Spokespersons for the Department of State announced that a worldwide IT services outage was resolved shortly after midnight on Friday morning. The problem was traced to a defect in a recently deployed operating system patch that disrupted applications including unclassified email, which affected multiple users around the department on Thursday, FedScoop reported Friday. Deputy Spokesperson Jalina […]
California-headquartered Zoic Labs on Thursday announced that it has partnered with the Defense Intelligence Agency‘s Future Capabilities and Innovation Office to satisfy Machine-Assisted Analytic Rapid-Repository System requirements for visualization capabilities, big data, data management and analytics. The new contract will draw upon Zoic Labs’ depth of experience in interactive data visualization with a compelling visual […]
IBM will continue its ongoing information-sharing partnership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as an Alliance Partner in the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative. CISA launched the collaboration with private industry to establish a collective and coordinated defense against cybercrime, IBM said Thursday. In a statement, the American computer hardware company said that in recent […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced Friday that 12 construction contracts have been awarded for work to be performed predominantly at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility and Langley Research Center. Each contractor has been awarded an 8(a) small business set-aside, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, NASA said Friday. In a statement, the space agency said that every contract […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will continue buying data gathered by commercial Earth observation satellites, according to Kevin Murphy, the space agency’s Earth Science Division chief science data officer. The decision comes amid the increasing pace of commercial satellite launches, which is prompting NASA officials to look for ways to improve the data acquisition […]
L3Harris Technologies has won a competitive 10-year, $750 million single-award indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contract from the U.S. Marine Corps for multi-channel handheld and vehicular radio systems. Specifically, the Marines have selected the Falcon IV family of manpack and handheld radios, which already enjoys widespread acceptance in the Army, Special Operations Command, Air Force and a growing number […]
Datadog, an observability service for cloud-scale applications, announced that it has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Agency Authorization at the moderate impact level through sponsorship from the Department of Veterans Affairs. FedRAMP is a United States federal government program that provides a standardized approach to security and risk assessment of cloud services and […]
Excella announced that it has been selected as part of the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract. Under the contract, the company will provide Agile software delivery, full-stack development and cloud support. Agile support teams on and offsite will support rapid modernization, increase data availability for users and create consistency across […]
Long Beach-headquartered Virgin Orbit announced its selection by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to provide launch services for the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated Rideshare missions. The fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will leverage commercial satellite launch practices, and the flexibility afforded by the LauncherOne system to enable more efficient launch timelines, mission-tailored orbits and competitive […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology told journalists that it has issued its newest and final copy of guidance for organizations to assess their internal security information technology systems, following a draft copy and comment period. Titled “Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Information Systems and Organizations,” the document focuses on helping entities manage […]
