The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services only considers cloud migration as a jumping-off point for future modernization efforts, according to officials from the agency. Bobby Saxon, deputy director of CMS’ Office of Information Technology, said the agency thinks of modernization as a constant process and not as a one-time project, GovernmentCIO Media & Research […]
The Census Bureau could have done better in mitigating a cybersecurity incident that affected its servers in January 2020, according to a federal auditor. Hackers targetted the bureau’s remote access servers, which staffers use to access production, development and lab networks. System personnel said the servers are not linked to the ones used for the […]
NASA has awarded Leidos a potential $270 million contract to provide science and operations support at the Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California. Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services 2 is a single-award cost-plus-fixed-fee contract that includes a two-year base period of performance and three one-year option periods, Leidos said Thursday. As one of […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $981.66 thousand contract to Device Solutions to develop a public safety one-way digital paging system. Device Solutions will create a secure and standards-based product under the terms of the Phase II Small Business Innovation Research award, DHS said Tuesday. Kathryn Coulter Mitchell, the senior DHS official performing […]
Robert Liscouski has been serving as the president, CEO and chairman of Quantum Computing Inc. since February 2018. QCI is a computer software company that offers both classical and quantum computing solutions. The company’s flagship offering, Qatalyst, is a piece of software designed to allow developers without experience in quantum computing take advantage of the […]
Quantum computing is an emerging technology that experts believe can significantly impact the fields of artificial intelligence and data analytics. Chuck Brooks, an emerging technology thought leader, said in a Forbes publication that he expects quantum principles to unlock the computational speeds needed to solve humanity’s most complex challenges, including ones beyond the reach of today’s […]
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation have extended the deadline of a request for information related to providing artificial intelligence researchers more computing resources. On July 23, OSTP and NSF requested comments to inform the work of the National AI Research Resource Task Force. Congress put the […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs said its Office of Research and Development has transitioned its work to a new unified research platform. ORD moved 105 VA medical centers with research programs and its Central Institutional Review Board to the new commercially available IRBNet platform to streamline research efforts, VA said Monday. Molly Klote, director of […]
Logical Operations, an instructor-led courseware provider, has launched course materials for the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. Government contractors need to comply with CMMC to do business with the DOD and its associated agencies. Certification entails that an organization’s cybersecurity systems are resilient enough to protect vital U.S. assets from hostile actors […]
BlackSky Holdings, a geospatial imagery provider, has been awarded a contract modification to provide on-demand satellite imagery to the National Reconnaissance Office through a monthly subscription. The company said its products are suited for homeland defense, national security and emergency response missions. The effort is funded through NRO’s Electro-Optical Commercial Layer program, BlackSky said. CEO […]
