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David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, told Federal News Network in an interview posted Wednesday about the potential benefits of extending section 3610 through the end of September in the latest stimulus bill to federal contractors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Section 3610 “basically authorizes programs across the government, civilian agencies, the intelligence community and the Defense Department to reimburse contractors for costs they incur, keeping skilled personnel and key workers on the payroll when they can either access the facility due to some restrictions, Covid-19, etc, or do the work remotely,“ said Berteau, a two-time Wash100 awardee.

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer for Parsons, as an inductee into this year“™s Wash100 Award selection that annually recognizes the elite leaders in across the federal and government sectors for the eighth consecutive year. This marks the third Wash100 Award win for Smith.

Executive Mosaic has recognized Bruce Caswell, president and CEO of Maximus, with his third consecutive Wash100 Award for his leadership, focus and commitment to the government contracting industry and his leadership in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic that has created substantial change to the federal marketplace. Visit GovConWire to read Bruce Caswell's full 2021 Wash100 Award profile.

NetImpact Strategies has appointed Venkatapathi "PV" Puvvada, former president of Unisys Federal and six-time Wash100 Award recipient, to serve as CEO, the company reported on Tuesday. Puvvada will succeed NetImpact's founder, Kavita Kalatur, who will remain as chairperson, providing oversight and supporting NetImpact's strategic initiatives.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 29, 2020 “” The board of directors at the Professional Services Council named Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), as chairman for 2021 and he will continue to lead the group that promotes fairness and competition in the federal contracting market, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 17.

A new Professional Services Council survey has identified five themes based on interviews with more than 22 government officials from 10 federal agencies and one of those is operational resilience and adaptability of the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. Government respondents in the 2020 Biennial Acquisition Policy Survey: A New Paradigm said procurement offices shifted to telework with minimal interruptions to business operations.

John Song and Jean Stack, managing directors with Baird, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the organization's recent efforts within mergers & acquisition (M&A), following the close of NuWave's acquisition of BigBear and Jacobs' recent purchase of The Buffalo Group. The two leaders also discussed current market trends, and provided insight into Baird's upcoming Government & Defense Conference.

The Professional Services Council has found that the use of shared information technology services by federal agencies has jumped 2 percent each year since 2017, FedScoop reported Monday. 

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 9, 2020 “” Byron Bright and Ronald Hahn, respectively the president of government solutions unit at KBR (NYSE: KBR) and the executive vice president of strategic growth at Amentum, have become members of the board of directors at the Professional Services Council, GovCon Wire reported June 2.

The Professional Services Council has announced its support of the inclusion of a contractor-focused Title in the House of Representatives' legislation that will improve the economy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization reported on Tuesday. 

David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council and a two-time Wash100 awardee, told Government Matters in an interview posted Thursday about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on contractors. "The numbers that you see in contract obligations, while it's not everything the government does, we think it's reflective of a dampening effect elsewhere and we really need to counter that,“ Berteau said. “The priority is on keeping people working, the priority is on keeping the government operating and in order to do that, you have to obligate the available appropriations at a normal pace.“

The Professional Services Council is calling on the Office of Management and Budget to issue clear guidelines on continuing the operations of government contractors amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said in a statement published Friday on NDIA the Department of Defense has not yet finalized the requirements for accrediting third-party assessment organizations under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.

David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council and two-time Wash100 winner, has said that the government should focus more on addressing its backlog of security clearance adjudications, Federal News Network reported Monday.

The Professional Services Council announced on Monday that PSC has provided its detailed recommendations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on steps to mitigate the negative consequences of a government shutdown from a lapse in appropriations.