Kristyn Jones, assistant secretary of the Air Force for financial management and comptroller and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, has met with airmen and guardians in the Indo-Pacific to identify their needs and the challenges they face in responding to the challenge posed by China. According to Jones, who also performs the duties […]
Sonny Hashmi, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration, said the GSA is working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to build a common set of controls for Login .gov that validate digital identities, noting the importance of the identity authentication platform to the digital transformation of federal […]
The Department of Defense has issued new guidance for procuring digital assets. DOD Chief Information Officer John Sherman approved the document, titled Acquisition of Digital Capabilities, which superseded the guidance issued in 2020 for purchasing information technology. Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Tim Gorman said the revised guidance consolidates IT policy requirements to ensure the acquisition […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s advisory committee is exploring ways to enhance the cyber resilience of critical infrastructure. In a recent interview, CISA Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan said reducing systemic risks to critical infrastructure is among the agency’s priorities for 2023. The Cybersecurity Advisory Committee met in March and discussed its efforts to help […]
NASA has awarded Texas-based Osi Vision a potential five-year, $60 million contract to support and develop courses for the agency’s Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership Knowledge Services. The contract, awarded through the Technical Workforce Education and Expertise Development Services program, has a one-year base and four one-year and one six-month option periods. Besides course […]
The United States Postal Service has awarded Verizon Business a potential $10-year, $145.7 million contract to support the agency’s migration to a new cloud platform. The cloud transition will enable USPS to speed up its integration of artificial intelligence capabilities for providing better responses to inquiries, thereby enhancing customer satisfaction, Verizon said. According to Maggie […]
The Department of Defense confirmed that Air Force Maj. Gen. Heath Collins, the current program executive officer for Ground-Based Weapons Systems at the Missile Defense Agency, has been selected as the next MDA director. Collins has served in his current role since August 2022, according to his LinkedIn profile. As PEO, he manages the Ground-Based […]
The Space Systems Command is conducting market research to identify potential sources of a spacecraft bus for military weather satellites and support services for integrating a weather sensor. A request for information was posted as the SSC determines whether it will acquire more satellites under its Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather Systems program. In 2022, the U.S. Space […]
The Government Accountability Office said the Department of Homeland Security has yet to implement all previously issued recommendations for modernizing or replacing its critical legacy systems and other tools supporting financial, biometric identity and grants management. In a new report, GAO said DHS attempted to develop a modern financial management system for the U.S. Coast […]
Young Bang, the U.S. Army’s principal deputy acquisition chief and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the service will test a new software upgrade method similar to how iPhone software is updated. Speaking at the Army’s semi-annual Technical Exchange conference, Bang said program executive offices are responsible for fielding software but the Army […]
