NASA and the European Space Agency have agreed to build a tube depot on Mars that will serve as a backup and house a duplicate set of the Perseverance rover’s igneous and sedimentary rock sample collection. The agencies plan to set up the depot at Three Forks in Jezero Crater where an ancient river delta […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is setting up a new office responsible for growing the CMS open-source software community and facilitating data sharing between different states and government programs. Andrea Fletcher, executive director of digital service at CMS, said open-source software is the key to system interoperability, which will enable improved service delivery […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Acme AtronOmatic a research and development contract to improve the latter’s satellite-enabled weather and environmental intelligence app MyRadar, particularly its capability to detect potential wildfires. Data from the R&D effort would be applied to the company’s planned 250-PocketQube satellite weather data constellation called Hyperspectral Orbital Remote Imaging […]
The Defense Innovation Unit will install electric vehicle charging stations at eight U.S. military bases in partnership with the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and the Army Reserve. The EV chargers will serve government and privately owned vehicles. A yearlong analysis will be conducted following the installation phase to measure the usage, uptime, and […]
Companies that participate in public alert systems, including broadcasters and cable providers, must report unauthorized access to their emergency alert system equipment within 72 hours under the latest rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking after the Federal Emergency Management Agency discovered during the DEF CON hacking […]
Senate lawmakers have proposed space-focused amendments to the chamber’s version of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. The recommended changes aim to achieve sustainable use of outer space and establish international norms, rules and principles applicable to space. Challenges and risks posed by space activities have prompted U.S. agencies and lawmakers to seek […]
Albert Nieves has been serving as the vice president of federal sales at cloud-native security provider Aqua Security since December 2021. When he was appointed to the role, Nieves highlighted the need to educate and support the federal government as it transitions to the cloud because existing security solutions do not protect the cloud-native stack. […]
Indira Rice Donegan serves as senior strategist for data-centric hybrid cloud at NetApp, with a focus on the federal government and the intelligence community. She joined the company in September 2021 after retiring from military service, marking the start of her civilian career. Donegan brings to the company over 20 years of experience serving the […]
Xage Security has partnered with Four Inc. to advance the U.S. government’s adoption of zero trust security. According to Darron Makrokanis, chief revenue officer at Xage and a 4×24 member, Four Inc.’s relationships with government agencies will enable the rapid delivery of Xage’s zero trust approach to the public sector, which is required to embrace the […]
The Food and Drug Administration has awarded Palantir Technologies a $22 million contract under the 21 Forward initiative to implement a modernized, data-driven approach to monitoring disruption in the food supply chain and help the FDA avoid food shortages. Under the contract, Palantir will serve as the central operating platform that gathers data from different […]
