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An overview of global Accenture news:

United Kingdom

Government names Accenture’s Shaheen Sayed as AI Champion for professional services Accenture’s chief commercial officer has been selected for a new government role in the UK.
16 December 2025
United States

Accenture feels the pain as Trump administration cuts consulting spend Accenture, a Dublin, Ireland-headquartered management and technology consulting firm, is facing a reduction in federal contracts as the Trump administration targets a reduction in consulting spend.
24 March 2025
United States

DOGE crusade against consultancies continues As the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk is now on a mission to cut contracts with consultancies that the Trump team considers wasteful.
11 March 2025
United States

Accenture Federal Services names Ron Ash as CEO Accenture Federal Services (AFS), the US federal consulting subsidiary of Accenture, has appointed Ron Ash as chief executive officer and chair of the AFS board of managers, effective September 1, 20
29 July 2024
Middle East

Why governments need partnerships to adopt latest technologies To achieve their goals, governments are increasingly turning to technology to improve their public services, own operations, and drive public-private partnerships.
01 March 2024
United Arab Emirates

Consultants powering knowledge at World Government Summit 2024 Taking place in Dubai this week, the World Government Summit is bringing leaders from business and government together to shape responses to some of the world’s most pressing issues and solutions.
12 February 2024
Canada

A third of Accenture employees working on CEBA contract in Brazil A third of employees working on an Accenture contract to administer the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) pandemic loan program are based in Brazil, according to a Globe and Mail report from T
08 January 2024
Canada

Undisclosed federal Accenture contract was worth $146 million The federal government’s undisclosed outsourcing contract to Accenture for the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) pandemic loan program was worth $146 million, according to figures obtained by
07 April 2023
Canada

Government hid CEBA outsourcing contract with Accenture The federal government did not disclose it outsourced administration of the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) pandemic loan program to consulting firm Accenture for at least $61 million, accor
23 February 2023
Australia

The 400+ consultancies on the Management Advisory Services Panel The Australian Government has completed the multi-year procurement process for its Management Advisory Services Panel, appointing a total of more than 400 consulting firms and professional services g
29 January 2023
United States

Accenture Federal Services wins ServiceNow contract with US Army Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has won a five-year contract to deploy the ServiceNow platform at the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (Inscom).
12 August 2022
Middle East

Consulting firms deliver research for World Government Summit In the coming months, the World Government Summit will work together with a select group of knowledge partners – all of which are among the globe’s leading consulting firms – on a range of research r
28 June 2021
Australia

IBM, Accenture and PwC | Sayers bidding for visa platform The race to win the federal government’s overhaul of its ageing visa infrastructure has been trimmed down to a set of three consortia.
07 March 2021
Australia

PwC and Accenture the lead consultants for Covid-19 vaccine rollout Consultants from PwC have landed 2021’s most important consulting job for the nation: overseeing the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine.
24 January 2021
United Kingdom

16 consulting firms awarded government coronavirus contracts The UK Government has once again come under fire for its spending on private consulting contractors, after it emerged the industry had received contracts worth £56 million to help with the national r
24 August 2020
United States

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
Australia

Department of Defence hands $9 million contracts to Accenture The Australian arm of Accenture has won two major contracts at the Department of Defence. The global consulting and technology giant landed a $3.
27 April 2020
Australia

Consulting firms working on Australia's visa outsourcing program Australia’s Department of Home Affairs is working with a cohort of management consulting firms on the planned development and outsourcing of its landmark new visa processing platform.
10 March 2020
United Kingdom

UK Government a front-runner in Artificial Intelligence investments The UK Government is one of Europe’s leaders when it comes to investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI), a new study has found.
08 November 2019
United Kingdom

Large and SME consulting firms on government's DOS4 framework The UK government has selected nearly 3,000 large, mid-sized and boutique consulting firms, digital agencies and technology providers for its Digital Outcomes and Specialists 4 framework (DOS4).
21 October 2019
United Kingdom

Just one in five UK citizens use government digital services Barely over a fifth of citizens of the UK use online services hosted by local and national government on a regular basis.
24 July 2019
United Kingdom

Accenture helps Ireland pilot tax savvy chatbots The agency responsible for customs and tax matters in Ireland is piloting an innovative chatbot programme to supply the public with information on such matters.
24 September 2018
United States

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
Australia

Accenture $17.6 million contract with Department of Home Affairs cut short A contract which Accenture Australia held with the Department of Home Affairs was terminated a year before the deadline, according to new information released in a report by the Australian National A
14 June 2018
United Kingdom

UK Home Office drafts in five consultancies to develop EU nationals app As the debate as to what kind of deal will be made for EU nationals residing in the UK – not to mention UK nationals residing in the EU – rages on, the UK Government has tapped a collective of five c
11 May 2018
United Kingdom

Accenture helps Canadian government with new border security app The federal government of Canada has hired Accenture to develop a new border security application.
02 March 2018
United Kingdom

European Commission awards cloud contract to 6 firms To develop the European Commission’s cloud infrastructure, the Commission recently launched three tenders.
15 February 2016
United Kingdom

Accenture: Labour agencies seeking improved metrics Many governments have employment programmes aimed at helping those temporarily between jobs and to measure the effectiveness of those programmes they have systems in place. Yet are these systems effective? In a recent survey, Accenture finds that a
03 September 2015
United Kingdom

Top 5 cities that support innovation & entrepreneurship New York, London, Helsinki, Barcelona and Amsterdam are top five performing cities when it comes to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, research by Accenture shows. In its report, the consulting firm considers different ways in which local
20 July 2015
United Kingdom

Consulting firms key in apprenticeship standards UK Eleven consulting firms have signed up to develop the new standard for management consultancy apprenticeships as part of the UK Government Trailblazers scheme to reform all apprenticeships in the UK
22 December 2014

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