The National Archives and Records Administration is harnessing the processing capabilities and storage offered by cloud-based resources to facilitate its transition from paper to electronic records. NARA is pursuing a path to paperless electronic recordkeeping in compliance with a memorandum issued by the Office of Management and Budget in 2019. The OMB proposed the paperless […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Peraton a potential 10-year, $2.7 billion contract for data center and cloud optimization. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract was originally awarded to Perspecta, which Peraton acquired in May. Under the contract, Peraton will manage and operate the department’s transition to the Hybrid Computing Environment, a pool of computing resources that […]
The Defense Health Agency has awarded NetImpact Strategies the Ektropy Support Services contract. Ektropy is an information technology tool that the DHA uses to deliver insights into personnel, programs, cost and contracts. According to company director Lisa Liu, the award will ensure that the DHA will enable transparency and accountability in defense health-related activities. Work […]
DLT Solutions announced that it has launched CloudNavigator .com, a new resource intended to help information technology solution providers grow their United States public-sector cloud businesses. CloudNavigator .com is another entry point for solution providers to engage with the DLT, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tech Data Corporation, and its Cloud Navigator Program. Chris Wilkinson, president of […]
The Department of Homeland Security has made little progress toward modernizing its components’ financial management systems, according to a government official. Financial management is one of the department’s key weaknesses per the Government Accountability Office’s High Risk List, which highlights operations that are vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. According to Chris Currie, director […]
Nintex, a process management software developer, announced that its cloud-based workflow solution has achieved the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program‘s “In Process” designation. The solution, Nintex Workflow Cloud for Government, is designed to provide federal, state and local agencies and contractors an easy way to manage and automate processes and workflows, Nintex said Wednesday. […]
The Technology Modernization Fund Board is rolling out $311 million in new agency funding since receiving an additional $1 billion budget pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act. Federal Chief Information Officer and TMF Board Chair Clare Martorana first presented the newest crop of TMF awardees to Congress on Wednesday, saying the projects were chosen […]
ABBYY, a digital intelligence platform provider, has entered into a distribution partnership with Carahsoft Technology. Carahsoft will make ABBYY’s document processing and business process automation offerings more widely available for customers in the public sector. The solutions have already been adopted by organizations like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, […]
Octo announced that it has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract to provide an Alliance software prototype for the Distributed Common Ground System–Navy program. The Reston, Virginia-headquartered technology firm said the DCGS-N is the naval component of a family of systems providing integration of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capabilities afloat and ashore in support […]
Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana presented Congress with the newest crop of Technology Modernization Fund awardees during a Sept. 28 hearing. Seven projects were selected by the TMF Board to benefit from the $1 billion injected into the funding vehicle as part of the second pandemic stimulus package. The grantees will also be subject […]
