Robert Silvers, the Department of Homeland Security’s policy undersecretary, is calling on the agency to implement artificial intelligence early and aggressively. Silvers and other national security officials assert that the technology can support an information advantage against adversaries, Federal News Network reported Wednesday. Speaking at an Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology conference in Virginia, Silvers […]
Information technology modernization provider Sev1Tech has announced that it will deliver logistics IT integration and support to the U.S. Navy under a five-year, $45 million contract. Capabilities such as maintenance, repair and overhaul; supply chain management; and product lifecycle management will be merged into a system of systems using Agile and DevSecOps approaches, Sev1Tech said. […]
A panel of the cross-sector working group Enduring Security Framework has published a report detailing ways multifactor authentication and single sign-on technology vendors can address challenges in their offerings. The report’s authors observed that increased multi-computer use has led to the emergence of potential access management and identity verification exploits, the National Security Agency said […]
The Department of the Treasury has invited industry to provide input on a draft blanket purchase agreement for a multiple-award program to acquire enterprise-wide cybersecurity services. Vendors for the Providing Treasury Enterprise Cybersecurity Technology and Services program are expected to deliver architecture, engineering and management services to the security operations centers within internal bureaus and […]
Virginia-based Airbus U.S. Space & Defense has named Mary Griggs and Thomas Todd to its board of directors. They are designated as outside directors and members of the Government Security Committee, Airbus said Tuesday. Robert Geckle, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense’s chairman and CEO, a 2023 Wash100 winner and a 4×24 member, said he would […]
Information technology solutions distributor Carahsoft Technology has received the Americas Public Sector System Integrator Partner of the Year award from data cloud company Snowflake. Awarded during the annual Snowflake Summit, the recognition signifies a commitment to sales support and contracts expertise, Carahsoft said Tuesday. Steve Jacyna, Carahsoft’s Snowflake team director and a 4×24 member, credited […]
McLean, Virginia-based Booz Allen Hamilton announced that it will support space-based missile warning, surveillance and environmental monitoring activities for the U.S. Space Force as part of a seven-year, $630 million contract awarded by the service branch. Work will include engineering space sensing systems and integrating the $14.4 billion Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program, Booz […]
Seven companies have won spots on a potential 66-month, $476 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity NASA contract to deliver Earth observation data and related services. The Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition program is meant to support Earth science research and application efforts, NASA said Monday. It is intended to be a cost-effective way to complement observations collected by the […]
The Department of Commerce has updated the International Trade Administration’s Semiconductor Alert Mechanism, a system to support the government’s understanding of supply chain interruptions. The Semiconductor Alert Mechanism allows microelectronics makers to share information on ongoing disruptions to improve government efforts to mitigate delays, Nextgov/FCW reported. Heather Evans, the department’s deputy assistant secretary for manufacturing, […]
The U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command has adopted a data continuum framework to support decision-making by defining types of data analytics based on complexity. The framework breaks data analytics down into descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive approaches. Selecting the proper method depends on the issue being addressed, available timelines and the desired action, the Army […]
