Guidehouse has announced that the U.S. Agency for International Development awarded the company a prime position on the multi-year, $2.2 billion Global Health Comprehensive Technical Assistance for Health Supply Chain and Pharmaceutical Management contract. Alicia Harkness, lead official of Guidehouse Health, said the company has the expertise in private and public sector supply chains that […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency and the FBI released new guidance to help water and wastewater systems operators and owners fend off cyberthreats. The guidance highlights four stages of cyberthreat incident response: preparation; detection and analysis; containment, eradication and recovery; and post-incident activities. For each stage, WWS sector organizations are […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce has launched Consolidated Pathfinder, a limited-term project to support the agency’s Traffic Coordinator System for Space. Under Consolidated Pathfinder, NOAA tasked Pennsylvania-based company COMSPOC to provide orbit determination services. The agency also placed orders with the California-based companies LeoLabs and Slingshot Aerospace to provide space […]
Software company Thentia has announced that it is partnering with Amazon Web Services to improve the Thentia Cloud software-as-a-service platform. Julian Cardarelli, CEO of Thentia, said the partnership will ensure that Thentia Cloud will be accessible through AWS, making it easier for public sector users to access the platform. The partnership will also allow AWS […]
The Commerce Data Governance Board, under the Department of Commerce, has launched the Artificial Intelligence and Open Government Data Assets Working Group, an entity tasked with creating guidelines for publishing commerce data that can be used by generative AI technologies. The working group will investigate generative AI’s ability to advance the department’s goal to “expand […]
The Federal Trade Commission will participate in the Global Cooperation Agreement for Privacy Enforcement, an international agreement for data privacy and security for commerce-related investigations and enforcement actions. Under Global CAPE, the FTC will have the chance to cooperate with other members on privacy- and data security-related law enforcement issues, as well as share information […]
The Department of the Navy has awarded Noblis Mission Solutions for Defense a $93 million-plus contract for fleet support services. Under the NAVSEA PMS 339 Fleet Introduction contract, Noblis MSD will continue providing administrative, logistics, personnel, commissioning, network administration and database development services. Mile Corrigan, president and CEO of Noblis, a past Wash100 awardee and […]
The Department of Energy has announced a $30 million funding initiative focused on integrating cybersecurity measures into clean energy solutions. The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response is interested in several cybersecurity-related topic areas, including forensic analysis for renewable energy field devices, cyberthreat identification and mitigation for inverter-based resources, inter-organizational communications among energy […]
NASA has transmitted a laser beam from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to India’s Vikram lander located on the lunar surface. On Dec. 12, the orbiter pointed its laser altimeter toward Vikram, located near the Manzinus crater on the moon’s South Pole. The laser was received by NASA’s Laser Retroreflector Array aboard Vikram after traveling around […]
Verizon Frontline has launched an innovation program designed to explore 5G-enabled technologies supporting first-response organizations. The Verizon Frontline Innovation Program will see the company and first responders identify, test and develop solutions in four areas: preparation, response, recovery and mitigation. Jason Mitchell, an associate director with the Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team, said the program […]
