Signal officers belonging to the 1st Theater Sustainment Command Operational Command Post have almost completed establishing a communication system throughout the 1st TSC Alternate Command Post. Located within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, the alternate command post is an air base that functions as a secondary location from which the 1st TSC OCP […]
The Internal Revenue Service is seeking comments from industry regarding its proposed plan to enter into a contract with a managed service provider for a $1.7 billion update of its hybrid cloud Integrated Enterprise Portals platform. Users internal and external to the IRS, including taxpayers, tax-preparers, employees and contractors, rely on these web portals to […]
Rep. Rob Wittman has urged the U.S. military to consider the use of small, inexpensive unmanned systems to fill the capability gaps that may emerge between the time when old systems retire and when the services fully rebuild their inventory. The House Armed Services Committee has agreed to retire old ships and aircraft due to […]
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has received roughly 1,447 written comments as a response to a request for feedback for its artificial intelligence accountability policy. The NTIA issued a request for comment in April as part of the commitment of President Biden’s administration to managing the possible risks brought by AI while the government […]
The Federal Trade Commission may require 1health, previously known as Vitagene, to pay $75,000 for consumer refunds as part of a proposed settlement with the agency concerning the company’s alleged failure to protect sensitive customer genetic and health data. The FTC accused 1health of storing sensitive consumer and raw genetic data on a publicly accessible […]
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved three cybersecurity bills introduced by Sen. Gary Peters, including the Department of Homeland Security International Cyber Partner Act. Peters’ office said that under current authority, the ability of the DHS to respond to requests from foreign countries for cybersecurity assistance could be delayed. Under the […]
The U.S. Space Force has extended by another year the three contracts it awarded to Palantir amounting to $110.3 million to provide the agency with data-as-a-service capabilities to include cloud-based solutions for data management, analytics and other data-related capabilities. Palantir has provided cloud platform and analytics services to the Space Force since 2021 under the […]
Edgewater Federal Solutions has secured a $138 million Information Technology Professional Engineering and Support Services contract from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The contract requires the provision of enterprise information technology and professional engineering support to the FBI’s Information Technology Infrastructure Division for a period of five years. The FBI needs reliable IT infrastructure systems […]
A project team investigating quantum constructs with the aim of revolutionizing precision weapons won the 2024 Applied Research for Advancement of Science and Technology Priorities program award. The Army Research Laboratory-led project team’s proposal was one of the nine submissions received by the committee for this year’s ARAP award competition. ARAP is a three-year, $45 […]
Multiple federal agencies including the Department of Energy and various private companies and organizations have reported breaches in an ongoing global cyberattack by Russian cybercriminals. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the cybercriminals have exploited a vulnerability in MOVEit, a managed file transfer software used worldwide to provide visibility and control over file transfer […]
