The Department of Homeland Security, in its fiscal 2021 budget request, has asked $2.6M for the creation of the Joint Cyber Coordination Group, an internal organization dedicated to coordinating cybersecurity efforts across DHS. According to DHS, the group would provide a "central location" where permanent staff and representatives from across DHS components can "synchronize" cyber […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded two LevelUP Cloud Services basic ordering agreements to technology transformation firm Red River. The contracts will deliver cloud services to support the Air Force’s new LevelUP Unified Platform and provide access to the software titles, tools and other capabilities the Air Force needs to meet their next-generation mission requirements. […]
Microsoft has partnered with the U.S. Air Force to enable airmen to be more efficient, effective and focused on their missions rather than spending time managing information technology infrastructure. The partnership also aims to improve the total cost of ownership, enhance security and compliance, and enable next-generation collaboration, Microsoft said Tuesday. Cloud One, which provides […]
The U.S. Air Force has selected MicroTech and Agile Defense to work on a $159M task order for communications support under the Network-Centric Solutions-2 Network Operations Infrastructure Small Business Set Aside contract. According to MicroTech CEO Tony Jimenez, the partnership will provide operations and maintenance support to the USAF's information technology infrastructure, ops center, and […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill Monday that aims to help state and local governments combat cyber threats and potential vulnerabilities. The proposed legislation would establish a $400 million grant program at the Department of Homeland Security and will require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to develop a plan to improve localities' […]
The Federal Trade Commission has said that it will conduct a 10-year review of the acquisition activities of five U.S. tech giants to better understand large tech company acquisition activity and determine "whether large tech companies are making potentially anticompetitive acquisitions of nascent or potential competitors." According to FTC Chairman Joe Simons, the initiative will […]
U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded the Institute of Applied Engineering at the University of South Florida a potential $85M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for access to applied research and advanced technology development. Under the agreement, USSOCOM will collaborate with IAE to conduct research, hardware and software development, test and evaluation, demonstration, prototyping, and limited system production. […]
CitiusTech is collaborating with Google to accelerate digital transformation and cloud adoption across healthcare organizations. Under the partnership, CitiusTech will integrate digital solutions on the Google Cloud Platform to enable medical technology companies, providers, payers, and life sciences organizations to modernize their mission-critical information technology. The agreement will also allow CitiusTech to further help healthcare […]
The U.S. Navy has selected Accenture Federal Services to serve as the prime systems integrator in a logistics information technology transformation effort that aims to increase the military service's weapon system uptime and reduce support costs. Under the Model Based Product Support program, Accenture will help improve Naval Sea Systems Command’s maritime MBPS family of […]
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie has revealed that VA will use 5G wireless technology to provide veterans with ultramodern medical care. Speaking during a "State of the VA" meeting Wednesday, Wilkie said the agency will have the first 5G hospital in America operational "this week." He added that the high speed, low latency […]
