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  • ICF to Help IRS Gauge Customer Satisfaction; Larry Luskin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Help IRS Gauge Customer Satisfaction; Larry Luskin Comments

    ICF International has received a $21.5 million contract to design and administer surveys in support of the Internal Revenue Service’s effort to gauge the service satisfaction of customers. ICF professionals will work to analyze survey data and yield reports as part of IRS’ preparation for its annual customer satisfaction report to Congress, ICF said Tuesday. […] More

  • IRS Wants Info on Contact Center SaaS Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Wants Info on Contact Center SaaS Offerings

    The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is requesting information about potential providers of a software-as-a-service platform designed for contact center operations. IRS said Aug. 10 in a FedBizOpps notice that it seeks a vendor who can deliver SaaS that complies with the agency’s information technology security and data privacy policies. The agency also wants to know […] More

  • Executive Profile: Matthew McCormack, RSA Global Public Sector CTO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Matthew McCormack, RSA Global Public Sector CTO

    Matthew McCormack serves as chief technology officer at the global public sector business of EMC‘s security division RSA. In that capacity, McCormarck oversees RSA’s technical strategic programs and partnerships with government agencies and critical infrastructure operators globally. He joined RSA in July 2012 after service as chief information security officer at the U.S. Defense Intelligence […] More

  • IRS Commissioner John Koskinen: Govt-Industry Agreement to Address Tax Fraud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Commissioner John Koskinen: Govt-Industry Agreement to Address Tax Fraud

    The Internal Revenue Service has partnered with state tax officials and the tax industry on a collaborative project to bolster information sharing and analytics as part of efforts against identity theft and refund fraud. IRS said June 11 the government-industry project aims to establish steps for validating tax filing information, standardize sharing of identity theft information and […] More

  • IRS Eyes Own ID Verification Service With Planned $129M Acquisition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Eyes Own ID Verification Service With Planned $129M Acquisition

    The Internal Revenue Service plans to award three blanket purchase agreements worth $129 million combined in July for a new identity verification service separate from Connect.gov, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jared Serbu writes that the agency issued a request for quotations at the end of April as it transitions away from the governmentwide use of Connect.gov. […] More

  • Unisys Earns IT Service Management Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Earns IT Service Management Certification

    Unisys Corp. has received ISO/IEC 20000 certification for the company’s framework to deliver managed information technology services under an Internal Revenue Services enterprise storage initiative. The company’s federal systems business hosts petabytes of agency storage space in private cloud using ISO-qualified processes, Unisys said Tuesday. IRS awarded Unisys Federal Systems a potential $139 million contract in […] More

  • Executive Profile: Chris Smith, AT&T Government Solutions Technology VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Chris Smith, AT&T Government Solutions Technology VP

    Chris Smith serves as vice president of technology for the government solutions business at AT&T, a role the company announced him for in late 2013. In this position, Smith leads 175 technologists that develop products and services for the telecommunications provider’s federal agency customers. The 25-year federal market veteran previously served as U.S. federal chief technology and innovation […] More

  • Todd Grams on His Enterprise Risk, Financial Mgmt Focus at Deloitte and Public-Private Collaboration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Todd Grams on His Enterprise Risk, Financial Mgmt Focus at Deloitte and Public-Private Collaboration

    Todd Grams made the jump from a nearly two-decade career in the Senior Executive Service to the private sector earlier this year when he joined Deloitte to help federal agencies with initiatives in enterprise risk and financial management. His career in federal government service includes time as chief financial officer and chief information officer at the Internal Revenue […] More

  • Accenture Receives $48M IT, Financial Mgmt Services Task Order from Treasury Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Receives $48M IT, Financial Mgmt Services Task Order from Treasury Dept

    Accenture Federal Services has received a five-year, $48 million task order to update the Treasury Department’s information technology and financial management services. The company will perform work on technology recommendations, acquisition support, security, financial systems, program management, enterprise architecture and support services, Accenture said Tuesday. The Treasury Department awarded the contract under the Internal Revenue […] More

  • Jim Cook of MITRE Named to 2014 Federal 100 List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Cook of MITRE Named to 2014 Federal 100 List

    James Cook, MITRE Corp. vice president and director of the Center for Enterprise Modernization, has been named to Federal Computer Week’s Federal 100 list, the company said Wednesday. Cook first appeared on the list in 2007 for his work with the Internal Revenue Service. The list of award winners is based on employees that “have gone […] More

  • McKinsey to Help IRS Assess HIX Tax Assistance Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McKinsey to Help IRS Assess HIX Tax Assistance Systems

    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 systems for Healthcare.gov. The company […] More

  • DMI to Support IRS Cybersecurity; Jay Sunny Bajaj Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DMI to Support IRS Cybersecurity; Jay Sunny Bajaj Comments

    Digital Management, Inc. will work with the Internal Revenue Service on a new task order awarded under the Total Information Processing Support Services-4 contract to deliver offerings to protect the agency’s network infrastructure from cyberthreats. TIPSS-4 is a one-year, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with nine one-year options, DMI said Tuesday. “We understand that managing security for one […] More