McKinsey & Co. has been awarded an $843,000 contract to help the U.S. Internal Revenue Service evaluate information technology projects designed to address the healthcare law’s tax provisions, FCW reported Friday. Adam Mazmanian writes McKinsey will assess the IRS’ readiness, budget and risk management strategies to manage the financial assistance …

McKinsey & Company hosted a panel discussion on the value of data analytics and potential challenges in the field from the viewpoints of eight executives in the finance, healthcare, communications and retail industries. The leaders recommended companies concentrate on providing a blend of customer-facing, internal or hybrid applications and noted areas …

McKinsey & Co. has outlined the information technology agenda that businesses are likely to embrace in 2014 based on key challenges they faced during the past year. Björn Münstermann, Brent Smolinski and Kara Sprague, principals at McKinsey, propose various tips that could enable IT infrastructure managers to meet budgetary limits, …

Susan Charnaux-Grillet serves as an associate principal at McKinsey & Company and focuses on talent management and leadership development. She held positions at the White House and the Defense Department before joining the firm, where she is based in Washington. Charnaux-Grillet is part of the company’s cross-sector human capital service line, …

A new study by the McKinsey Global Institute projects economies in Greater China and developing regions will host slightly less than half of the world’s Fortune Global 500 companies by 2015. The institute predicts 229, or 45 percent, of the Fortune Global 500 companies will be based in the emerging …

McKinsey & Co. and an independent group have agreed to set up a program intended to elevate the competitiveness of  Armenia’s aviation industry, Armenpress reported July 18. The article says the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia expects to receive a consulting package from the New York-based firm in August. McKinsey will work …

Booz Allen Hamilton has appointed Maisha Glover as a senior vice president and market strategy leader within the company’s National Security business, Booz Allen reported on Friday. With more than two and a half decades of experience with federal clients, Glover will help the company address customers’ needs. 

Paradyme Management has appointed Lisa Douds as vice president of growth and said she will be responsible for the company’s business development and strategic planning functions. Douds will join Paradyme with more than three decades of experience throughout the government contracting (GovCon) sector.

KPMG has been selected by the U.S. Air Force as one of the firms selected to provide management consulting services under a potential five-year, $990 million indefinite/delivery-indefinite/quantity contract, the company announced Wednesday. 

Jens Tellefsen, former vice president of products at data platform firm Quantifind, has joined Orbital Insight to serve as head of product.

NASA has released the results of studies conducted by 12 companies to identify potential commercial opportunities in the International Space Station and other low-Earth orbit destinations.

Eight companies have won positions on a potential five-year, $85M contract to perform system-level and total ownership cost analyses for the U.S. Navy.

Gregory Nixon, chief administrative officer and chief legal officer at DynCorp International, has been named to Savoy Magazine’s 2018 list of top influential African-American lawyers. Nixon is one of the lawyers named to the magazine’s 2018 Most Influential Black Lawyers list and who were acknowledged for their legal expertise and leadership, …

The General Services Administration announced on June 15 a set of new contracting opportunities related to the Agriculture Department Centers of Excellence for information technology modernization initiatives, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday. GSA will launch eight digital service procurement efforts via contract vehicles such as Alliant, Professional Services Schedule, Schedule IT 70 and Veterans Technology Services …

Jeh Johnson, former secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, and American Tower CEO James Taiclet Jr. have been elected to join Lockheed Martin‘s board of directors effective Jan. 1. “Jeh’s experience in acquisition and government operations and Jim’s aerospace and global perspective will help advance our ability to anticipate and exceed our …