ECS Federal has received a potential $9.1 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to deliver environmental and professional support services to NOAA’s Office of Sustainable Fisheries. The company said Tuesday contract work covers data analysis, policy development, strategic planning and outreach, training and meeting facilitation, web content management and grant administrative support. The services […] More

ECS Federal has won a spot in the large business category of the $50 billion General Services Administration Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology services. The company will offer its IT services to the Defense Department and other federal users under the contract, ECS Federal said Wednesday. “A portfolio of flexible, governmentwide and agency-specific full […] More

George Wilson of ECS Federal has been promoted to CEO and succeeds ECS founder Roy Kapani, who will remain as chairman of the board, Citybizlist reported Thursday. Wilson started at the federal services contractor in 2011 as executive vice president before becoming president a year later. “George has worked with me and the executive team […] More

Two Accenture Federal Services executives said metaverse technology is making its way into federal government operations and will eventually transform agency processes in sectors ranging from defense to health care. In a joint commentary for Federal News Network, AFS Chief Technology Officer Chris Copeland and Chief Innovation Officer Kyle Michl listed the main areas of […] More

Government business leaders at Amazon Web Services and ServiceNow, said education programs and flexible work arrangements are among the ways for agencies to develop and retain information technology professionals, FedTech Magazine reported Monday. Max Peterson, vice president of the worldwide public sector unit at AWS and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, emphasized the importance for […] More

Two new executive team members have been added to Amyx’s senior leadership staff in an effort to expand its reach to federal-civilian clientele. Christy Mee, former Savvee Consulting executive, will be vice president of federal civilian programs and Todd Reynolds, former Pragmatics associate, has been named director of strategy at Amyx, the Reston, Virginia-based information technology company […] More

A Science Applications International Corp. survey has found that 84 percent of federal government executives said they are more or just as productive since their transition to virtual work environments and 82 percent said they expect telework to continue even after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Human resources leaders at federal contractors discussed how their companies transitioned to virtual onboarding of employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, Federal News Network reported Monday.

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 4, 2020 — ASGN (NYSE: ASGN) finalized its $85M cash acquisition of the Blackstone Federal business and moved to integrate the latter into ASGN's ECS subsidiary, GovCon Wire reported Jan. 28.

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Industry leaders recommended during a public forum several changes to the Office of Management and Budget’s draft action plan issued in June for the Federal Data Strategy and one of those is the need to focus on data literacy, Federal Times reported Monday.

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Several executives in the federal information technology sector cited how the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act helps agencies carry out their information technology modernization efforts, MeriTalk reported Thursday.

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Industry leaders said they believe the deadlines set in a draft action plan for the Federal Data Strategy are achievable, FedScoop reported Friday.

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