Thomas Harker has been appointed as acting comptroller for the Department of Defense following the departure of Elaine McCusker, another temporary comptroller, on June 26, a DoD spokesman said. He will be tasked with handling the DoD’s finances in conjunction with fulfilling his role as the assistant Navy secretary for financial management and comptroller until […]
The Customs and Border Protection is looking to acquire industry solutions to promote a cost-effective means of rapidly standardizing its hybrid cloud environment. According to Ed Mays, executive director of the enterprise data management and engineering directorate at CBP, a standardized cloud computing platform will improve the CBP’s interoperability capabilities, particularly its use of […]
The Air Force has announced the 18 companies that have received the second wave of contracts for the Advanced Battle Management System, all of which amount to a maximum value of $950M. The second batch of AMBS contractors includes Accenture Federal Services, Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Black River Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, CAE USA Mission […]
Arvind Krishna, chief executive officer of IBM, considers hybrid cloud computing and artificial intelligence as the two driving forces behind rapid digital transformations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at IBM’s Think Gov digital event, Krishna noted that the rate at which hybrid cloud and AI are being adopted has increased, as organizations aim to speed […]
Chitra Sivanandam, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, has been serving as the vice president of analytics and simulation for Science Applications International Corporation since July 2018. With more than 25 years of experience, Sivanandam has gained expertise in the development, operations, and execution of technologies and business models. Sivanandam is an executive-level subject […]
Thomas Walters has been leading the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers as its director for nearly three years. In the said role, Walters leads the FLETC in preparing the country’s federal law enforcement professionals to fulfill their duties across the country and around the world. Under Walters’ leadership, the centers provide the training needs of […]
Timothy F. Bishop was appointed as the acting program executive officer for the Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation in June. His current role requires oversight of the PEO STRI’s $2.65B systems portfolio deployed across 125 locations and 335K training devices fielded in 19 foreign countries and 480 sites worldwide. Bishop also […]
The Naval Information Warfare Center has tapped ECS to develop a legacy data consolidation solution prototype that would facilitate the Defense Health Agency’s transition to a new military health system electronic health record initiative, called MHS Genesis. Under the terms of the cost-plus-fixed-fee, other transactional authority contract, ECS will develop a cloud-native prototype that will […]
Everbridge, a cloud and software-as-a-service provider dedicated to critical event management and public warning, has secured an agency authorization renewal from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company’s suite of platform and products was deemed compliant with the 325 controls in the FedRAMP Moderate baseline and was cleared for the rigorous security and […]
The Cyber Threat Alliance has signed a cooperative working agreement with the Center for Internet Security to share threat intelligence, coordinate during cybersecurity emergencies and collaborate on cybersecurity exercises. The partnership is geared toward fostering analytical exchanges on specific threats, risks, trends, cyber incidents, reports, and research of mutual interest on an as-needed basis. Michael […]
