“There’s an untapped market for the use of big data. We’ve been helping government clients manage big data for years. Now, we’re eager to make it more available.” For a feature piece in PwC’s “Keyword” publication, Jim Reagan, a PwC alumnus and current chief financial officer of The SI Organization, spoke about his …

Aaron Burciaga, vice president of analytics and artificial intelligence at ECS, has said that combining the technical aspects of data science with the humanistic elements of customer experience will help organizations gain financial opportunities.

AECOM has integrated its Design and Consulting Services (DCS) businesses into one global organization as part of the company’s phased strategy. The new unit will be led by Lara Poloni, AECOM’s president. “Our greatest opportunity is to fully capitalize on the expertise that is inherent across our organization by thinking and acting as one global company,” said Troy Rudd, AECOM’s CEO.

Vasil Jaiani, data management SME at Guidehouse, wrote in a GCN article published Tuesday that public sector agencies should implement foundational data strategies that could help them fully leverage data as a strategic asset and one is finding a data leader.

A new Deloitte survey found that approximately 74 percent of early adopters of artificial intelligence in the public sector believe AI will be “critically” or “very” important to the success of their organizations in the next couple of years.

Scott Blackburn, a partner at McKinsey and Company, has said that federal agencies can improve public trust by following the Department of Veterans Affairs’ example of organizational transformation.

Alongside Capital One, the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) announced the 50 fastest growing companies owned and led by women across a wide variety of industries in the Charlotte, N.C. area during the 12th annual awards ceremony on May 2nd.

“When a parent’s deployment or battle injury brings stress to a child, it’s amazing what simple activities–like ballet or baseball-can do. Help us engage them, encourage them…empower them.” OCT. 4, 2017 —Our Military Kids, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, supports children of deployed National Guard and Reserve and Wounded Warriors …

Elbit Systems has announced plans to reorganize its Cyberbit subsidiary as part of a push to help address a growing demand for cybersecurity products and services in both the defense and commercial sectors. Cyberbit’s defense cyber intelligence and cybersecurity business will operate under Elbit Systems’ land and C4I division effective Jan. 1 …

NASA has chosen 19 research proposals from small businesses and research institutions to receive a total of $14.3 million in funds. The space agency said Tuesday it issued the awards as part of the Small Business Technology Transfer program that aims to encourage small businesses and research institutions to enter cooperative research and …

A new study backed by the Ponemon Institute and IBM‘s Resilient subsidiary says 32 percent of information technology and security personnel claim there is a high level of cyber resilience in their organizations. IBM said Wednesday Ponemon interviewed 2,400 security and IT respondents across the world for the Resilient-sponsored 2016 Cyber Resilient Organization …

A new Avaya survey says only 23 percent of information technology professionals believe their organizations implement end-to-end network segmentation as a strategy to protect their corporate networks from data breaches, ransomware attacks and other cyber threats. Avaya said Thursday it commissioned independent survey research firm VeraQuest Research to conduct an online …

Booz Allen Hamilton has been designated as a member corporate organization of the International Consortium for Agile, a global agile certification and accreditation body. Under the partnership, Booz Allen will support ICAgile’s learning roadmap and training providers as they administer ICAgile-accredited courses, Booz Allen said Thursday. Booz Allen intends for …

One of the greatest crises facing government and business today is the crisis of character. Nearly every day, news media are flooded with stories about corruption, sexual harassment, fraud, waste, abuse and other wrongdoing in both the public and private sectors. It seems the Washington area is not immune to …

Mark Santamaria is chief financial officer and senior vice president at The SI Organization, where he is responsible for all of the company’s business operation functions. Those functions include treasury, controller, accounting, pricing, program finance, government compliance, finance transformation, financial planning and analysis, overhead management and global supply chain management. …