The Department of Labor will provide states with up to $653 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to modernize unemployment insurance information technology systems. The IT upgrades are intended to improve performance, institute proactive anti-fraud measures and streamline claims processing. According to a press release, $600 million will be used to finance enhancements to […]
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division organized a workshop from May 10 to 11 for Multi-SpecTral High-Resolution Imaging and Targeting Sensor, an effort to develop maritime electro-optical/infrared capabilities to expand visibility over multiple targets. According to Office of Naval Research Program Officer Benjamin Conley, the program will also enable long-range situational awareness and targeting. Conley, […]
Northrop Grumman has completed a critical design review for the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability, a planned domain awareness system for the U.S. Space Force. Pablo Pezzimenti, vice president of integrated national systems at Northrop, said the program will advance toward subsystem factory acceptance testing. He explained that DARC will be available across all weather conditions […]
The U.S. Army could require vendors to provide component lists for artificial intelligence algorithms as a security measure. AI bills of materials would function similarly to those for software, providing the government with an understanding of where internal elements originate in the supply chain to minimize risks. Young Bang, the Army’s principal deputy assistant secretary […]
Aerospace and cyber defense manufacturer BlueHalo has teamed up with the University of Maryland’s Matrix Lab and Unmanned Aerial System Research and Operations Center to advance long-range communications and autonomous technologies. According to BlueHalo CEO Jonathan Moneymaker, a 4×24 member and Wash100 awardee, UMD resources will also be used to strengthen national security and build […]
Accenture Federal Services has secured a position on the Internal Revenue Service’s seven-year, $2.6 billion Enterprise Development, Operations Services blanket purchase agreement for systems modernization. The company will compete with Maximus, Booz Allen Hamilton and IBM to support efforts by the IRS’ applications development office to devise new modes of customer interaction. Jessica Powell, managing […]
Peraton Enterprise Solutions has been awarded a spot on the U.S. Postal Service’s seven-year, $2.8 billion Information Technology Solutions indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. USPS seeks enterprise-wide IT support in areas such as strategy and reference architecture, artificial intelligence and machine learning, application development, data center and mainframe operations, multicloud operations, incident management and response and help desk […]
FAST Labs, the research and development organization of BAE Systems, has received a $7 million contract to work on Oversight, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s autonomous space-based target tracking program. DARPA aims to procure a cross-constellation system that maintains continuous custody over a large number of objects. Surveillance technology developed under Oversight will be […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released Special Publication 800-216, a framework for setting policies relating to system vulnerability disclosure, assessment and management. Titled “Recommendations for Federal Vulnerability Disclosure Guidelines,” the document is also meant to address how information about security weaknesses in government information systems is received and disseminated to other agencies […]
Analysis and information management small business Knowesis has secured a spot on the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’s five-year Artificial Intelligence Talent 2.0 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company is expected to provide personal and technical support, such as Agile development, SecDevOps, cybersecurity and risk management, systems engineering, machine learning model development, data science and training programs to […]
