The National Archives and Records Administration is harnessing the processing capabilities and storage offered by cloud-based resources to facilitate its transition from paper to electronic records. NARA is pursuing a path to paperless electronic recordkeeping in compliance with a memorandum issued by the Office of Management and Budget in 2019. The OMB proposed the paperless […]
Palantir Technologies has secured a contract from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences to continue supporting the centralized data enclave for COVID-19 clinical research. Work falls under a two-year, $59.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and advances the National COVID Cohort Collaborative program. The N3C Data Enclave consolidates global COVID-19 health records, […]
CGI has received the Data Transformation of Foundational Military Intelligence task order from the Defense Intelligence Agency. Work under the potential five-year task will enable the DIA to more effectively process intelligence, military and infrastructure data. The goal is to help analysts better evaluate, document and integrate the agency’s foundational military intelligence, CGI said Tuesday. […]
An inspector general report called out the U.S. Army for inappropriate cyber planning with regards to the newly deployed Capability Set 21 Integrated Tactical Network. The report, which analyzed vulnerabilities associated with capabilities purchased under the Middle Tier Acquisition pathway, said the Army officials responsible for CS21 did not conduct a cyber-adversarial assessment and had […]
Hyperspace Challenge, a business accelerator funded by the U.S. Space Force, has selected 24 finalists, including universities and startups, for its 2021 prize competition. The finalists will take part in a virtual pitch competition on Dec. 2, where they will present technology concepts to support various space technology areas. Winners will share $100,000 in awards. […]
Talent acquisition is a challenge for the government, with human resources departments having to deal with rising retirement and stiff competition with the private sector, according to an article from Governing. A study conducted by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence revealed a dramatic shift in retirement trends between the 2008 recession and […]
Jim Donnelly currently serves as a managing director for Centerstone Executive Search and Consulting, a Washington, D.C.-based firm offering c-suite level recruitment, outplacement and executive transition services, board services, assessments and executive coaching. Donnelly became part of the firm in February 2018. He was brought on board to lead the aerospace, defense and security industries […]
Mercedes LeGrand is a managing director at Raines International, an executive search and leadership consulting firm headquartered in New York. LeGrand is the head of the firm’s industrial and emerging technology practice and one of the leaders of its aerospace and defense and government services practice, according to her LinkedIn profile. She joined Raines International […]
Paul Brubaker, the deputy chief information officer for the Account Management Office at the Department of Veterans Affairs, said at a recent media roundtable that adopting a no-fail mindset has enabled the agency to address various technological demands amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Brubaker, the agency was set on staying ahead of challenges, whether […]
The Department of Homeland Security has made little progress toward modernizing its components’ financial management systems, according to a government official. Financial management is one of the department’s key weaknesses per the Government Accountability Office’s High Risk List, which highlights operations that are vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. According to Chris Currie, director […]
