Helaine Cooper is the manager for federal programs at Origami Risk, a provider of cloud-based software-as-a-service solutions for risk management in various sectors, including government, health care, integrated risk and property and casualty insurance. She joined the company in October, bringing over two decades of experience identifying, developing and winning complex and diverse IT and […]
The Department of Homeland Security has completed a demonstration of the Wildland Urban Interface integration model, which allows authorities to send out wireless emergency alerts in the event of fire and other emergencies and hazards. The Fairfax Emergency Operations Center, along with a nearby field, hosted the proof-of-concept demonstration, which was conducted in collaboration with […]
Robotics company Stratom has booked a U.S. Army contract to build a perimeter safety system for the Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light that would help protect personnel or combatants. The Colorado-based, veteran-owned company announced that it won the contract for the Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light. Stratom’s solution, dubbed Perimeter Safety for Autonomous Vehicles, is a computer system that […]
The Department of Defense has introduced changes to its Tradewind Initiative website as part of an effort to explore a new approach to its search for new artificial intelligence capabilities, according to a FedScoop report. Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office spokesperson Kathleen Clark said the website, a marketplace for finding, funding, and developing […]
Maria Roat, deputy federal chief information officer of the Office of Management and Budget, has lauded federal agencies for having the sense of urgency to accelerate information technology modernization efforts amid the pandemic to improve government service to citizens. Speaking at the Splunk Cloud Virtual Summit, Roat noted that agencies dropped their “business as usual” […]
Moving to the cloud is a key consideration in the federal information technology modernization push. Government spending on cloud products and services will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 9.6 percent to reach $9.1B by fiscal 2024, according to a Deltek forecast. For agencies and contractors, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or […]
Jonathan Woodson, a two-time Wash100 awardee, serves as the Army Reserve Medical Command commanding general. He assumed the post on March 31, 2019, after completing his assignment as 3rd Medical Command deputy commanding general. Woodson served as the assistant secretary for health affairs during the Obama administration. In that role, he administered a Military Health […]
Maryland-based technical and engineering services provider Amentum has been awarded a potential $87M contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. The contract mandates Amentum to provide engineering support to the NSWC's naval weapons systems, weapon control platforms and warfare systems for guided missile and ballistic missile submarines and surface vessels such as the Aegis, DDG-1000 Guided […]
