Top Five April 2025
1 | Booz Allen fires subcontractor who wrote document about DOGE access to Treasury McLean-based Fortune 500 management consulting contractor Booz Allen Hamilton fired a subcontractor who warned the U.S. Treasury Department about the Department of Government Efficiency having access to the Treasury’s payment system. (Feb. 11) 2 | U.Va. board votes to continue gender-affirming […]
Booz Allen fires subcontractor who wrote document about DOGE access to Treasury
McLean-based Fortune 500 management consulting contractor Booz Allen Hamilton has fired a subcontractor who warned the U.S. Treasury Department about the Department of Government Efficiency having access to the Treasury’s payment system. Booz Allen said that sources quoted in recent media reports “mischaracterize a document provided to Treasury officials” and that the company did not [&h[...]
Booz Allen to pay $15.8M fine to settle fraud allegations
Booz Allen Hamilton, the McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consultant, has agreed to pay a $15.875 million fine to the federal government to settle allegations that one of its subsidiaries violated the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice announced Jan. 3. According to the DOJ’s statement, two former program managers at Maryland-based Booz Allen […]
A smart defense
In late 2020, the Air Force made headlines when it announced that an artificial intelligence co-pilot, named ARTUµ, helped command and control a U.S. military spy plane for the first time in history. If the name, pronounced R-2, sounds familiar, it is. Think R2-D2, or “Artoo,” Luke Skywalker’s lovable droid and X-Wing copilot from the […]
‘A culture of caring’
Speaking to an audience of more than 20,000 human resources professionals gathered in Las Vegas for his organization’s June 14 annual conference and expo, Society for Human Resource Management President and CEO Johnny C. Taylor Jr. said that HR execs are ready to meet the array of challenges created by the “new abnormal” of post-pandemic […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JUDI DOTSON
With more than 30 years working for the Fortune 500 global management consultant, Dotson leads Booz Allen Hamilton’s national security and global defense business. In 2022, Dotson succeeded Karen Dahut, who now serves as CEO of Google’s public sector organization. Under Dotson’s leadership, Booz Allen has performed work for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, […]
Google Public Sector taps Booz Allen exec as CEO
Karen Dahut will be the CEO of Google Public Sector, Google LLC’s subsidiary focused on government and educational contracting work. Dahut starts Oct. 31 and will be based out of Google’s Washington, D.C., and Reston offices, according to a news release. She takes the place of Will Grannis, Google Public Sector’s founding CEO, who is […]