ASRC Federal Wins USDA Contract to Help Farmers, Ranchers Conserve Land, Water
ASRC Federal subsidiary Highland Technology has been re-awarded the METIS ART contract by the Agriculture Department’s Farm Production and Conservation Business Center Conservation Section. Valued at over $100 million with a performance period through 2025, this program supports the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Under the contract, the team will develop, modernize, enhance and maintain information
USDA Taps SAIC for Multiple Award BPA Worth Nearly $450M
Science Applications International Corp. has been selected for a spot on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Information Technology Support Services, or DAITSS, blanket purchase agreement to compete for call orders worth up $450 million. Under the BPA, SAIC will compete to provide a broad range of enterprise IT support services, including artificial intelligence, robotic process
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: USDA’s Venice Goodwine
Just a few weeks after Venice Goodwine became the Agriculture Department’s chief information security officer in December 2018, she successfully led the department’s Information Security Center through the 35-day partial government shutdown. During that time, she continued to secure USDA’s mission leading a team of essential staff, who operate the 24/7 security operations center, or
Alpha Omega Integration Snags $500M USDA Contract
Technology provider Alpha Omega Integration has won a $500 million contract from the Agriculture Department as part of a contractor teaming arrangement with digital transformation company Dynamo Technologies. “Innovation & Modernization is embedded in our DNA and is what we do best,” said Gautam Ijoor, Alpha Omega president. “Alpha Omega and Dynamo have been serving
FCC Taps USDA’s Francisco Salguero as Next CIO
Francisco Salguero, who currently serves as the deputy chief information officer for the Agriculture Department, will be the Federal Communications Commission next CIO. After 14 years at the USDA, Salguero is set to start his new position at FCC in December, FedScoop reported, replacing current acting CIO John Skuldarek. Salguero has more than 20 years
Meet the Pinnacle Awards Finalists: 8 Questions for USDA’s Gary Washington
Gary Washington is the chief information officer of the Agriculture Department and a Pinnacle Awards finalist in the Government TEAM Project of the Year category. Here, he shares what he learned from leading team projects, what he’s most proud of these projects achieving, collaboration and teamworking traits he finds most necessary, the biggest struggle associated with
Akima Subsidiary Wins $13.6M Deal to Support USDA Research Services
Sunik, an Akima company, has won a contract to provide operations and maintenance support services for the Agriculture Department’s Eastern Regional Research Center. The $13.6 million deal will be carried out over five years. The Eastern Regional Research Center focuses on solving problems with fundamental, applied and developmental research on agricultural commodities. It has six research
Save the Date: STEAM Summer Camp, Aug. 5
Starting next month, high-school students in the Washington, D.C., metro area have the opportunity to attend a tuition-free summer camp that focuses on using open data related to science, technology, engineering, agriculture and math. The 2-week-long USDA STEAM Summer Camp is organized by the Agriculture Department’s Office of the Chief Information Officer and Vulcan Enterprises. It runs
2018 Pinnacle Awards: How IT Innovator of the Year Gary Washington Helped Shine a Light on IT Modernization
When the Agriculture Department became the first agency to sign up as a partner under the federal government’s new Centers of Excellence concept for IT modernization, it became known as a “lighthouse agency” to help show the way for other federal agencies to upgrade outdated legacy IT systems. If USDA is the lighthouse, Gary Washington,
TeraThink Awarded $10M To Support USDA Financial Improvement Program
TeraThink has been awarded $10 million for organizational change management and business process eeengineering on the Agriculture Department’s Shared Services Lines of Business Solutions Blanket Purchase Agreement. Under these task orders, which have a 3-year period of performance, the company will provide accounting support for audit remediation, data cleansing and conversion strategy, business process reengineering and
Where Are They Now: Joyce Hunter
First, she was a candy striper with dreams of becoming a nurse. Then, she found her niche in sociology and business, where she went on to gain more than 30 years’ experience as a vendor, contractor and consultant. Now, after spending the last four years as deputy chief information officer for policy and planning at
DMI Works to Enhance The FoodKeeper App in Cooperation with USDA
DMI announced April 20 that it is continuing its work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to incorporate enhancements and customer feedback into The FoodKeeper, a premier mobile app developed by DMI for the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The mobile app, which has more than 100,000 downloads is available for Android
Accenture Federal Services Delivers Grantor Management System to USDA
It was announced on September 9th that Accenture Federal Services has delivered its Grantor Management System to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This system supports the end-to-end grants lifecycle; from application, through award, monitoring and closeout. The Grantor Management program has resulted in automated review and approval processes, it has reduced the need for
GovCon Family Series: Jane Foreman and Jon Carr Talk Working in the GovCon Space Side-by-Side
Like mother, like son. In WashingtonExec’s interview with the Jane Forman and Jon Carr – it is clear that a keen eye for business runs in the family. Carr grew up watching his mother, now Principal at Deep Water Point, and was inspired by her work to join the same industry. Now in the business himself,
Laurel Strategies Appoints Former USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah to Company’s Board of Advisors
Washington, D.C.-based Laurel Strategies announced March 24 the appointment of Dr. Rajiv Shah to the company’s Board of Advisors. He previously served as the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “Raj is known for helping companies take a global perspective on growing their business while tackling intractable problems and managing the risks of
GovLab Academy Seeks $35K in Sponsorship to Run Open Data Summer Camp Program for DC Students
The GovLab Academy, a part of New York University’s Polytechnic School of Engineering, seeks $35,000 in donations from sponsors to help run a two-week open data summer program for Washington, D.C.-area teenagers. The camp’s goal is to help students learn more about data, the tools of data science and the ways they might be leveraged to improve
WashingtonExec E-Magazine: News You Need to Know
In case you missed it, here’s the federal IT news we covered in our e-magazine last Friday: Ted Davies last week stepped up as chief executive of Altamira Technologies Corporation a few days after retiring from his position as president of the Federal Systems business unit at Unisys. Davies said he looks forward to building
Rory Schultz, Deputy CIO For FNS, Spells Out USDA’s Data Center Consolidation Plan
When Rory Schultz first joined the US. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in 2010, the agency had just begun work on its goal to consolidate data centers to reduce costs and avoid data duplication in compliance with the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) established by first Chief Information Officer of the
Digital Management Inc. (DMI) Implements USDA Mobile Solution under $20 Million Next Generation IDIQ
Digital Management Inc. (DMI), a provider of enterprise mobile and big data solutions and services, announced that it has completed delivery of the first, large-scale federal enterprise mobile solution for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The solution, developed under a $20 million Next Generation Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity contract, is the foundation for the USDA’s long-term mobile strategy.
Chris Smith Named CTO Of Accenture Federal
Accenture Federal Services appointed Christopher L. Smith as U.S. federal chief technology and innovation officer. Smith begins his new position on April 9 and will report to Kay Kapoor, managing director of Accenture’s U.S. Federal Practice division. “Chris brings to Accenture broad experience across the federal government,” said Kay Kapoor, who leads Accenture’s federal business.
Dovèl Technologies Launches MyFoodAlerts.com
Dovèl Technologies has launched the first website to provide a consolidated view of all food-related recall alerts called MyFoodAlerts.com. MyFoodAlerts.com compiles data from various different sources to provide the public with an organized, user-friendly map that shows current food recalls. The website application gets its data from reliable resources such as the U.S. Food and
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