Carahsoft Technology will distribute SentientDB, a cloud-based database platform as a service from Verge Technologies, to public sector customers as part of a new partnership. Verge CEO Jimmy Jobe said the product addresses the government’s real-time connectivity and data retrieval needs using artificial intelligence. SentientDB is aimed at providing hybrid and convergent cloud database management […]
Kelly Fletcher, the Department of State’s chief information officer, recently shared that robotic process automation has sped up time-consuming internal processes such as the monthly creation of financial statements. Speaking at a FedScoop event Wednesday, she said that such documents can now be put together in a matter of days instead of months. Fletcher added […]
Royce Geo has affirmed support for its five-year Economic Indicator Monitoring contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which raised the deal’s ceiling from $29 million to $60 million. The Arlington, Virginia-based GEOINT provider will continue processing open-source and commercial satellite data in support of NGA requirements. NGA’s EIM contract is meant to enable the rapid […]
The President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology has established a working group dedicated to strengthening U.S. network protection and recovery capabilities against cyberattacks and is seeking public feedback to determine how to accomplish that task. PCAST wants to be informed on assessment methods for interconnected digital systems, investments to maintain resiliency and approaches […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has started the first phase of Oversight, which is aimed at enabling military personnel to monitor up to 1,000 targets of interest using satellites. According to Program Manager Lael Rudd at the DARPA Tactical Technology Office, Oversight could reduce the number of operators required to track multiple targets at […]
The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command in Huntsville, Alabama, has awarded a single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for information technology modernization support to Koniag Management Solutions, a subsidiary of Koniag Government Services. KGS CEO Kevin Wideman, a 4×24 member, said his company is looking forward to contributing to such efforts. USASAC seeks assistance with operationalizing its IT modernization […]
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center has awarded three contracts worth a combined $8 million to Mississippi State University for the development of additive manufacturing and other technologies to optimize the military supply chain. The deals have a period of performance of three years and a maximum value of up to $24 million. […]
Doug Wade, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency’s China Mission Group, emphasized the importance of collaboration with the public, private and academic sectors to achieve enhanced data collection and analysis capabilities. He said at a media event Tuesday that his organization has already onboarded data specialists to improve analytics usage, adding that artificial intelligence […]
The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to integrate Login .gov on its website as a security measure for users looking to access tax documents and make payments. The General Services Administration-developed identity verification service is already used as a sign-on option for two IRS programs. The tax collection agency originally partnered with ID .me to […]
The National Sanitation Foundation International Strategic Registrations has been designated a third-party assessment organization for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, allowing it to evaluate whether prospective Department of Defense contractors have complied with certain controlled unclassified information protection requirements. CMMC compliance is meant to assist defense industry companies with meeting contractual cybersecurity requirements, NSF-ISR said. The […]
