Red Hat has announced that its OpenShift Service has received an “in-process” designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, indicating that the company is working to achieve proper authorization in collaboration with a federal agency or the Joint Authorization Board. OpenShift is an Amazon Web Services GovCloud platform for creating, modernizing and deploying […]
Rep. Matt Cartwright has led the introduction of the House of Representatives version of the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act, which he said would simplify how the government acquires software. The proposed SAMOSA Act would require software licenses to be unified across federal agencies and compel cost and volume reviews by […]
FireHUD has won a $200,000 Phase 1 other transaction authority award from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate for the development of a rugged armband meant to protect against injuries to first responders and industrial workers by collecting physiological information to address health issues. S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program solicited FireHUD’s services […]
The Small Business Innovation Research Program at the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has issued a presolicitation notice detailing seven topics for research and development work. Interested parties are permitted to review and ask questions about the subject areas, which cover emerging cybersecurity tools and processes such as real-time cyberattack detection, air […]
The Department of the Air Force has awarded SandboxAQ a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 contract for post-quantum cryptographic inventory analysis and performance benchmarking. Specifically, the deal calls for a feasibility study to identify what programs can support the Air Force to evaluate its cryptographic security posture and establish a framework to defend against […]
David Pekoske, the head of the Transportation Security Administration, said at a recent Aspen Institute event that efforts are underway to build a new set of cybersecurity requirements for the aviation industry following denial-of-service attacks by Russia-allied hackers on U.S. airport systems in October. He did not share details on the rules’ contents or a […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory kicked off construction of the $4.5 million Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems in a Nov. 16 groundbreaking ceremony. Situated next to the Space Vehicles Directorate Deployable Structures Laboratory, the FORTRESS facility is intended to be a venue for developing resilient electronic components for […]
The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to roll out the Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Provider Suite, a new contracting vehicle intended to simplify how its subagencies source infrastructure hosting services. Under ECLIPS, four to eight vendors would receive single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with five-year base periods, FCW reported. Among the capabilities sought are infrastructure, platform and […]
The Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service has entered into a five-year, $54 million agreement with Tyler Technologies for the Case Management Development Platform, a low-code application development system intended to enable agencies to deploy business process management applications tailored to their requirements. The contract award extends ongoing services for the State Department, which has […]
The National Reconnaissance Office has issued a request for proposals for off-the-shelf solutions to support studies on implementing hyperspectral imaging, a method for determining an object or surface area’s material composition. The solicitation is part of an ongoing agency initiative to enlist the private sector’s services for space technologies. An NRO representative said a contract […]
