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

An Accenture subsidiary has booked a potential 10-year, $329 million contract to help the U.S. Agency for International Development manage a complex information assurance program.  The award to Accenture Federal Services encompasses a wide range of support services for the Office of the Chief Information Officer within USAID’s Bureau for Management, the company said Tuesday. John […] More

Copado has secured authority to operate certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s moderate baseline for a platform designed to help organizations build and deploy software applications on Salesforce. The Department of Veterans Affairs was one of the government organizations that adopted Copado’s DevOps product in cloud-based deployment projects, the company said Monday. VA […] More

NetImpact Strategies has appointed Matt Spencer, former public sector account executive at software developer Elastic, as director of product sales. He will be responsible for sales operations and growth initiatives related to Digital Transformation 360, a product line of tools, playbooks and blueprints to aid federal government customers in their digital modernization projects, NetImpact said […] 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

Ventech Solutions CEO Tonia Bleecher is a government contracting veteran with a passion for working to improve the nation’s health care ecosystem. In 2018, Bleecher joined Ventech, a trusted partner to the public sector leading critical technology transformations that empower government agencies to meet their missions. She started as a senior vice president and swiftly […] More

Steve Sousa is a senior vice president and Health and Social Services Business Unit lead at CGI Federal, where he leverages over 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors to drive major information technology modernization efforts that support a range of clients in the Department of Health and Human Services. His work includes […] More

Battelle has secured a contract to assist the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with national consensus development and strategic planning for health care quality measurement. The company said Monday it will work with Chickasaw Health Consulting, Rainmakers Strategic Solutions and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to help CMS set health care measurement priorities, endorse […] More

Accenture Federal Services CEO John Goodman recently accepted his sixth consecutive Wash100 Award during a meeting with Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic. This year marks the highly-anticipated 10th anniversary of the government contracting industry’s most esteemed honor. In this iteration of Wash100, Goodman earned his spot among the GovCon elite for his leading role in booking contracts […] More

A joint venture between information technology firm HighPoint Digital and national technology and operations advisory practice Think Systems will provide the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with support services under a potential five-year contract worth around $108 million.  The contract was awarded to Think HighPoint JV as part of the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protege program, […] More

Brian Young is an information technology industry veteran with a particular knack for market expansion and client-facing services. Over the course of two decades, he has gathered experience at Washington, D.C. area government contracting organizations like SE Solutions, RGS Associates and Perspecta. Prior to his current role at Iron Mountain, Young spent nearly four years […] More

Noridian Healthcare Solutions has promoted Cathy Benoit from vice president of customer experience to senior vice president of government contracts. She will be responsible for federal government dealings and will join the senior leadership ranks upon the retirement of Paul O’Donnell, who will depart from the company in March following more than 30 years of […] More