A report from the National Association of State Chief Administrators and Accenture has found that 51 percent of citizens surveyed gave their digital interactions with U.S. state governments a positive rating. NASCA and Accenture polled 1,500 U.S. citizens between February and March and found that 74 percent of respondents cited websites as the most common […] More

Nilanjan Sengupta, chief technology officer of the applied intelligence practice at Accenture Federal Services, believes the integration of quantum computing and artificial intelligence platforms has the potential to help agencies make sense of large and complex datasets. He wrote in a blog post published Friday that quantum technology can act as an “accelerator for AI” […] More

Accenture’s federal business has landed a $199 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security to continue to provide technical assistance and modernize a Transportation Security Administration flight screening technology it has been servicing since 2018. During the contract’s potential 10-year life span, Accenture Federal Services is expected to conduct a variety of information technology tasks, including […] More

Portia Crowe, chief data strategist for Defense and Applied Intelligence at Accenture Federal Services (AFS), recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the most critical capabilities that are being developed to ensure U.S. warfighters receive the proper training in the latest technology. In addition, Portia Crowe also discussed the influence that emerging technologies are having on staying ahead of the curve […] More

George Franz, a managing director and defense cybersecurity lead at Accenture Federal Services, said in a recent Executive Spotlight interview the business applies an outcome-based innovation approach to help the Department of Defense address digital transformation goals. “There’s great synergy between AFS and DoD as we support all aspects of campaigning from developing strategies and […] More

Accenture has invested in Titan Space Technologies to help the latter further develop its artificial intelligence models and other orbital compute platforms to support space experimentation. The strategic investment marks Titan’s participation in an Accenture Ventures program, dubbed Project Spotlight, that seeks to invest in companies working on enterprise technologies and link software startups to […] More

Bill Marion, managing director at Accenture Federal Services, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his experience with the company over his first two years, including the core drivers of his role that made him want to join AFS. In addition, Marion also discussed the key factors that have led to AFS’ company-wide success as well as […] More

Executive Mosaic has inducted John Goodman, CEO of Accenture Federal Services, into the 2022 edition of the Wash100 Award in recognition of his leadership in national security technology and services. This represents the fifth consecutive time that Goodman has been included in Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of most influential officials and executives in the government […] More

Vince Vlasho, senior managing director and defense lead for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, marking the first time in his illustrious federal career that he’s won the most acclaimed award in all of government contracting (GovCon) for his leadership to drive the latest IT modernization efforts for U.S. […] More

Novetta, an advanced analytics company owned by Accenture‘s federal services business, will commercialize the products from U.S. Air Force’s software development program, Platform One, as part of a two-year agreement. The deal is expected to expand Platform One’s exposure across federal government and industry partners by enabling Novetta to resell and support the platform’s Iron Bank and […] More

Accenture and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers have released key findings of a joint study on state governments’ efforts to transition information technology systems into a cloud environment. The 2021 Accenture and NASCIO Cloud Study was based on perspectives state chief information officers offered during interviews, panel discussions, workshops and an online poll in May, the company […] More

Accenture‘s federal arm has secured a potential $22.5 million from Washington Headquarters Services to provide warehouse utilization services to the Department of Defense. DOD said Friday it aims to increase the use of storage space in department-operated warehouses up to 75 percent and save more than $575 million through the initiative. Under the one-year base […] More