B public outreach support recompete
All agencies across the Health and Human Services Department can place orders against the vehicle for communication, evaluation and social marketing services. The National Institutes of Health has awarded 17 companies positions on a potential five-year, $1 billion contract vehicle for professional services in support of the agency’s public outreach efforts. Iteration number three of the […]
GSA adds 560 more firms to OASIS+ unrestricted pool
With 780 proposals submitted, the General Services Administration could still have good news for companies who chased this full-and-open piece of the professional services vehicle but have not won awards yet. The General Services Administration has released a second batch of awardees for the unrestricted portion of OASIS+, iteration number two of GSA’s massive government-wide professional […]
Judge says Groundswell can add former SAP exec to legal team
Accenture Federal Services and the Army did not want Uli Werner to access sealed documents in Groundswell’s fight over a $1 billion business system consolidation contract. Groundswell has won the fight to add an SAP consultant to its legal team in the battle for a $1 billion Army enterprise resource planning contract won by Accenture’s U.S. […]