Posts from GovConDaily for 02/16/2016

OFPP Chief Anne Rung Inducted Into 2016 Wash100 for Acquisition 360, Category Mgmt Vision

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Anne Rung, administrator of the White House’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy, as an inductee into the 2016 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena…

February 16 Market Close: GovCon Index Extends Rally With 1% Surge, US Stocks Up on Consumer & Bank Share Gains

The GovCon Index carried its positive momentum from Friday’s rally with a gain of 1.531 percent to 70.355 Tuesday — its first close above 70 in two days — on a bounce in confidence from investors that some equities may have been oversold…

GAO Denies Boeing-Lockheed Team’s Protest of Northrop Air Force Bomber Contract

The Government Accountability Office has denied the Boeing (NYSE: BA)-Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) team’s protest of the U.S. Air Force‘s award of the highly-classified Long Range Strike Bomber contract to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) in a ruling that could give way for engineering and development work to start…

Deloitte: Aerospace, Defense Employment to Grow 3.2% in 2016

A Deloitte study predicts predicts that employment in the U.S. aerospace and defense sector will increase by 3.2 percent, or approximately 39,443 workers, this year. Deloitte said Tuesday the projected A&D job growth will be due to a rebound in the defense subsector’s employment levels after a five-year downward trend as a result of sequestration budget cuts at the Defense Department…

Executive Mosaic’s Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiters for 2016

The government contracting industry experienced a robust period of mergers and acquisitions that reshaped its composition in 2015 and continued executive transitions between companies. As companies merge and new identities enter the market, some businesses face a challenge to fill vacant leadership positions…