The U.S. Army has awarded Iceland-based pharmaceutical logistics company Controlant Global a potential one-year, $25M contract to monitor the global delivery of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine that requires storage in extremely low temperatures.

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Federal contracting industry amidst pandemic Saying that the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc globally may be a bit of an understatement. It has been almost two years since it was first identified, yet countries across the globe are still reeling from its devastating effects. The staggering consequences of the pandemic propelled the administration to pool its […] More

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit has launched an effort with six companies to mitigate fraud and other criminal activities that may result from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The White House is set to hold a meeting on Thursday with executives from at least 30 U.S. technology companies as part of efforts to advance the use and deployment of algorithms, robots and other artificial intelligence technologies, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. A draft schedule of the meeting says the Trump administration aims to […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a deal to build a facility for pharmaceutical company Pfizer to manufacture gene therapy products. Jacobs said Thursday it will also design and qualify the multiproduct factory to be constructed at the drugmaker’s Sanford, North Carolina, production site. “Working on this project, we envision a day in the future when these potentially transformative gene therapies […] More

Former Deloitte CEO Joseph Echevarria and Cheryl Krongard, a former senior partner at Apollo Management, have joined Xerox's board of directors. The appointments will take effect Jan. 1 and bring the total number of the company's board members to 11, Xerox said Monday. “Xerox will greatly benefit from Joe's knowledge of international business and professional […] More

Darryl Albertson, formerly Cubic vice president of corporate human resources, will take the new role of chief HR and diversity officer at the company. Cubic said Tuesday Albertson will help broaden the company’s efforts to support and promote diversity and inclusion among its customers, suppliers and employees. “Darryl plays an integral role in bringing qualified talent to Cubic and his new role […] More

Optum Labs CEO Paul Bleicher said he anticipates a growth in the research facility's studies on health and wellness with the recent addition of four new collaborators. Joining the innovation center's roster of stakeholders are the Department of Health Care Policy of Harvard Medical School, Minnetonka-based Medica Research Institute, Merck of Germany, and the University of […] More

Chris Foster serves as the vice president of the civil health business at Booz Allen Hamilton. Previously, as a strategy and organization expert, he focused on strategic communications within the healthcare business. His professional experience includes knowledge of public health, managed care, healthcare provider groups, media relations and pharmaceutical marketing, as well as alliance development and […] More

JR Reagan is a principal and cybersecurity leader with Deloitte Consulting LLP, the U.S.-based consulting business of Deloitte. Reagan leads Deloitte’s federal solutions group segment and its federal cybersecurity team. The company says his 25 years of experience includes managing enterprise security, technology and fraud and risk management for the financial, commercial and public sectors […] More

IBM announced today it will contribute a massive chemical database to the National Institutes of Health for use in worldwide cancer and drug discovery research. According to IBM, the database includes more than 2.4 million chemical compounds extracted from around 4.7 million patents. The company also said it contains 11 million biomedical journal abstracts from 1976 to […] More

Northrop Grumman has today announced its board of directors have elected Denise Peppard corporate vice president and chief human resources officer. Perppard's responsibilities consists of all aspects of the firm's human resources strategy and programs. “She is a seasoned human resources executive with experience across multiple industries and has such a proven track record of […] More