The Department of Defense has established the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office in accordance with the fiscal year 2022 defense bill. AARO is an expansion and a rebrand of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Group, which was established in late 2021 to coordinate government efforts to identify objects of interest in special use airspace. As […]
The Department of Energy has earmarked $96 million for efforts to reduce emissions in the domestic transportation sector. DOE said the investment will advance President Joe Biden’s vision of achieving a net-zero economy by 2050. According to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Biden’s goal requires wider access to electric vehicles as well as the modernization […]
Senators have proposed legislation seeking to protect federal government computers from future quantum computers. The White House published a memo in May warning about the security implications of the technology. A sufficiently powerful quantum computer can defeat current cryptographic techniques used to protect communications, critical infrastructure and financial transactions, the memo read. The bipartisan Quantum […]
VMware announced that its VMware Government Services package of modern applications has attained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Authorization at the High Impact level. FedRAMP is a governmentwide program that provides cybersecurity ratings for cloud-based products and services offered to federal agencies. According to a summary of the program, an Authorized designation entails that […]
Federal agencies have been increasingly shifting their contracting strategy toward category management and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity vehicles, according to Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek and a 2022 Wash100 winner. He said the result is a decrease in the number of unique prime contracting positions despite an overall increase in government spending. Due […]
James Koch serves as the president of federal programs and services at Michael Baker International, a provider of engineering and consulting services. He is responsible for the company’s business with federal clients and setting its strategy for capturing new business. Koch is also in charge of promoting collaboration between the federal team and other areas […]
The U.S. Army has acquired a GMC Hummer EV pickup truck from GM Defense as part of an electric vehicle demonstration effort. GM Defense President Steve duMont, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, said the company’s commercial technologies can be adapted for defense applications. “This award showcases GM Defense’s ability to leverage the best […]
Business analytics company Qlik and Grey Matter Defense Solutions, a software development small business, have landed a five-year U.S. Navy contract to deploy a business intelligence solution for ship maintenance. Under the terms of the $46 million deal, the contractors will implement the Naval Maritime Maintenance Enterprise Solution Business Intelligence Platform in support of the […]
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has modernized its aging acquisition management system. FDIC is an agency tasked with protecting depositors from losses if their insured bank fails. Unison, the software company that enabled the modernization, said it deployed its flagship software-as-a-service solution. Called PRISM, the SaaS management tool is designed to help federal acquisition professionals […]
Conceal, a cybersecurity company formerly known as NetAbstraction, has entered into a distribution partnership with Carahsoft Technology. Carahsoft will make Conceal’s zero trust-enabled cybersecurity platform available to government agencies seeking defenses against ransomware. Conceal Platform is designed to detect cyber threats before they enter a network and isolate suspicious items to prevent malware execution, Conceal […]
