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 […]
Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., have launched a bipartisan caucus dedicated to promoting the use of modern technologies in delivering services to the public. The information technology modernization caucus will serve as an informal group of representatives working to educate their fellow lawmakers on technology-related topics, particularly on federal IT, FCW reported […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a data dashboard that can keep the organization up-to-date on its $21 billion health record modernization project. According to a request for information issued by the Office of Electronic Health Records Modernization, the dashboard must facilitate communications and convey information about scheduling, tasks and deadlines related to the […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded software developer PTC a potential $95 million contract to expand its support of the service’s supply chain modernization program. The definitive contract includes a one-year base period of performance and four one-year option periods, PTC said Tuesday. PTC said that USAF will increase its use of the company’s Servigistics […]
The White House has launched a website that Americans can use to order up to four free rapid coronavirus tests per residential address. Covidtests .gov, which began accepting orders on Jan. 19, offers test kits that can be used at home. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health experts recommend that […]
Information technology company Aveshka has received a subcontracting opportunity for the U.S. Marshals Service‘s Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. As a subcontractor, Aveshka will provide a biometric identification software development kit to support Rank One Computing‘s facial recognition technology. Rank One is the prime contractor for JPATS. The SDK that Rank One and Aveshka […]
The Internal Revenue Services is looking for a company capable of operating and maintaining the platform that taxpayers and tax professionals use to connect to the agency’s systems. Known as the Integrated Enterprise Portal, the platform serves as a virtualized infrastructure that provides information technology, operations, security, application, integration and program management services for the […]
