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Businesswire | June 22, 2023

Markon announced today that it plans to spin off from parent company Anser Advisory as an independent government services firm focused on critical mission support for federal clients. The new firm will build on Markon’s deep expertise and past performance in program management/construction management (PMCM), financial management consulting, and systems engineering for the Intelligence Community, DoD, and civilian federal agencies. Raymond Carney will transition from his ro...

PayPal | April 12, 2020

Fintech payments giant PayPal announced Friday that it is taking part in the US government’s Paycheck Protection Program—making it one of the first non-bank institutions approved to provide loans to small businesses during the coronavirus crisis. The Paycheck Protection Program is the initiative of the Small Business Administration, a US government agency. It will provide $350 billion in loans to help small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll....

The Defense Information Systems Agency | March 25, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic grows the ranks of teleworkers, the Defense Information Systems Agency is imploring Defense Department employees to take advantage of the agency re-upping its home-use antivirus program with vendor McAfee. “Recognizing a need, DISA and the DoD have renewed their antivirus home use programs,” reads a news bulletin the agency posted Monday. “The DoD antivirus software license agreement with McAfee allows active DoD employees to utilize the anti-virus s...

The Defense Department | April 01, 2020

The Defense Department has temporarily suspended the deployment of its new commercial electronic health records system. According to an official from the Defense Healthcare Management System, the decision will allow military health care providers to better focus on the COVID-19 outbreak. The agency will continue to support eight existing deployments of the MHS Genesis software, the official said. “The MHS GENESIS team highly values people and recognizes the incredible efforts of our provid...