The Army Contracting Command is looking for vendors qualified to provide information technology support services to the U.S. Southern Command J8 Directorate. The directorate is tasked with managing multilateral engagement activities with the unified combatant command’s partner nations. J8 specifically needs a contractor to maintain the Traditional Commander Activities program database—known as the Cloud-based TCA […]
The Department of Defense must ensure that its artificial intelligence systems are governable before the technology is applied to Joint All-Domain Command and Control, according to an AI expert at Northrop Grumman. Governability entails that operators can easily determine if an AI system is not performing as intended, Breaking Defense said. Amanda Muller, consulting AI […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has launched a program to invite citizen developers to undergo training for developing robotic process automation tools. The program has already moved past the beta phase and will be rolled out across the rest of the organization, DLA Chief Information Officer George Duchak told Nextgov at the sidelines of the Roadmap […]
California-headquartered software company ServiceNow announced that it has secured a five-year contract with the Internal Revenue Service to provide a proprietary low code development platform. The deal calls for the acceleration of the IRS’ long-term digital transformation efforts by consolidating 12 legacy systems into a single platform of record, ServiceNow said Tuesday. In a statement, […]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has launched a technology incubator program focused on advancing artificial intelligence for applied science. LLNL’s new AI Innovation Incubator is expected to bring together industry experts and encourage future collaborations in the development of the emerging technology. Google, IBM and Nvidia have already entered into new memoranda of understanding to participate […]
The Air Force has awarded coaching company BetterUp a sole-source contract to enroll more than 1,500 personnel in its professional coaching program. BetterUp said that it offers individual coaching and group coaching as part of a program approved by the International Coaching Federation. The services will be available to airmen and guardians across multiple U.S. […]
The Bureau of Consular Affairs within the Department of State is looking to launch its online passport renewal system in the fall of 2022. According to a department official, pilot testing of the new system with government employees and contractors is underway to smooth out functionality and operational errors, Federal News Network reported. Inspector general […]
Science Applications International Corp. has launched Rugged Apps, a solution that gives government customers secure versions of commercial mobile applications and software scanning services for apps. Rugged Apps adds extra layers of protection to software offerings to ensure that they comply with the National Information Assurance Partnership and that they will be protected against evolving […]
The Senate Homeland Security Committee has approved legislation seeking to codify the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, a government-wide regime for assessing the security of cloud-based products and services. The Federal Secure Cloud Improvement and Jobs Act would direct the General Services Administration to automate FedRAMP assessments within a year, in addition to the […]
The General Services Administration on Tuesday released new details and cleared common misconceptions about an upcoming multiple-award blanket purchase agreement being launched to speed up enterprisewide modernization initiatives and meet increased demand for secure commercial cloud products and services, FCW reported Thursday. In a notice to stakeholders, the GSA said that a previously published timeline […]
