The Department of the Air Force has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a $112 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the Advanced Battle Management System program. SAIC will provide agile DevSecOps and portfolio and product management for ABMS cloud-based command and control, supporting the platform’s tactical C2 kill chains. The capability will be initially delivered to […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking industry input for a governance framework for the National Semiconductor Technology Center. According to a sources sought notice posted on SAM .gov, NIST needs qualified contractors that would work on policy, technical and analytical support necessary to create the NSTC framework. The contractors would also establish […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Duality Technologies a multimillion-dollar, phase II Data Protection in Virtual Environments program contract. Duality will integrate new capabilities for privacy-protected machine learning developments under the DPRIVE program into its secure data collaboration platform. The capabilities are expected to allow customers to apply data science and machine learning […]
The Department of the Interior has lax cybersecurity practices that leave it vulnerable to phishing scams and hacks, the agency’s Office of the Inspector General found. The OIG said in a report that it was able to crack over 18,000 out of nearly 86,000 active passwords, including those from accounts with elevated privileges and over […]
NASA has selected experimental space technology concepts from 14 researchers to proceed with early-stage studies. The 14 programs will receive $175,000 grants under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts, a program that funds initial stage studies to see if proposed technologies could support future missions. Ten of the 14 organizations are first-time NIAC funding recipients. The […]
Steve Frazier, a Potomac Officers Club member, is the executive manager for Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps account, a position he has held since February 2020. Frazier has over 22 years of experience in professional services, cloud computing, enterprise software and software-as-a-service solutions delivery. He has been providing services to defense […]
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will launch a new program focused on building tools that would help intelligence analysts prepare better reports. Through the Rapid Explanation, Analysis and Sourcing Online program, IARPA will tap teams to develop artificial intelligence-driven software that can automatically generate recommendations or comments on any report that an analyst is […]
The National Labor Relations Board seeks to modernize its legal case management system and is seeking industry input regarding the matter. According to a request for information posted on SAM .gov, NLRB will use the industry feedback to develop an acquisition strategy. The RFI also stated that key systems will be in an operations and […]
The 2023 omnibus funding bill includes a provision that gives the Federal Citizen Services Fund a new tool that allows agencies to transfer money to the General Services Administration for technological efforts. Experts say the new tool could help the FCFS fund existing programs and cross-agency customer experience work. According to the omnibus bill, the […]
The U.S. Army‘s chief information officer has announced that he will step down from his position but has not given an exact date for his departure. Raj Iyer, a 2022 Wash100 winner, announced his departure through a LinkedIn post on Jan. 4, saying he has completed his tasks as Army CIO. In the LinkedIn post, […]
