The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has partnered with Google to explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning can enhance the use of satellite and environmental data. NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service signed a three-year other transaction authority with Google to pilot specific AI and machine learning projects. Their goal is to […]
Chris Vaughan serves as the Federal Emergency Management Agency's first-ever geospatial information officer, a role he has held for over eight years. In the said position, Vaughan envisioned and established the Response Geospatial Office, which provides strategy and guidance for FEMA's 10 regional offices and their proposed Regional Geospatial Resource Centers. He took advantage of […]
Gary Blohm serves as the director of the Army Geospatial Center, a major subordinate command of the Army Corps of Engineers. Blohm has held the role since August 2018. The AGC is the Army's center for geospatial expertise, providing geospatial information reach-back capability to field units. As director, Blohm is responsible for supporting the operations, […]
The Department of Homeland Security is exploring ways to use the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification standards in its own supply chain, according to a top official. Thresa Lang, DHS' acting chief information security officer and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the department is conducting pilots that include standards from […]
The Army has tapped the Department of Defense for artificial intelligence solutions that can fix faults in its legacy financial management systems. According to DoD, the Army has multiple aging systems that are prone to communicating inconsistent data to other systems, creating problems that require human intervention. “One of our consistent issues within Army financial […]
Atlas Research has joined the Digital Mobilizations Inc. team tasked to complete a $990M contract to help the Air Force manage and execute enterprise-level transformation efforts. DMI leads a team that won a spot on the five-year Air Force Strategic Transformation Support contract. Atlas Chief Growth Officer Young Bang, a Potomac Officers Club member, said […]
The Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and Defense Innovation Unit have partnered to use AI algorithms to create new medical diagnostic techniques and improve health data management. As part of a project called Predictive Health, JAIC and DIU developed an augmented reality microscope that detects cancer cell types through cloud-based digital images. “This […]
The remaining documents of the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 guidance will round out the government's efforts to support multiple architectures for agencies' network security, according to an official. TIC program Director Sean Connelly said such use cases were first outlined in an Office of Management and Budget memo finalized in September 2019. “Even when those […]
The General Services Administration has awarded REI Systems a task order to provide development, operations and maintenance services for the Integrated Award Environment and System for Award Management. Work will be done under GSA's Chief Information Officer Modernization and Enterprise Transformation blanket purchase agreement, which is a five-year information technology initiative designed to support the […]
The Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Perspecta Labs $25M in new work to improve the security of 5G networks. Perspecta's applied research division will support DARPA's Open, Programmable, Secure 5G program. The two awards would have a four-year period of performance if all options are exercised. “While emerging mobile wireless […]
