Phoenix Oversight Group, a consulting firm specializing in mortgage technology, has received Accenture’s recognition as small business of the year for 2019.

Accenture conducted a study into the healthcare sector’s understanding of a federal act focused on improving access to medical records and found that only a few insurance companies and providers are familiar with the legislation.

Accenture announced on Monday that Aaron Faulkner has joined Accenture Federal Services (AFS) to head its federal cyber practice. He will lead the design, development and delivery of innovative cybersecurity solutions for all of AFS’ U.S. federal defense and civilian agency clients.

The U.S. Cyber Command has created a Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture strategy aimed at establishing common firing systems, joint situational awareness platforms, a sensor network and a persistent cyber training environment, Fifth Domain reported Sunday.

Accenture announced on Thursday that Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, former NASA astronaut and former administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has joined the Accenture Federal Services Board of Managers. In the role, Sullivan will provide strategic insight on Accenture Federal Services’ vision, innovation and growth journey. 

Dave McClure, principal director and CIO advisory lead at Accenture Federal Services, has said that agencies’ failure to leverage digital process automation for handling operational data resulted in “widely felt” performance gaps.

Thirty-one percent of more than 5K citizens from five countries who responded to a survey by Accenture said they do not use or are unaware of digital government services.

Eric Welling, former deputy assistant director of the cyber division at the FBI, has been named senior security executive at Accenture, CyberScoop reported Friday. He will manage the company's North America Incident Response Command Center, which analyzes cyber threats and provides security support to customers.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services a spot on a potential five-year, $49 million indefinite/delivery-indefinite/quantity contract to provide intelligent automation and artificial intelligence (IAAI) services for HHS’ Program Support Center (PSC), Accenture Federal Services announced on Wednesday. 

Margaret Smith, senior manager of analytics at Accenture Federal Services, has said artificial intelligence is now mature and ready, particularly in the area of image detection, to help the federal government enhance operations. 

The city of St. Louis has partnered with Accenture to help some local residents develop information technology skills through a new program aimed at people who are unemployed, face the risk of job automation and lack financial resources.

A subsidiary of Accenture's federal services arm has received a $61.1M task order to continue support services for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Continuous Readiness in Information Security Program, FedHealthIT reported Monday.

Accenture opened a facility in San Antonio as part of efforts to help defense and civilian agencies deter cyber threats through security-as-a-service offerings.

ExecutiveBiz spoke with Dominic Delmolino, chief technology officer for Accenture Federal Services, about the impact that artificial intelligence is having in the federal market, how agencies are working to implement AI, and the creative ways it could be used in the future.

Accenture’s federal services arm has released a report recommending that federal agencies incorporate a human-centered approach to artificial intelligence system design and encourage their workforce to have a “high degree of trust” in autonomous platforms.