Microsoft has announced plans to move its U.S. federal team under the umbrella of its Azure engineering organization. In an email announcing the internal shakeup, Judson Althoff, Microsoft’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer, said the U.S. Federal team will begin operating as its own subsidiary starting Oct. 1. The move is part of […]
Octo Consulting, a company focused on enabling information technology modernization for federal government organizations, has entered into an agreement with artificial intelligence and machine learning company Dataiku to build mission-advancing data solutions. Dataiku offers the Data Science Studio, a singular, end-to-end platform designed for data engineers, data scientists, business analysts and mission owners to work […]
French technology company IDEMIA announced that it is providing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with a remote identity proofing solution that will enable the agency to remotely verify and enroll partner as well as collaborator identities. The Remote Identity Proofing solution to be delivered is in full compliance with the National Institute of Standards […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is utilizing a federally approved cloud-based speech recognition platform developed by Nuance Communications for improved and personalized documentation of patient care. Nuance Dragon Medical One has been authorized for government use under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program since Aug. 16. It is listed in the FedRAMP marketplace as […]
The Department of Defense is going ahead with a project which will enable military engineers to develop next-generation jet engines using supercomputing technologies, long before the first physical prototype is actually built. The idea was born out of a proposal jointly submitted by the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command and the Naval Air Warfare Center. […]
CalypsoAI and ECS have formed a partnership to support the advancement of safe and secure artificial intelligence infrastructure across the U.S. federal government. Neil Serebryany, CEO and founder of CalypsoAI, said that the partnership was born out of a need to ensure trust and transparency in the AI-enabled capabilities currently in high demand among civil […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded a $112 million prime contract extension to NCI Information Systems, a company that delivers digital transformation solutions and services to government agencies. The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing contract extends the company’s more than-20-year of supporting the CMS CERT program. The deal expands the deployment of artificial […]
The Air Force has selected 55 companies for spots on a potential $46 billion digital engineering design contract for future platforms. Some of the awardees are Booz Allen Hamilton, Sierra Nevada Corp., Kratos, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, L3Harris Technologies, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and Parsons Government Services. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for services […]
Splunk, a data and software company, announced that it has secured Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization from the Department of Defense. With the authorization, federal government agencies may now use Splunk cloud technology to handle data with the “controlled unclassified information” designation and below, Splunk said Thursday. According to the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Computing […]
Gen. Mark Kelly, head of the Air Combat Command, is requiring all ACC installations to use Kessel Run’s Command and Control Incident Management Emergency Response Application for base monitoring. C2IMERA is a wing command and control capability, which, according to Kessel Run’s Capt. Maurice Morrell, primarily provides awareness and promotes installation collaboration and reporting. The […]
