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 […]
The General Services Administration plans to modernize the tool that the federal government uses to provide transparency in its federal information technology investments. Launched in 2009, the IT Dashboard is an online platform that agencies, the private sector and the public can use to view information from federal IT portfolios and business case reports. According […]
A General Services Administration official revealed that the agency wants wider access to a system that the Social Security Administration has been using for the past three years to reduce identity theft in the financial services sector for use in the provision of digital services by various other agencies. Congress specifically crafted a law to grant […]
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board and the Department of the Interior’s Interior Business Center said three integrated systems went live on Jan. 14. The independent government agency manages the Thrift Savings Plan. The three systems – Oracle Federal Financials, PRISM and E2 – are designed to replace four legacy solutions that handled financial management, […]
Bluescape announced that its online whiteboard software offering has achieved the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program “In Process” designation at the Moderate Baseline level. FedRAMP is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to assessing the security of cloud-based products and services. Bluescape said that the FedRAMP authorization clears it to offer the […]
Catherine Szpindor, the House of Representative’s chief administrative officer, plans to establish a new digital service tasked with improving the technologies used by lawmakers. The House Digital Service would be made up of technology experts from both the public and private sectors skilled in customer relations, business analysis, design and implementation, Szpindor said in a […]
Santa Clara-headquartered Aruba announced that its cloud-native network operations and analytics platform have achieved a formal “authorized” designation with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. With the seal of approval, Aruba Central becomes a cloud-based networking solution for unified WLAN, switching and VPN edge-to-cloud infrastructure that is compliant with the Office of Management and […]
The U.S. Army is fielding the latest iteration of the Command Post Computing Environment after the first increment was approved for full deployment. CPCE Increment 1 received its full deployment decision on Dec. 15, meaning it passed cybersecurity assessments, interoperability and developmental tests, soldier touchpoints and operational assessments. The FDD also confirms that CPCE Increment […]
New York-headquartered Intelligent Artifacts announced that it has received an Air Force SBIR Phase II award to modernize the Mission Data File build process for the F-35 Lightning II. Sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory, the effort is intended to enhance sensor fusion capabilities and allow for automatic updating to simplify the MDF process, Intelligent […]
Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer Maria Roat has announced her retirement after serving for over four decades in government. She has been serving as deputy federal CIO since May 2020 and also served as the first director of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program in 2013. Former Federal CIO Suzette Kent said Roat took […]
