Kristen Vaughan and Britaini Carroll of Accenture Federal Services wrote in a Nextgov article published Wednesday that the federal government should prioritize reskilling the workforce to prepare them to work in tandem with artificial intelligence-based platforms.

Ira Entis, growth and strategy lead at Accenture’s federal arm, has said that while implementing artificial intelligence could heighten investment returns, a significant amount of productivity gains might vanish due to lack of staff training.

Merivis, a nonprofit organization that trains military veterans in Salesforce cloud technology administration, has received a $100K grant from Accenture and its federal arm to offer training services in San Antonio, Texas.

Accenture has completed its acquisition of France-based data consulting and engineering company Sentelis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Accenture and AT&T have partnered to help Phillips 66 develop industrial cellular wireless connectivity, with the development of a private cellular network solution, Accenture recently reported.  

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 22, 2020 — Former U.S. Air Force Deputy Chief Information Officer William "Bill" Marion joined Accenture Federal Services' (NYSE: ACN) defense and intelligence practice as managing director of growth and strategy, GovCon Wire reported June 11.

Donald Fenhagen and Thomas Bruno, executives at IBM and Accenture’s federal business, respectively, have joined the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council’s board of directors to each serve on three-year terms.

Accenture's federal arm has won a potential five-year, $96 million task order to help update the Department of Veterans Affairs' enterprise service management process and information technology systems.

The U.S. Army has begun operating an enterprise business system developed by Accenture to support the National Ground Intelligence Center’s classified accounting and financial management procedures in telework settings.

Dave McClure, Malcolm Jackson and Jason Layman of Accenture Federal Services wrote in a Nextgov article published Monday that there are three lessons from the company’s Future Systems research that show how federal information technology leaders approach IT modernization and the first is that these leaders invest in innovation infrastructure.

The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security has launched an effort to help address congressional demands for homeland security resiliency in response to threats such as infrastructure attacks, terrorism and the coronavirus pandemic.

An Accenture study has found that most citizens around the world are unaware of ways to provide service feedback to government agencies and would like to see the deployment of artificial intelligence-driven customer service technologies.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal Services, as an inductee of the 2020 Wash100 Award for driving information technology efforts within federal agencies, innovation for emerging technology and excellent customer satisfaction.

Accenture Federal Services has been recognized as the prime systems integrator for its Model Based Product Support program by the U.S. Navy, under a 12-month, $11.3M other transaction agreement, the company announced on Monday.

Accenture has partnered with representatives from the financial sector to launch the Digital Dollar Foundation focused on analyzing the feasibility of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency.