Accenture‘s federal arm has secured a potential $22.5 million from Washington Headquarters Services to provide warehouse utilization services to the Department of Defense. DOD said Friday it aims to increase the use of storage space in department-operated warehouses up to 75 percent and save more than $575 million through the initiative. Under the one-year base […] More
Christopher Copeland, a managing director and chief technology officer at Accenture Federal Services, said one of the trends accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic is the emergence of democratized information technology, which is empowering federal employees to optimize their work and advance innovation. Copeland wrote in a guest piece published Tuesday on Government Executive that democratized […] More
Accenture has appointed Rick Driggers, a cybersecurity expert and former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency executive, as critical infrastructure cyber lead for the company’s federal business. Driggers brings to Accenture Federal Service over three decades of federal government and military experience and will support development of cybersecurity offerings designed to safeguard critical infrastructure, the company said Wednesday. […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 22, 2021 — Novetta is slated to be bought by Accenture’s federal arm from global investment firm The Carlyle Group for an undisclosed amount to support the expansion of Accenture Federal Services’ artificial intelligence, cloud and cyber capabilities, GovCon Wire reported June 2. Novetta’s 1,300 data scientists, software developers and other […] More
ExecutiveBiz had the opportunity to speak with John Goodman, chief executive for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), and Novetta President and CEO Tiffanny Gates following the recent news that the former would be acquiring Novetta back on June 1st. 2021 Wash100 Award recipients Goodman and Gates both highlighted the background of the acquisition, the merging of […] More
Accenture‘s federal business arm has secured space at a university-backed innovation hub for fostering collaborative technology development between communities in Huntsville, Alabama. The new innovation space of Accenture Federal Services located at the Invention to Innovation Center or I²C of the University of Alabama in Huntsville is intended to accommodate collaborative projects with industry experts […] More
Accenture Federal Services announced on June 1 that it agreed to acquire Novetta and Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said the transaction presents an opportunity for both companies, CRN reported Wednesday. “Teaming with Accenture Federal Services will be an opportunity for both of us,” said Gates. “Not […] More
The U.S. Postal Service has implemented an edge artificial intelligence system on the NVIDIA EGX platform to help speed up the process of identifying and tracking packages within hours instead of several days. The distributed edge AI platform, called the Edge Computing Infrastructure Program, emerged from a three-week sprint in 2019. During the sprint, a USPS data scientist and NVIDIA architects identified ways to accelerate the analysis of billions of images of packages each USPS center generates by designing deep learning models.
The accreditation body of the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification has formed the Industry Advisory Council that will be responsible for providing CMMC-AB and DOD with CMMC implementation feedback, input and recommendations on behalf of organizations seeking certification (OSCs).
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, announced on Friday that John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal Services, has received a 2021 Wash100 Award for his contributions in the GovCon sector in 2020 and his forthcoming achievements in the year to come.
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