An Accenture subsidiary has opened a facility in Washington in an effort to help federal government clients develop digital platforms designed to build up engagement with citizens and employees. Accenture Federal Services will use the digital studio as a venue to collaborate with government customers as well as provide support on the development of digital […] More

Turner Construction Company Regional Director of Community Affairs Ruby Jones has taken a new role as the company’s community and citizenship compliance director. Jones coordinates with the human resources and operations groups in an effort to assist the company comply with the Labor Department‘s office of federal contract compliance programs federal laws and regulations and serve […] More

Gemalto has been selected by Jordan’s ministry of information, communication and technology to deliver citizen identity cards and automatic fingerprint identification systems to the country’s interior ministry through Amman-based banking and technology company OFFTEC. The digital security company said Tuesday its Sealys polycarbonate contactless e-ID ​cards and AFIS aim to support Jordan’s national security, immigration control and anti-election fraud efforts. […] More

Tiffany Goddard, a citizen engagement specialist at Carahsoft, has outlined how government organizations and citizens can work together to aid in public safety functions. Goddard wrote in a blog post published Friday that both public works and public safety organizations believe they need to change how they interact with citizens and information sharing. She cited Accela as one such company […] More

SAS Institute has been selected for a “lead partner” role with the Smart Cities Council as the latter organization seeks to help jurisdictions worldwide update their city management and public safety tasks in addition to others. SAS will work with SCC to aid cities that aim to be awarded with the “Smart Cities” distinction that is given to cities with high-analytic […] More

As head of Maximus‘ federal services business, Tom Romeo oversees an approximate $500 million portfolio of work for the federal government in areas such as health program support and business process services to agencies for the facilitation of a process the company calls the “Citizen Journey.” The company views the Citizen Journey as one that contains new expectations […] More

Eglobaltech has been selected to provide access management and information security services to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The company will work to engineer the security infrastructure, conduct authorization, handle insider threat and manage identity and credential for the CIS program, Eglobaltech said Monday. USCIS operates under the Department of Homeland Security to oversee […] More

A new Accenture survey of U.S. citizens indicates an increase in demand for digital platforms to facilitate their interactions with government and access to public services. The company said Tuesday 86 percent of respondents seek increased digital interactions as 92 percent stated improvements in the deployment of digital services would have a positive effect on their view of government. Accenture surveyed 6,624 […] More

Citizant has been awarded a $10 million contract with the Internal Revenue Service to deploy Affordable Care Act applications and establish a DevOps center of excellence. The company will provide program and project management support, integration, risk management and technical services for up to two and a half years under the contract, Citizant said Monday. […] More

Reston, Va.-based government services firm MAXIMUS entered new phase of its history in April when the company closed the $300 million cash acquisition of program management and technology contractor Acentia. MAXIMUS initially announced the transaction in March and said it sought to add new work for civilian and health agencies and increase access to contract vehicles with multiple awardees. ExecutiveBiz recently spoke […] More

Two information technology security executives believe that computer networks used to create and run smart cities are vulnerable to hacking, Cisco’s The Network reported Wednesday. Jason Deign writes that smart cities’ susceptibility to security threats can be associated with the lack of a single authority to monitor and implement cybersecurity standards and the use of […] More

Research and Markets predicts that the global Internet of Things security market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 54.93 percent through 2019 . The company said Friday its latest market report points to compliance with regulatory requirements among “smart cities” that use IoT technology as the main driver of growth in the market. To […] More