Patrick Towbin, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, serves as the vice president of infrastructure and energy solutions at Siemens Government Technologies, a provider of Siemens products, technologies and software to the U.S. government. Towbin has over two decades of experience in energy services for commercial and federal customers. He is credited with leading […]
Federal government agencies are required to meet several energy and water management goals. The federal government and some states have taken it on themselves to lead by example by retrofitting public buildings and implementing energy efficiency operations and maintenance procedures, the Department of Energy said. To achieve its energy conservation mandates, the federal government partners with energy […]
The General Services Administration has re-awarded its 2nd Generation Information Technology blanket purchase agreements to more than 70 companies, of which 50 are small businesses. The 2GIT BPAs have a total value of about $5.5 billion over five years. They will be available for use by all federal government agencies, GSA said Tuesday. “2GIT will […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has published a set of ethical principles for accessing and using veteran data. The nine principles are aimed at upholding data privacy and protection standards in the national distribution of coronavirus vaccines and other critical health care services during the pandemic, VA said Monday. “VA’s principle-based ethics framework takes a […]
IBM has announced that Red Hat software is now available on IBM Power Systems, a family of server computers built for modern analytics and high-performance computing. The brand now includes Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Power Virtual Server, Red Hat Runtimes and the new Red Hat Ansible Content Collections. The new offerings are aimed at […]
Viasat announced that it has become an accredited provider under the Department of Homeland Security’s Enhanced Cybersecurity Services program. Accredited providers are authorized to receive sensitive and classified cyber threat intelligence for use in defending U.S.-based public and private computer networks, Viasat said Monday. Ken Peterman, president of government systems at Viasat, said ECS intelligence […]
The Air Force has tapped industry for ways to make the B-2 Spirit intercontinental bomber more resilient against future electromagnetic pulse attacks. Brian Brackens, spokesman for Air Force Materiel Command, said the service requested a “capabilities package” from companies capable of producing the needed technologies, Military .com reported Monday. “The B-2 system program office is […]
Raytheon Intelligence & Space said it will participate in a study to modernize the U.S. Space Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellites. The AEHF system was designed to relay secure communications for the militaries of the United States and its allies. Its component satellites and ground systems are more than a decade old and […]
Knowledge Services, a provider of government workforce management solutions, has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Ready status. The company is now listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace. The designation applies to dotStaff, a proprietary cloud software-as-a-service offering that serves as a government vendor management system, Knowledge Services said Monday. Since its launch in 2003, […]
Cubic’s mission and performance solutions business unit has signed an agreement with Alea for the joint development of public safety and tactical broadband solutions. The partnership will take advantage of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project’s Mission-Critical Push-To-Talk specifications for communications over LTE, Cubic said. “This exciting new partnership further enables us to provide standards-based critical […]
