George Franz and Kristen Vaughan of Accenture Federal Services wrote in a joint opinion piece published Wednesday on C4ISRNET that there are four steps that could help Department of Defense organizations advance workforce development to improve their cyber resilience and one is assessing the talent they will need in the next five years.

Gus Hunt, managing director and cyber strategy lead at Accenture’s federal services arm, has said that agencies need senior leadership and stakeholder coordination to properly execute zero-trust implementation and improve cyber resilience.

Kristen Vaughan and Britaini Carroll of Accenture Federal Services wrote in a Nextgov article published Wednesday that the federal government should prioritize reskilling the workforce to prepare them to work in tandem with artificial intelligence-based platforms.

Ira Entis, growth and strategy lead at Accenture’s federal arm, has said that while implementing artificial intelligence could heighten investment returns, a significant amount of productivity gains might vanish due to lack of staff training.

Merivis, a nonprofit organization that trains military veterans in Salesforce cloud technology administration, has received a $100K grant from Accenture and its federal arm to offer training services in San Antonio, Texas.

Accenture has completed its acquisition of France-based data consulting and engineering company Sentelis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Accenture and AT&T have partnered to help Phillips 66 develop industrial cellular wireless connectivity, with the development of a private cellular network solution, Accenture recently reported.  

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 22, 2020 — Former U.S. Air Force Deputy Chief Information Officer William "Bill" Marion joined Accenture Federal Services' (NYSE: ACN) defense and intelligence practice as managing director of growth and strategy, GovCon Wire reported June 11.

Donald Fenhagen and Thomas Bruno, executives at IBM and Accenture’s federal business, respectively, have joined the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council’s board of directors to each serve on three-year terms.

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.

The U.S. Army has begun operating an enterprise business system developed by Accenture to support the National Ground Intelligence Center’s classified accounting and financial management procedures in telework settings.

Dave McClure, Malcolm Jackson and Jason Layman of Accenture Federal Services wrote in a Nextgov article published Monday that there are three lessons from the company’s Future Systems research that show how federal information technology leaders approach IT modernization and the first is that these leaders invest in innovation infrastructure.