George Franz leads Accenture Federal Services’ Department of Defense cyber portfolio as a managing director, a role in which he focuses on cyber threats, risk mitigation opportunities and strategies for improving cyber defenses. In a recent interview with ExecutiveBiz, Franz shared his insights on the evolving cybersecurity landscape, the potential of the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture to revolutionize DOD warfighting capabilities and Accenture Federal Services’ role in providing the DOD with the technology necessary to achieve its mission.

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The National Science Foundation is investing a total of $25 million to support the second phase of five projects under the Convergence Accelerator Track G program. The teams are led by Johns Hopkins University, University of Colorado - Boulder, University of Kansas, SRI International and AT&T. 

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A joint venture between Octo and small business Metric5 has secured a five-year, $29 million contract to help transform information technology operations at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Octo Metric will provide training and hands-on coaching to ensure continuous learning and transformation across the agency and advance transparency, communication and collaboration among CMS […] More

A joint venture between Octo and small business Metric5 has secured a five-year, $29 million contract to help transform information technology operations at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Octo Metric will provide training and hands-on coaching to ensure continuous learning and transformation across the agency and advance transparency, communication and collaboration among CMS personnel. More

Bill Sullivan, vice president and general manager of U.S. federal for Denodo, has discussed with David Nelson, chief information and data officer at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the importance of vendor collaboration to develop new technologies and capabilities for the agency, CDO Magazine reported. In a video interview with Sullivan, Nelson said NRC is working […] More

Raza Latif, CEO of NuAxis Innovations, said the federal government has the opportunity to deliver citizen services that could have a lifechanging impact on individuals and should approach customer experience by understanding how the citizenry is consuming services. He said he considers CX as an “existential need.” “CX is not just a concept … There’s […] More

Tiffany Goddard, director of customer experience and engagement solutions at Carahsoft Technology, highlighted key takeaways from a summit on customer experience and one of those is that the public sector can build and foster trust among the citizens it serves through CX transformation. “Great CX starts with an organizational understanding that building and sustaining trust […] More

ICF has booked multiple contract modifications and extensions to continue assisting in digital modernization initiatives of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The consulting and technology services provider said Thursday it secured $19 million in awards to support the migration and integration of various data systems into the new cloud-based systems for measurement, evaluation and […] More

Technology consulting firm Groundswell has established an innovation laboratory in order to deliver SAP offerings to its customers in the federal government. The company said Wednesday it will employ project managers, developers and architects who will collaborate with SAP to create new services aimed at addressing gaps in agencies’ operations and administration. Groundswell’s SAP Innovation […] More

For over two decades, Tom Dowd has dedicated himself to supporting health-focused government agencies in furthering their missions of providing health and social services to American citizens. Since the creation of KPMG’s federal healthcare sector over 10 years ago, Dowd has guided the company’s efforts to aid these organizations in implementing substantive healthcare-related initiatives. Dowd began his […] More

Sparksoft will help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services improve its enterprise master data management and enterprise data lake platform under a potential five-year, $45 million contract. The company said Friday it will provide services across various areas, including Agile transformation services and DevSecOps delivery; operations and maintenance; cloud services configuration, design, development and […] More

Bill Marion brings extensive experience as a public servant to his work in the private sector. Marion, a managing director at Accenture Federal Services, spent years with organizations such as the U.S. Air Force and the Air Combat Command, holding positions including deputy chief information officer overseeing digital transformation, personnel pay and services, as well […] More