Accenture win means it keeps $966M student loan contract

Accenture Federal Services has won a 10-year, $966 million contract with the Education Department to continue operations and maintenance of the federal financial aid system.

Northrop Grumman taps new VP in Electronic Systems sector

Northrop Grumman has named Nicholas Paraskevopoulos vice president and general manager of engineering, manufacturing and logistics for the company’s Electronic Systems sector.

Constellation West taps new senior director of BD

Constellation West has named Billy Starkey senior director of business development.

Deloitte wins $7.4M contract for enterprise system services

Deloitte Consulting has won a $7.4 million contract to equip the Army with enterprise systems services.

SRA International completes acquisition of Qbase LLC

SRA International has completed its acquisition of Qbase LLC.

65 win spots on $20B NIH IT contract

NIH has named 65 winners of its $20 billion CIO Commodities and Solutions contract.

Unisys taps former GSA exec as new civilian leader

Unisys Federal has picked former GSA CIO Casey Coleman to be the new leader of their civilian business.

QxBranch adds former Lockheed CTO to board

QxBranch LLC has tapped former Lockheed Martin chief technology officer Ray Johnson to serve on its board of directors.

Reporting rule on transaction data gets public hearing

The General Services administration is planning a public meeting at its headquarters on the topic of the Transactional Data Reporting Rule.

KOAM Engineering captures $36.4M contract to support tactical data links

KOAM Engineering Services has won a $36.4 million contract to support Navy tactical data links and related systems that support Navy and Foreign Military Sales commands.

DCCA wins $12M contract to create cloud-based solution for CMS data collection system

Data Computer Corp. of America (DCCA) has won a $12 million Centers for Medicare and Medicaid contract to develop a new cloud-based solution for the agency’s fee for service data collection system.

Better buying power? Well, maybe

There is plenty to like about the Defense Department's Better Buying Power 3.0, but there are some curveballs in the document that bear watching.

PMOrchestrator becomes fully woman-owned, taps new managing partner

PMOrchestrator Inc. has named Elizabeth Keyt managing partner and chief administrative officer in addition to its recent achievement of becoming a fully woman-owned business.

BCF Solutions wins $486M contract to provide security to Air Force

BCF Solutions has won a $486 million contract to provide the Air Force with force protection site security systems.

Report points to increase in 2014 cyber attacks; what should you do?

The problem with cybersecurity is that when organizations are finally ready for an attack, the threat has likely already evolved and defenses are no longer what they need to be to prevent an attack, according to a recent annual report produced by Symantec.

ICF International taps new VP, corporate growth, BD

ICF International has named Andrea Baier senior vice president of corporate growth and business development.

SRA wins protest victory, for now

GAO sided with SRA International as it battled for a GSA supply chain management contract, but recent history proves winning a bid protest doesn't automatically net a contract award.

ManTech names new CIO of Health business unit

ManTech International Corp. has named John Dorman vice president and chief information officer for ManTech Health.

GSA improves schedule program for contractors, agencies

The General Services Administration is changing regulations that may make the Multiple Award Schedule program run more smoothly for contractors and agencies, according to The GSA Blog.

Vistronix taps new board member

Vistronix has added Peter Marino to its board of directors, where he will lend insight to help the company leverage its cyber and big data analytics capabilities as it expands further into the intelligence community.