Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana called on her colleagues in government service to use technological innovations to bridge gaps between agencies in a bid to improve the delivery of service to the public. The official encouraged departments to adopt a more product-focused mindset to make citizens’ experience in dealing with government more pleasant. Speaking […]
Planet Federal announced that the company was awarded a contract to integrate Planet Basemaps into the National Agriculture Statistics Service’s robust data collection and analysis processes. The Planet Labs subsidiary said that with Basemaps, NASS can begin exploring higher spatial granularity and timely assessments of the 2021 growing season. Vince Hurley, federal civilian account executive […]
The National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. Space Force and the U.S. Space Command have signed a document that more clearly delineates each organization’s roles and responsibilities in collaborative space efforts. NRO Director Christopher Scolese said Tuesday that the Protect and Defend Strategic Framework that he signed together with the chiefs of the Space Force and […]
Keith McCollum is currently vice president and manager of the Dynetics Integrated Systems Technologies Division. His division specializes in radar systems, modeling and simulation, electronic warfare, and cyber. He led the group behind GroundAware, an advanced, relatively low-cost and reconfigurable ground-based radar system for critical infrastructure security, according to a profile posted on the Dynetics website. […]
Dan Elmore has been serving at the Idaho National Laboratory for eight and a half years. He is concurrently the director for critical infrastructure security and resilience and the executive director of the INL’s Wireless Security Institute. He is described as a thought leader with extensive experience in cyber operations, critical infrastructure protection, industrial control […]
In response to a recent surge in scams, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it will allocate $240 million in grants to states to bolster fraud detection and prevention efforts. The funding includes $100 million in leftover CARES Act funding and $140 million from the American Rescue Plan. Fraudsters and other scam artists have […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now using enhanced data management and automation to modernize its call center’s services with the aim of improving customer experience. The need to upgrade became apparent after the pandemic spurred a mass transition to a virtual environment, congesting customer service phone lines with an unprecedented surge of incoming queries about health […]
Matt Travis, CEO of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body, said training and IT access to the Department of Defense Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service application needs to be finalized before CMMC third-party organizations can perform cyber assessments. Travis, previously the deputy director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said the CMMC-AB and […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the impending launch of a new information technology system that will help in the management of civil rights and discrimination complaints directed at agency programs and partners. The new system also contains a set of apps to help officials manage the complaint and review process, Nextgov reported Monday. In […]
Federal agencies’ widespread acceptance of the cloud has not only resulted in improvements in data management but has also caused many senior leaders to reassess the value of data available to them, an official close to the matter said. Brian Merrick, head of cloud programs at the Department of State, said the cloud push has […]
