The accreditation body of the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification has formed the Industry Advisory Council that will be responsible for providing CMMC-AB and DOD with CMMC implementation feedback, input and recommendations on behalf of organizations seeking certification (OSCs).

Carahsoft Technology has begun offering Proven Optics' suite of financial management applications to the federal and local government sectors via two contract vehicles managed by NASA and the National Association of State Procurement Officials. As a master government aggregator, Carahsoft made the offering available in the public sector through the Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and NASPO ValuePoint programs, the company said Thursday.

Executive Mosaic is pleased to name George Wilson, president of ECS Federal, as an inductee into the 2021 Wash100 Award for his continued efforts to drive expansion of the company's footprint in the government contracting sector with contract awards, acquisitions, partnerships and executive hires. This marks the fourth consecutive Wash100 Award for Wilson.

ECS has promoted John Heneghan to chief operating officer (COO) and Giles Kesteloot to chief strategy officer (CSO) in an effort to enhance company performance and speed up growth. In the roles, Heneghan and Kesteloot will enhance customer service and maintain the business operations. “I am proud to promote John and Giles to the roles of COO and CSO,” said ECS President George Wilson, a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 8, 2020 — An ECS business group that offers digital services to the federal sector is absorbing Integrated Solutions Management after ECS' parent organization ASGN (NYSE: ASGN) acquired the Tampa, Florida-based information technology consulting firm, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday.

Accenture’s federal arm will develop a platform to automate Thrift Savings Plan processes, offer electronic signature capabilities and help TSP users access services through phone, email, virtual assistant and other channels under a contract with the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. The Recordkeeping Services Acquisition contract awarded to Accenture Federal Services has a transition period of 18 months and four, three-year option terms.

Cisco has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for Webex for Government, an application designed to unify messaging, calling and virtual meetings into one platform.

TTEC Holdings has added new workforce optimization, virtual reality, customer relationship management and artificial intelligence applications to a contact center management platform certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.

Accenture's federal arm has won a potential five-year, $96 million task order to help update the Department of Veterans Affairs' enterprise service management process and information technology systems.

1901 Group has landed a potential five-and-a-half-year, $6.1M task order from the Federal Trade Commission through the Information Technology Support Service blank purchase agreement to help update the agency’s business applications through the implementation of a low-code, cloud-based offering.

Larry Zmuda, a former assistant vice president at Sutherland Global Services' government subsidiary, has joined NuAxis Innovations as director of capture for the health sector.

Kate Ehrle, formerly director of sales and business development at Cask Government Services, has been elevated to the position of president.