October 12, 2016 (Washington, D.C.) – Summit Consulting (Summit) announces that the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) has selected the DC-based firm to conduct an analysis of retirement models and investments. Summit will work together with subject matter experts Dr. Alicia Munnell of the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) and Dr. Meir Statman of Santa Clara University to provide these services.   

October 5, 2016 (Washington, D.C.) – Summit Consulting (Summit) announces that the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) has selected the DC-based firm for two contracts to support the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) in its efforts to (1) evaluate the impact of the EBSA civil law enforcement program, and (2) develop business intelligence reporting tools based on a series of predictive models to inform investigative efforts.

September 29, 2016 (Washington, DC) – Summit Consulting (Summit) and BlueLabs announce today that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has selected their joint team for a five year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to provide data science support. 

September 22, 2016 (Washington, DC) – Summit Consulting (Summit) announces that it has appointed Dr. Oswaldo Urdapilleta as a Director. Dr. Urdapilleta is a seasoned health economist, health services researcher, and evaluator with over 20 years of experience.

"Dr. Urdapilleta is a compelling addition to Summit’s thought leadership,” says Dr. Albert Lee, Summit’s Founder. Summit Principal Anthony Curcio adds, "Oswaldo’s appointment will greatly strengthen our expansion into health claims data analytics, evaluation, and related fields. He underscores our commitment to these areas."

September 22, 2016 (Washington, D.C.) – Summit Consulting (Summit) announces that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund has selected the DC-based firm for a long-term contract to provide a range of financial management services for the CDFI Fund's Bond Guarantee Program, including portfolio monitoring and credit risk management support. Summit will work together with its two teaming partners, CoMetrics and Bryant Miller Olive (BMO), to provide these services.  

On July 31, 2016, Summit Senior Consultant Dr. Austin Lasseter will present his study at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) 2016 in Chicago. 

Mr. Anthony Curcio, Summit Principal and federal budgeting expert, will present at the Association of Public Data Users' (APDU's) 2016 Annual Conference: "Using Public Data to Inform Better Decision Making."

The APDU conferece will be held in Alexandria, VA. 

Summit is pleased to congratulate our long-term clients, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS), on receiving a positive review of their subsidy cost estimation process and documentation.

Summit is proud to share that Elizabeth Byerly, Senior Analyst and Data System Architect at Summit Consulting, will present an AMSTAT-sponsored web lecture entitled "Parallel and Cluster Computing with R" on Tuesday, September 27, 2016, from 12:00 P.M.–1:30 P.M. EST.

In June 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) published Summit’s final program evaluation report: “Evaluation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Site-Specific Targeting Program.”