The Professional Services Council (PSC) has requested that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allow employers to develop leave sharing programs to aid employees affected by Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), the organization announced on Friday.
Read More »Thomson Reuters Acquires Pondera Solutions to Advance Fraud Solutions; Steve Rubley, Jon Coss Quoted
Thomson Reuters has acquired Pondera Solutions, a leading provider of technology and advanced analytics to combat fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare and large government programs, Thomson Reuters announced on Thursday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Read More »Deloitte Releases White Paper Outlining Data on Government Ransomware Attacks; Srini Subramanian, Deborah Golden Quoted
Deloitte’s Center for Government Insights has released "Ransoming Government: What state and local government can do to break free from ransomware attacks” that has analyzed ransomware attacks on state and local governments, the company announced on Wednesday.
Read More »Unisys Releases 4 Key Public Sector Contract Wins, Growth throughout FY2019; Eric Hutto Quoted
Unisys Corporation has announced four of the company’s key public sector contracts in 2019 and public sector growth accredited to the government and industry demand for IT modernization, the company reported on Wednesday.
Read More »Booz Allen Hamilton Joins Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program to Provide Cloud Services to Federal Agencies; Osama Malik, Shannon Sullivan Quoted
Booz Allen Hamilton has joined the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program to improve its cloud services and infrastructure and offer federal customers a suite of cloud-enabled capabilities, the company announced on Tuesday.
Read More »ACT-IAC Reveals AI Playbook to Assess AI Implementation; David Wennergren Quoted
The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) has released the "Artificial Intelligence (AI) Playbook for the U.S. Federal Government," which has assessed and operationalized AI implementation for federal agencies, the company announced on Wednesday.
Read More »Tom Sharpe: GSA to Weigh Car Share Model’s Costs in Pilot Program
The General Services Administration has awarded contracts to four car rental companies as part of the agency’s pilot program to explore vehicle sharing options in Washington, Boston, Chicago and New York City. Carpingo, Enterprise CarShare, Hertz and ZipCar will offer car share options to federal employees in the cour cities that use …
Read More »Executive Mosaic to Partner With Senior Executives Association for Leadership Events, Brand Awareness
Executive Mosaic (EM), the parent company of ExecutiveGov, the Potomac Officers Club (POC) and the 4×24 Leadership Program (4×24), and the Senior Executives Association (SEA) have formed a cooperative relationship to help each other fulfill their missions and drive value for their respective membership bases. The Senior Executives Association is …
Read More »Report: White House Mulls Federal IT Hiring Changes
The White House is considering plans to have government technology staffers work stints in the private sector and grow federal direct hiring authority to help manage large-scale information technology projects, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Gautham Nagesh writes that the White House would rotate innovation fellows program participants through …
Read More »MeriTalk: Most Federal Cyber Workers Prioritize Data Theft Prevention
A new MeriTalk survey of 100 federal government cybersecurity workers says close to three quarters of professionals have put data theft prevention at the top of their list of priorities. Seventy-four percent of those respondents said their top priority was to stop data theft but ensuring a user-friendly experience was the …
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