Redwood City, California-based MinIO has entered into a distribution agreement with Carahsoft Technology to make its software-defined object storage solution available to government customers, including users in the defense, intelligence and education sectors. As MinIO’s master government aggregator, Carahsoft will offer the company’s object storage system via its reseller partners, along with the NASA Solutions […]
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center has deployed a new tool that eliminates the need for civil engineer field technicians to return to military installations to upload civil engineering data on the NexGen IT system. The custom-designed mobile tab within the system allows the technicians to record data from real property, facility space management, operations, […]
The Internal Revenue Service is exploring the use of artificial intelligence to enhance taxpayer services as part of its modernization efforts. Speaking at the UiPath public sector event on Wednesday, IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said the technology can simplify how taxpayers seek answers to tax-related questions or challenges and enable automated operations to reduce mistakes […]
Clare Martorana, federal chief information officer, is calling on Congress to support the Technology Modernization Fund, following a recent proposal to reduce funding for the General Services Administration-run initiative, FedScoop reported. Martorana, who is also TMF’s board chair, emphasized the fund’s mission of ensuring the efficient allocation of funds towards technology projects through a rigorous […]
The Department of Commerce is inviting industry experts, researchers, civil society organizations and other members of the public to respond to a request for information seeking to inform the development of artificial intelligence-ready open data assets and data dissemination standards. The agency plans to use generative AI and other advanced AI applications to enhance how […]
Accrete AI has secured a multi-million dollar contract with the U.S. Army to enhance the capabilities of Argus Social for information operations. Accrete’s Argus Social uses proprietary artificial intelligence technology called AI Knowledge Engines. Intelligence analysts’ workflows are streamlined by integrating their existing domain knowledge with unstructured social media data and automatically organizing and analyzing […]
The National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine is using artificial intelligence and large language models to identify suitable candidates for clinical trials. To help researchers and clinicians streamline clinical trial matching, the NLM has developed a prototype called TrialGPT, a tool designed to predict three elements of patient eligibility for clinical trials. The […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has outlined its achievements in addressing roadblocks in exchanging data between health care institutions and public health offices and laid down the next phase of its work. In the CDC’s 2023 Lookback Report, the public health agency named the growing number of facilities using electronic case reporting as […]
The National Archives and Records Administration has established a new digitization center equipped with capabilities designed to accelerate the process of turning 13 billion historical paper records into digital ones. The center, located in College Park, Maryland, features high-speed scanners and overhead camera systems that can support the digitization of various record types and formats […]
REI Systems’ GovGrants software-as-a-service has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization at the moderate impact level, making the platform available to government agencies seeking a secure grants management solution. The SaaS is configurable and fully automated, with its full lifecycle system based on the FedRAMP-certified Salesforce cloud platform designed for internal and external […]
