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Booz Allen Foundation launches $1M fund for COVID-19 innovation projects

McLean-based global management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. announced Friday that its foundation has launched a $1 million Innovation Fund that is open to nonprofits, small businesses and individuals who have ideas for projects that can help solve COVID-19-related social problems.

Founded in 2017, The Booz Allen Foundation provides funding to youth and education causes, veterans and military families, global health initiatives and assistance during times of declared disasters. The Innovation Fund was established to help organizations and individuals to use data and technology to improve COVID-19 relief efforts. 

“We want to surface the most innovative solutions and empower the individuals and organizations behind those solutions to drive their development and implementation,” the foundation said in a statement.

The Booz Allen Foundation is accepting grant applications through June 5. Nonprofits can apply for up to $100,000, while individuals, teams of individuals and eligible for-profit small businesses can apply for up to $10,000 in funding. Eligible businesses must employ fewer than 100 people and bring in annual gross revenues of no more than $3 million.

Applicants will be asked about their solution or project to solve an urgent social problem related to COVID-19, and grants will be awarded to projects such as a new system, product, approach, technology, delivery system or process, according to the foundation.

 

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Booz Allen Hamilton pledges job security for employees through July 1

McLean-based global IT consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has pledged to keep its 27,000 workers employed at least through July 1 during the COVID-19 crisis, and has also pledged funding to support employees dealing with health care and child care issues.

The company announced Thursday it will redirect $100 million to a “pandemic resilience program” to support employees, including those in Norfolk, where Booz Allen Hamilton has a large presence. The company will make donations to nonprofit organizations including the CDC Foundation, the COVID-19 Military Support Initiative and Feeding America. Norfolk’s food banks affiliated with Feeding America will receive directed funding, the company said.

Booz Allen also plans to provide pro bono work and in-kind contributions to organizations and communities affected most by the coronavirus, contributing technology and expertise in cyber technology and digital modernization.

In March 2019, Booz Allen recorded $6.7 billion in revenue over the previous 12 months, and earlier this year it won a  $147.4 million contract to provide technical support for the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Booz Allen Hamilton awarded $147.4M NIH contract

McLean-based information technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a $147.4 million contract to provide technical support for the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Under the five-year contract, Booz Allen will work with NIAID’s Office of Computer Infrastructure and Computational Biology to develop and maintain clinical regulatory systems and international learning platforms, manage electronic documents and other tasks to improve internal processes. NIAID conducts research to treat and prevent infectious diseases, as well as staging rapid responses for outbreaks of influenza, malaria and, more recently, coronavirus.

Last week, Booz Allen announced it won a $113 million, 10-year contract for cyber defense operations support awarded by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in December.

The company, which employs 27,000 people in 80 offices around the world, has business, government and military clients and specializes in analytics, digital, engineering and cybersecurity services.

Booz Allen Hamilton lands $113M SEC cyber defense contract

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded McLean-based Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. a $113 million, 10-year contract for cyber defense operations support, the company announced Thursday. The contract was awarded on Dec. 12, 2019, but announced Thursday.

“Our team will provide the SEC with leading-edge, threat-centric, proactive cyber defense with the ability to detect and proactively address unknown threats, keep up with the rapid pace of change in the cyber industry and provide advanced cyber capabilities at scale,” Booz Allen Senior Vice President Mark Gamis said in a statement. “The SEC is essential to the strong functioning of the U.S. and world economy. … We will leverage our deep expertise and experience delivering cyber tradecraft across U.S. government and commercial clients and deploying groundbreaking cyber capabilities to protect mission-essential services and high-value assets.”

For cyber defense operations support for the SEC, Booz Allen will employ advanced threat hunting, penetration testing, DevSecOps, security engineering malware analysis, reverse engineering, compliance and threat modeling services.

A global management and information technology consulting firm, Booz Allen was founded in 1914 and employs approximately 27,000 people in 80 offices globally. The company has both federal and commercial cyber defense clients and holds three federal government’s cybersecurity accreditations, including the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Cyber Incident Response Assistance (CIRA) accreditation, NSA’s Vulnerability Assessment Service (VAS) accreditation and the General Services Administration (GSA)’s Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services schedule.

In the 12 months that ended March 31, 2019, Booz Allen reported $6.7 billion in revenue.

Booz Allen Hamilton promotes Judi Dotson to executive VP

McLean-based management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton is promoting Judi Dotson to executive vice president effective April 1, the company announced Jan. 17. 

Dotson has been with Booz Allen Hamilton for 31 years and currently leads the firm’s Joint Combatant Command account, which works for U.S. Department of Defense clients such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). 

Dotson “has a strong record of anticipating the needs of our clients, shaping opportunities and delivering with excellence, all while developing talented teams and the leaders of tomorrow,” Booz Allen Hamilton CEO and President Horacio Rozanski said in a statement.

She will succeed Executive Vice President Christopher Ling, who is retiring at the end of 2020 after 29 years at the firm.

Dotson earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Maryland and has served on the boards of directors for trade association TechAmerica and environmental nonprofit Nature Generation.

Booz Allen Hamilton was founded in 1914 and employs approximately 27,000 people globally. For the 12 months that ended March 31, 2019, Booz Allen Hamilton had $6.7 billion in revenue.