Vaughn Noga, chief information officer of the Environmental Protection Agency, shared the EPA’s approach to information technology modernization during his appearance on the Federal Monthly Insights radio show. According to Noga, the agency is continuously evaluating IT systems and applications and is looking for more efficient and cost-effective solutions to aid its operations. Noga said […]
The Department of Homeland Security is launching a new office to promote better data integration with other agencies. The proposed Office of the Chief Data Officer will ensure that data between agencies are interoperable and easily shareable by default, according to DHS Chief Information Officer Eric Hysen. Some of the office’s priority data domains are […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is conducting pilot programs to aggregate cloud logs across multiple departments and agencies in an attempt to better monitor threat activity. Speaking at an FCW-hosted event, CISA Chief Technology Officer Brian Gattoni said the agency is experimenting with endpoint visibility capabilities, with the goal of closing visibility gaps in […]
Curtiss-Wright has received a contract from Scientific Research Corporation to provide a new recorder system for the military’s T-6 Texan II trainer aircraft. The company will equip the trainer aircraft with its Fortress CVR25 recorder, a solution that combines cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder capabilities. Designed for military fixed and rotary wing platforms, […]
Bill Nelson, a three-term Democratic senator from Florida, has been formally appointed as NASA administrator following a unanimous consent agreement from the Senate. His confirmation came less than six weeks after his nomination was announced by the White House. Nelson will take over from Steve Jurczyk, who served as acting administrator for a little over […]
NetImpact Strategies has earned an elite partner status with ServiceNow, a Santa Clara, California-based software company. ServiceNow granted the status to NetImpact after it complied with all the necessary elite partner certification requirements. The designation is awarded in recognition of a company’s implementation expertise, successful enterprise-scale implementations and exceptional customer satisfaction scores, NetImpact said. According […]
President Joe Biden is looking to nominate Frank Kendall as the next secretary of the Air Force. Kendall is a former top Department of Defense official who served as the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics under the Obama administration, Nextgov reported Wednesday. In that role, he was tasked with increasing the DOD’s […]
John Scimone works for Dell Technologies as its chief security officer and senior vice president. In his role, Scimone is responsible for the company’s global corporate security program. He also leads the company’s global crisis management and business continuity efforts and provides security risk advice to customers, according to his LinkedIn profile. In addition to […]
Daniel Payne serves as the chief security officer and a senior vice president at ManTech International. Payne handles ManTech’s security strategy and leads efforts to ensure end-to-end protection for customer systems and information. He oversees a team of security professionals that fulfill U.S. government contracts requiring access to classified information, according to his company profile. […]
The Cloud Computing Program Office within the Defense Information Systems Agency has completed pilots for its DOD Cloud Infrastructure as Code project. The IaC initiative, which began in March, provides end users across the Department of Defense with secure, preconfigured and pre-authorized cloud environments for faster cloud deployments. Microsoft and Amazon Web Services are under […]
