NTT DATA's federal services subsidiary has won a $23.3M task order to provide cybersecurity services to the Cybersecurity Division of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The task order was awarded under the company's General Services Administration multiple-award schedule contract, Intelligence Community News reported. Under the terms of the task order, […]
Professional services provider Caliburn has named technology industry veteran Robert Stalick as its new president of engineering and technology. Stalick will serve as a member of Caliburn's executive leadership team and will oversee the company's investments in engineering and technology tools. He will also oversee the upcoming launch of Caliburn's suite of engineering technologies, the […]
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google, Oracle and IBM have received spots on the CIA's Commercial Cloud Enterprise contract. The five contactors may now compete for task orders issued by the CIA on behalf of the Intelligence Community's 17 agencies. The contract could be worth “tens of billions” of dollars based on past procurement documents, Nextgov […]
Cybersecurity and risk management provider RSA said its RSA SecurID Access solution has achieved Federal Risk Authorization Management Program “In-Process” status. Federal agencies and public-sector organizations may now use RSA's cloud authentication service and use RSA SecurID Access to advance their cloud-first efforts, the company said. “Government agencies increasingly need to support the workforce through […]
NT Concepts, a technology integrator focused on national security, said it has achieved ISO 9001:2015 for its quality management system. Developed by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 9001:2015 recognizes an organization's ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements. “The NT Concepts culture is built on a commitment to […]
DLT Solutions, a Tech Data company, has partnered with IBM to offer hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence, security and other software solutions to the public sector. IBM's selection of technology solutions have been added to DLT's Cloud Navigator partner program, which the latter said takes advantage of its position as a government solutions aggregator and cloud […]
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord said she is confident that the defense industrial base will remain open despite the increasing number of coronavirus cases in the sector. Lord, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the defense industry's safety measures throughout the pandemic has allowed the sector to avoid the […]
LMI has named seasoned health care policy expert Christine Cocrane, a Potomac Officers Club member, as its new vice president of management advisory services. Cocrane will oversee a practice of more than 600 policy analysts, project and program managers, strategic communicators, financial experts, science and technology professionals, and change management consultants. She succeeded fellow POC member […]
Government agencies may tap the Office of Management and Budget's newly established Information Technology Vendor Management Office for help in procuring IT, including artificial intelligence, the federal chief procurement officer said. Michael Wooten, administrator of the OMB's Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said ITVMO will provide agencies with the resources and expertise they need to […]
The Army is working to working to establish common standards to make it faster for systems to translate data from one machine to another. Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher, network modernization director at Army Futures Command, said a “data fabric” would allow otherwise incompatible machines to send and receive complete packs of data. “Everybody, every decision-maker […]
