Science, technology and strategy services company Noblis has chosen Bowhead Cybersecurity Solutions to market its RunAcquisitions program.

The company announced Wednesday that Bowhead, which specializes in cyber technology within a stable of technical and professional services, will be a licensed reseller for the government transaction software.

“Bowhead has a strong presence within the federal government and specifically within the Department of Defense. This agreement will help significantly expand our presence and mission impacts in that area,” said Mile Corrigan, senior vice president of Noblis.

RunAcquisitions operates by facilitating interactions between vendor and government parties throughout the acquisition timeline. It guides users from application submission to task order close-out, striving to make the process more efficient while processing both smaller and governmentwide contracts.

The software also aims to be customizable based on a given contract and agency’s needs as well as delegate workloads to certain participants.

Mike Hundley, senior vice president of UIC Government Services, an organization of which Bowhead is a member, said Noblis and Bowhead were already collaborating to bring the product to customers prior to the deal. Hundley says the deal cements a fruitful partnership.

ExecutiveBiz recently conducted an interview with Mile Corrigan, where she discussed IT modernization efforts, her goals at Noblis and the launch of the company’s latest program, RunGrants.

In the interview, Corrigan said, “we’re also working to develop smart product integrations that meet the speed, scale and mission requirements at both the agency and enterprise level. Ultimately, Noblis’ objective is for our customers to feel like they hit the ‘easy’ button when working with us.”

This statement of purpose speaks to Noblis’ intentions with a program like RunAcquisitions.

Gene Dodaro, U.S. comptroller general and head of the Government Accountability Office, said federal chief financial officers seeking to improve the state of information technology programs within their agencies should prioritize legacy IT systems, examine the results of audits into such systems and work with agency chief information officers. 

Dodaro told Deloitte in an interview published Friday on The Wall Street Journal that federal CFOs should collaborate with CIOs to come up with an enterprise architecture that employs a systems integration framework.

“A close working relationship between CFOs and CIOs is critical; it will help the CFO set funding and investment priorities and put in place a monitoring program to oversee ongoing IT investments,” he noted.

Dodaro said CFOs should begin establishing priorities once they fully understand the IT needs of their agencies and examine the skills needed for Agile development.

“GAO issued an Agile project guide schedule that can help CFOs and CIOs institute leading practices, including guides on estimating costs and setting necessary requirements for new systems,” he noted.

Dodaro shared his views on the Department of the Treasury’s shared services approach and his insights on the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act and how FITARA helps agencies manage their software licenses and advance use of incremental software development.