Accenture taps new head of North America business

Accenture has named Julie Sweet group chief executive of North America, succeeding Stephen Rohleder, who is retiring from the company in August 2015.

State preps 'highly complex' IT contract

The State Department has begun development of a contract to provide IT support and software engineering for its comptroller and global financial services group.

Jacobs wins $60.5M in contracts for engineering, tech acquisition support

Jacobs Technology has won three contracts worth $60.5 million to provide the Air Force with engineering and technology acquisition support services.

Leidos to work with DHA legacy EHRs under $21.4M contract

Leidos has won a $21.4 million contract to provide sustainment to the Defense Health Agency in support of current and legacy electronic health record systems.

Immixtechnology nabs $39.2M contract for business activity monitoring services

Immixtechnology Inc. has won a $39.2 million contract to provide the Defense Finance and Accounting Service with business activity monitoring services.

Harris scores $3.9B rifleman radio contract

Harris has won a 10-year, $3.9 billion contract to provide the Army with Rifleman radios and associated services under the Joint Tactical Radio System program known as JTRS.

Alliant Techsystems wins $26M logistics contract

Alliant Techsystems has won a $26 million contract to provide the Air Force with contractor logistics support.

In-Q-Tel makes IT management investment

In-Q-Tel, the investment arm for the intelligence community, has placed a bet on BlueLine Grid, a company with an identity-based mobile communications platform.

The four 'Cs' of today's market dynamics

Competition, convergence, commodization and something called "community commons" are key dynamics in today's market. All four are shaping today's landscape and impacting companies of all sizes. Here's what you need to keep in mind.

Tech Data Corp. names two new senior finance execs

Tech Data Corp. has named two new senior finance leaders effective early June 2015.

ManTech Health taps new VP, health and human services

ManTech has named Takisha Schulterbrandt vice president, health and human services, ManTech Health.

List of GSA OASIS customers to grow in 2016

After half of a year, the Air Force is still the main customer of the General Services Administration’s OASIS contract vehicle, but 2016 could be a different story now that the Army has signed a memorandum allotting $500 million to the contract.

AT&T wins $30.4M contract to direct mission support services

AT&T Government Solutions has won a $30.4 million contract to provide direct mission support services to the Air Force.

Linxx founder picks alternate buy-out strategy

Linxx Global Solutions founder could have had his pick of buyers, but he instead picked a group he knew very well -- his own employees.

Harris wins $238M contract to design weather info dissemination system

Harris has won a $238 million contract to help the Federal Aviation Administration to design a weather info dissemination system.

ThreatConnect appoints new VP, Strategy and Risk Analytics

ThreatConnect Inc. has named Wade Baker vice president, Strategy and Risk Analytics.

PAE wins $50.4M contract to support USPS equipment supply

PAE has won a $50.4 million contract with the U.S. Postal Service to support the Atlanta Mail Transport Equipment Service Center.

ManTech acquires CSC subsidiary

ManTech has acquired Computer Sciences Corp. subsidiary Welkin in a move that boosts ManTech’s customer portfolio in the intelligence and defense communities.

Alion plans public offering to pay down debt

In a registration statement that the company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday, Alion Science and Technology said that it plans to go public to raise money to pay down debt.

Knowlege Consulting Group taps new chief solution architect

Knowledge Consulting Group has named Dan Smith chief solution architect.