Public Sector news in the USA

An overview of news, trends and research in the Public Sector industry in the USA:

McKinsey's prime US federal contracts drop to nine-year low McKinsey & Company’s revenue from prime US federal contracts in FY2023 fell to its lowest level since 2014, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
16 January 2024
Resultant wins Google Public Sector contract with State of Illinois Resultant, an Indianapolis-based technology consulting firm, has been awarded a ten-year contract to provide Google professional services and products to the State of Illinois.
10 February 2023
Guidehouse acquires public sector practice of Grant Thornton US Guidehouse, a Tysons Corner, VA-based management consultancy and a portfolio company of Veritas Capital, has acquired Grant Thornton US’ public sector practice.
23 August 2022
EY US appoints Gerry Dixon as head of public sector practice EY US has named Gerry Dixon, a more than 30-year veteran of the firm, as head of its government & public sector practice, effective July 1, 2021.
21 May 2021
Chandler Airport needs $100 million upgrade, say consultants Chandler Municipal Airport, a general aviation airport southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, needs $106 million in upgrades over the next 20 years, according to consultants from airport specialist Coffman A
13 November 2020
Pentagon selects Deloitte Consulting to support AI center The Pentagon’s Joint AI Center (JAIC) has awarded Deloitte Consulting a $106 million, four-year task order to build out the Joint Common Foundation, a cloud-based AI development toolkit.
14 August 2020
Slalom and Harvard help Denver with Covid-19 forecasting Pro bono consultants from Slalom and students from Harvard helped the city of Denver create new flexible forecasting models to predict the impact of Covid-19 on municipal department revenues.
31 July 2020
Accenture Federal Services wins $340 million government contract Accenture’s federal business – Accenture Federal Services (AFS) – has won a $340 million contract from the US Department of Commerce (DOC) to modernize its core business systems.
23 June 2020
Booz Allen wins $800 million AI contract from Defense Department Technology consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton has won a five-year, $800 million contract from the DoD to deliver AI services to support the Joint AI Center (JAIC).
16 June 2020
Grant Thornton partners with GTY Technologies and Llamasoft Grant Thornton has partnered with GTY Technologies – a public sector software-as-a-service (SaaS) company – and Llamasoft, a supply chain technology company.
13 March 2020
Whitney, Bradley & Brown acquires public sector consultancy Decisive Analytics Whitney, Bradley & Brown (WBB), a Reston, VA–based provider of program management and consulting services to the Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal agencies, has acquired Decisive Analytic
22 January 2020
SEC awards $2.5 billion One OIT contract to Attain and two other consultancies Virginia-based management and technology consultancy Attain was one of three consulting firms to be awarded an unrestricted contract slot in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s One OIT project.
31 July 2018
Doctors and patients support virtual care, but implementation remains low A new survey finds broad support from healthcare consumers and providers for virtual care like physician video consultations.
26 July 2018
Deborah Ricci joins PwC Public Sector as CFO PwC Public Sector, which was recently sold to Veritas Capital, has appointed Deborah Ricci as its new CFO.
17 July 2018
Winbourne Consulting partners with digital 911 platform developer Carbyne DC-based public safety management and technology consultancy Winbourne Consulting has teamed up with Next Generation 911 (NG911) platform provider Carbyne.
27 June 2018
Deloitte partners with Apple to launch Connected Patient product In the latest evolution of the Deloitte/Apple partnership, the consulting and tech giants have integrated their personalized medicine products.
22 June 2018
Kentucky political consultant gave bribes for contracts, say prosecutors Political consultant James Sullivan has been accused of paying bribes to ex-state official Tim Longmeyer in order to secure lucrative government contracts for his clients.
19 June 2018
US needs national strategy to combat China's appetite for AI Consulting firm and leading defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton has warned that the US may fall behind China in the race to develop game-changing artificial intelligence.
18 June 2018
Simon-Kucher opens new Chicago office to serve Midwest clients Just weeks after debuting its first office in Africa, global strategy consultancy Simon-Kucher has opened its sixth in the US.
13 June 2018
Grant Thornton partners with Microsoft to bring AI to federal agencies Grant Thornton LLP is partnering with Microsoft to help government agencies improve their transparency and efficiency to help meet federal requirements.
12 June 2018
Consulting firms recruited as US cities battle for Amazon's HQ2 McKinsey and other top consulting firms have been linked to cities’ efforts to win over Amazon as the tech giant deliberates on where to open its second headquarters.
08 June 2018
Seven consulting firms compete for racial bias audit of Charleston PD
07 June 2018
Less than half of Americans have info needed for disaster preparedness, says Booz Allen A Booz Allen and Ipsos survey found that less than half of Americans surveyed have the information needed to be prepared for a disaster.
31 May 2018
Amazon making moves to disrupt US healthcare sector The e-retailing giant is edging into the ballooning US healthcare market, with the announcement that it had entered into a healthcare venture with Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan.
30 May 2018
Capgemini wins $79 million digital services integration contract with State of Texas Global management and IT consulting firm Capgemini has been awarded a four-year, $79 million contract to support the Texas Department of Information Resources in the adoption of emerging technologies
25 May 2018
Healthcare specialist Cumberland expands managed services, buys LinkEHR Healthcare specialist Cumberland Consulting Group has purchased managed services provider LinkEHR.
22 May 2018
Booz Allen boosts DoD partnership with military grade IT solutions contract Booz Allen has consolidated its consulting partnership with the US Department of Defense after being awarded a series of lucrative contracts.
15 May 2018

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