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Parsons has appointed Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer (COO) at Parsons, to the company’s board of directors. As president and COO, Smith leads Parsons’ global operations and drives growth strategy through technology innovation. “Carey has been central to our growth and success since joining Parsons,” said Chuck Harrington, chairman and CEO of Parsons and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient. 

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. 

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. 

The Professional Services Council (PSC) announced new members to its Board of Directors on Friday. Kevin Phillips, chief executive officer of ManTech International and 2019 Wash100 Award winner, became the newest board member after being approved during a PSC board meeting on June 18th.

VT Halter Marine has contracted Bronswerk Marine to design and install heating, ventilation air conditioning and refrigeration systems for the U.S. Coast Guard’s polar security cutter program, Marine Executive reported Thursday.

A General Dynamics business has secured a spot on a potential five-year, $49M multiple award contract to provide artificial intelligence technology to the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Professional Services Council Foundation has issued a report that assesses the federal government’s adoption of artificial intelligence and identifies the opportunities and challenges agencies face when it comes to AI implementation. The report highlighted opportunities that AI offers to the government including reduction in backlog; optimization of resource allocation; accelerated decision making; fraud prevention; and extraction of insights from large amounts of data.

Michael Niggel, CEO of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Government Operations on Monday to address the impact the recent government shutdown had on federal contractors.