Pure Storage, a developer of all-flash data storage hardware and software products, announced that its public sector business achieved all-time highs in the third quarter of 2021, as its customer base and use case portfolio grew. The business growth came as trends and developments in cloud transformation, ransomware, cybersecurity, DevOps and artificial intelligence drive modernization […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has set in motion a multi-year effort to modernize its home loan guarantee process and streamline services through the creation of application programming interfaces and accessible dashboards. Having released its LGY roadmap in the third quarter of 2021, the VA is now creating the technical foundations necessary for large-scale reform of its home loan services, GovernmentCIO Magazine reported Monday. John […]
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is seeking information on how digital technologies can transform community-oriented health care and promote health equity. OSTP said it is particularly interested in hearing about community-based health and populations traditionally underserved by health care. The request for information is part of an initiative to leverage innovation […]
The Department of Justice has unveiled more than $12 million worth of new grants for data and information sharing projects involving law enforcement agencies at state and local levels and other government agencies. The goal of the new funding round is to improve crime reduction rates. According to a press release from the DOJ, U.S. […]
Republican Sen. Rob Portman announced that legislation he co-introduced with Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen to support the development of artificial intelligence in the country was signed into law as part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. The bipartisan Advancing American AI Innovation Act creates a pilot program under the Department of Defense that establishes […]
EpiSys Science and Draper have emerged as the winners of the U.S. Navy’s Artificial Intelligence for Small Unit Maneuvers Prize Challenge, a 10-month contest aimed at equipping warfighters with AI-powered robotic autonomous systems. AISUM participants developed algorithms and integrated them into off-the-shelf drones developed by Hydronolix, with the goal of enabling autonomous flight and gathering […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory announced its intention to overhaul its air operations and planning procedures by mixing artificial intelligence-driven planning with interactive gaming to significantly cut the Air Tasking Order planning cycle. In a presolicitation notice released Monday, the Air Force called on the industry to help it use AI and gaming technologies to […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to outsource the development and maintenance of new and existing applications in a new center of excellence in January. ICE’s Scalable Initiate Flexible Tasks program is aimed at supporting the development of platform-as-a-service, hyperautomation, visualization and collaborative services applications, FedScoop reported Tuesday. The PaaS segment covers ServiceNow and Dynamics systems […]
Accenture Federal Services has secured a seven-year, $87 million contract to enhance the trademark product line of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The deal, which was awarded under the General Services Administration’s Alliant 2 Governmentwide Acquisition Contract vehicle, calls for the modernization of critical applications, development of a DevSecOps infrastructure and incorporation of cloud, […]
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has released a new “toolbox” intended to help developers of artificial intelligence improve the security of their algorithms. Called the “Guaranteeing AI Robustness Against Deception” program, the new tools have been made available to any researcher in hopes they will be used to keep adversary states from accessing databases and […]
