A new survey by Deloitte and the Senior Executives Association has found that federal agency senior executives said they believe their agencies struggle to retain and attract highly talented individuals. Deloitte said Wednesday it partnered with SEA to poll 753 career senior leaders from 26 federal agencies in June for the State of Federal Career […] More

Deloitte has been a target of a cyber attack that compromised the accounting firm’s global email server through the use of an “administrator’s account” to gain access, The Guardian reported Monday. The report said Deloitte learned of the security breach in March and that hacking activities could have started since October 2016 and appeared to home […] More

Jeff Matthews, formerly director of venture strategy and research at the Space Frontier Foundation, has joined Deloitte Consulting LLP as a specialist leader. Matthews will lead Deloitte’s space innovation and technology workforce advancement efforts, the company said Tuesday. “Jeff’s creative and collaborative work with leaders from startups, nonprofits, venture capital firms and industry organizations mirrors our own […] More

Alan Estevez joined Deloitte Consulting LLP’s federal practice as a national security strategy and logistics executive, where he will work with a range of clients to help innovate and transform their acquisition, logistics, supply chain and sustainment operations, the company announced Tuesday. “Estevez’s 36 years of experience at the U.S. Department of Defense and leadership […] More

Deloitte and SAP have rolled out a joint technology offering designed to help federal agencies to manage human resources. The cloud-based HR FedForward platform is based on SAP’s SuccessFactors human capital management platform and offers a consumer-grade HR system to government employees, Deloitte said June 12. Dan Helfrich, a principal at Deloitte’s consulting business, said HR FedForward […] More

The American Association of Laboratory Accreditation and the management office of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program have accredited Deloitte as a FedRAMP third-party assessment organization. Deloitte said Thursday that it will conduct independent third-party assessments on commercial and public cloud service providers that seek to offer cloud-based services for the federal government. 3PAO […] More

A new report from Deloitte says that global aerospace and defense revenue increased by 2.4 percent to $674.4 billion during 2016. The 2017 Global A&D Sector Financial Performance Study is based on an analysis of top 100 A&D companies worldwide that recorded more than $500 million in revenues last year, the company said Thursday. The report found that A&D […] More

BAE Systems has selected Deloitte to succeed KPMG as the British defense contractor’s auditor following a formal tender process led by BAE’s audit committee. Deloitte’s proposed appointment as auditor is subject to approval by BAE shareholders at the latter’s annual general meeting in May 2018, BAE said Friday. If approved, Deloitte will serve as auditor for the financial year ending Dec. 31, […] More

A new Deloitte report says the growth in U.S. aerospace and defense exports decreased from 4 percent in 2015 to 1.7 percent in 2016. The “2017 Deloitte U.S. Aerospace and Defense Sector Export and Labor Market Study” found that A&D comprised about 10 percent of total U.S. exports and grew $2.5 billion in 2016, the company said Thursday. […] More

Deloitte has received a National Security Agency accreditation to provide incident response support services to operators and owners of both unclassified and classified national security systems. The company said Monday it received the NSA Certified Incident Response Assistance designation for its Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory Cyber Risk Services after the portfolio met requirements in various […] More

Linda Walsh, a 21-year FBI veteran and former supervisory special agent at the bureau, has joined Deloitte as managing director of cyber risk services practice within the company’s risk and financial advisory business. Deloitte said Tuesday that Walsh will work with enterprise clients to help them address cyber and network security risks through the implementation of analytics […] More

NASA plans to award Deloitte‘s consulting business a sole-source contract to help the agency design and develop a proof of concept for robotic process automation software. A notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps stated the company will support the development of four proof-of-concept processes for NASA Shared Services Center’s future bots-as-a-service platform. The bots will support processes such as funds […] More