The Internal Revenue Service has awarded Maximus a seven-year, $2.6 billion blanket purchase agreement for infrastructure modernization support services. Under the Enterprise Development, Operations Services BPA, Maximus will compete for task orders and provide development, modernization and enhancement services in support of the IRS’ efforts to deliver improved customer service to taxpayers. The end goal […]
The Office of Personnel and Management is slated to release its IT strategy for fiscal years 2023 to 2026. OPM Chief Information Officer Guy Cavallo said the focus areas in the upcoming strategy build on OPM’s strategic plan released in 2022 and the data strategy released in March. He added that one of the focus […]
The chief of the U.S. Space Command said the U.S. military should invest in space-based technologies to stay abreast with new technologies and capabilities. Speaking at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual LANPAC conference, Gen. James Dickinson, who spoke at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2nd Annual Industrial Space Defense Summit in May 2022, said […]
Security information and event management technology provider Securonix has added Chris Inglis to its strategic advisory board. Inglis, the first U.S. national cyber director and a 2022 Wash100 winner, will join five other cybersecurity, national security, business and technology experts. Former National Security Agency Director Mike McConnell and former NSA advisory board member Robert Rose […]
Oracle Cerner and the Department of Veterans Affairs have renegotiated a $10 billion contract for the agency’s electronic health record modernization program. The restructured contract changes the option period to five one-year terms and adds a provision that allows the VA to receive larger monetary credits if Oracle Cerner fails to meet requirements. The original […]
A Joint Chiefs of Staff official said the Department of Defense is pursuing a version of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept that focuses on interoperability. Lt. Gen. Mary O’Brien, director of C4 and cyber and Joint Staffs J6 chief information officer, said during the Potomac Officers Club’s 4th Annual CIO Summit that the […]
The U.S. Army is planning the Armored Formation Network On-the-Move Pilot, an experiment designed to test networking technologies for potential installation on armored vehicles. John Gillette, program manager for mission network at the Army Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical, said the exercise will help the service install the best networking equipment for […]
The Government Accountability Office said the Department of Transportation needs to improve its cybersecurity policy implementation. According to a GAO report, the DOT implemented cybersecurity policies and established roles and responsibilities for officials managing cyber policies. The GAO said while the department reviewed its cybersecurity programs for its component agencies, it did not use the […]
The U.S. Space Force’s vice chief of space operations said the U.S. Congress is supporting priority projects the service listed in its fiscal year 2024 budget request. Gen. David Thompson, a speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s “Space: Innovations, Programs & Policies Summit” event in 2017, said during a Space Force Association event that no […]
The U.S. Army is planning to expand a program involving small, uncrewed aircraft to allow them to be launched from multiple platforms. The initial launched effects prototype was originally designed to be deployed from air-based platforms, but the Army is now considering launching the effects from the ground and other vehicles. The Army is also […]
