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  • KPMG Wins $58M USACE Financial Statement Audit Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KPMG Wins $58M USACE Financial Statement Audit Contract

    KPMG has won a $57.6 million contract from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to audit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ financial statement related to civil works. The company will also provide financial examination services for agencies owning the funds that have been obligated to USACE military programs for fiscal 2018 through 2022, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

  • KPMG to Provide Army Financial Audit Services for Fiscal 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KPMG to Provide Army Financial Audit Services for Fiscal 2018

    KPMG has received a $39.8 million contract modification from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to help audit the U.S. Army‘s general and working capital fund financial statements. The modification exercises the first option year of a previously awarded labor-hour contract for financial audit services and increases the contract’s potential value to $66.5 million, the Defense Department […] More

  • Wayne Rehberger: TASC’s Intell Business Main Driver Behind Merger With Engility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Wayne Rehberger: TASC’s Intell Business Main Driver Behind Merger With Engility

    Wayne Rehberger, chief financial officer of Engility Holdings, has said the company’s decision to acquire professional services provider TASC in 2014 through a $1.3 billion stock deal was driven by the latter’s intelligence business, Virginia Business reported Friday. Rehberger said TASC’s intelligence business “helped balance Engility’s strategic portfolio.” He was instrumental in the 2015 integration of both […] More

  • Engility’s Wayne Rehberger Wins Virginia Business CFO Award; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility’s Wayne Rehberger Wins Virginia Business CFO Award; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Wayne Rehberger, chief financial officer at Engility, has won the Virginia Business magazine’s CFO award in the publicly traded companies category in recognition of his dedication to financial stewardship. The magazine announced the recipients of this year’s Virginia CFO awards during the 12th annual awards gala held Thursday at Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia, Engility said […] More

  • BAE Picks Deloitte as New Auditor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Picks Deloitte as New Auditor

    BAE Systems has selected Deloitte to succeed KPMG as the British defense contractor’s auditor following a formal tender process led by BAE’s audit committee. Deloitte’s proposed appointment as auditor is subject to approval by BAE shareholders at the latter’s annual general meeting in May 2018, BAE said Friday. If approved, Deloitte will serve as auditor for the financial year ending Dec. 31, […] More

  • Analysts Rank Top 3 Most Disruptive Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Analysts Rank Top 3 Most Disruptive Technologies

    Asked to gauge the impact disruptive technologies will have, industry experts attending KPMG’s 2017 Global Analyst Day in Boston ranked cognitive technology, robotic process automation and the Internet of Things as the top technologies that will have the greatest impact over the next three years, reported PR NewsWire. “Disruption knows no boundaries and, like us, […] More

  • Paul Sale Joins FLIR Systems as SVP, Chief HR Officer; Andrew Teich Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Sale Joins FLIR Systems as SVP, Chief HR Officer; Andrew Teich Comments

    Paul Sale, formerly chief human resources officer at electronic design automation company Mentor Graphics, has joined sensor technology manufacturer FLIR Systems as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. FLIR said Tuesday Sale will report to President and CEO Andrew Teich and oversee the company’s organizational strategy, talent acquisition and development, compensation, benefits and corporate culture functions. “Paul […] More

  • Brian Harper Takes Senior Executive Director Role at Sabre Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brian Harper Takes Senior Executive Director Role at Sabre Systems

    Brian Harper, formerly managing director of Deloitte‘s consulting business, has joined technology and mission support services contractor Sabre Systems as senior executive director of operations. Sabre Systems said Harper will manage U.S. Navy and federal civilian programs for the Warrington, Pennsylvania-based company in his new position. During his industry career, Harper has managed accounts for customer agencies such as  the Naval Sea […] More

  • Accenture Names Valerie Abend as Financial Services Security Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Names Valerie Abend as Financial Services Security Managing Director

    Valerie Abend, former senior critical infrastructure officer at the Treasury Department, has joined Accenture‘s security business as managing director of financial services in North America. The company said Thursday Abend brings more than 20 years of public and private sector experience in the areas of cybersecurity and critical infrastructure to her new position. “[Abend’s] vision in sector-wide […] More

  • Japan’s Revised Cybersecurity Guidelines Cite Corporate Execs’ Role in Cyber Investments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Japan’s Revised Cybersecurity Guidelines Cite Corporate Execs’ Role in Cyber Investments

    Japan’s ministry of economy, trade and industry and the information-technology promotion agency have revised a set of guidelines in effort to highlight the responsibility of corporate executives in cybersecurity and include IPA’s supplementary cyber guidebook. The revised Cybersecurity Guidelines for Business Leadership calls for business executives to advance investments in cyber measures in an effort to […] More

  • PSC Announces 2017 Board, Executive Panel Members; Accenture’s John Goodman Re-Elected Chair - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PSC Announces 2017 Board, Executive Panel Members; Accenture’s John Goodman Re-Elected Chair

    The Professional Services Council re-elected several executives and appointed new members to its 2017 executive committee and board of directors during its annual meeting held Thursday. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture’s federal services business; and Deb Alderson, president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions; were respectively re-elected as PSC’s chair and vice chair, […] More

  • KPMG Launches Leadership Initiative for Women; Names Condoleezza Rice as Ambassador - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KPMG Launches Leadership Initiative for Women; Names Condoleezza Rice as Ambassador

    KPMG has inaugurated a new college scholarship, mentoring and leadership development program for female high school seniors in the U.S. and appointed former state secretary Condoleezza Rice as the ambassador. The professional service firm said Wednesday 16 scholars have been chosen for the first batch of its KPMG Future Leaders Program. KPMG added the recipients will receive $10,000 for each year […] More