The Government Accountability Office is assessing the cybersecurity impacts of technologies adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jennifer Franks, the GAO’s director of IT and cybersecurity, said the agency aims to release a report on the subject by early 2022 but refused to get into the details of the findings so far. Franks noted […]
NASA announced Friday that it has begun employing new augmented reality applications to assist astronauts in repairing the International Space Station. The new technology is part of the agency’s T2 Augmented Reality project, which demonstrates how station crew members can maintain various equipment critical to crew health and the achievement of research goals without assistance […]
The National Security Agency has awarded a $2 billion contract to Hewlett Packard Enterprise to provide high-performance computing technology “as a service” through the company’s HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform. The American multinational IT company’s deal with the intelligence agency will go into operation in 2022 and will continue over a 10-year performance period, Nextgov reported […]
Mark McClain is the founder and CEO of SailPoint Technologies, based in Austin, Texas. By his own account, he has been an entrepreneur in the identity management market for more than 20 years, co-founding two companies that have driven innovation in the market. In his role as CEO, McClain is passionate about building a corporate […]
Cybersecurity company Corelight announced that it has been named a vendor on the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative blanket purchase agreement awarded to Carahsoft Technology. The BPA is signed for a full 10-year period of performance through July 2029. Jean Schaffer, federal chief technology officer at Corelight, said the San Francisco-based company’s data-first approach […]
A new office within the Department of Labor will lead efforts to modernize unemployment insurance systems, which have traditionally been delivered through over 50 distinct systems at the state level. The Office of Unemployment Insurance Modernization‘s marching orders are to support UI modernization and manage the $2 billion already earmarked for the purpose through the […]
Efforts are underway at the Pentagon to fast track the development of defense software to keep America’s technology lead over advanced adversaries. As part of its technology push, the department has turned to the DevSecOps approach to build software at scale while moving at a necessary pace, an official close to the subject said. Nicolas […]
The Space Development Agency on Monday formally sought proposals from satellite manufacturers interested in building as many as 144 communications satellites to form the agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1 constellation. In its request for proposals, the SDA said it plans to purchase 126 baseline satellites and 18 additional ones for hosting other payloads. The SDA […]
The Department of Homeland Security is encouraging businesses, especially startups, to pursue government contracts in a bid to expand its supplier base. Of great interest to the DHS is finding new suppliers in the areas of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, Federal News Network reported Monday. Towards this objective, the department hosted a series of competitions […]
Navid Nekoui is the operating group president of professional services at Koniag Government Services, based in Rockville, Maryland. He is described as a proven executive with extensive experience leading federal consulting organizations with an established track record of business growth with federal clients nationwide. In his LinkedIn profile, Nekoui stresses his executive leadership expertise with […]
