The Department of Defense is on schedule with the roll-out of its replacement for the scrapped Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, a top information technology official said. John Sherman, the Pentagon’s acting chief information officer, said at a FedScoop event that the department is on track to release a solicitation for the Joint Warfighting Cloud […]
Matterport, a simulation and modeling software company, has partnered with In-Q-Tel to develop a compliant GovCloud offering designed to digitize government operations. According to Matterport, the government can use its technology to create digital twins of infrastructure, facilities and other assets that can be rapidly accessed for various use cases. Digital twins are digital copies […]
The service cyber components of U.S. Cyber Command are slated to move to a new unified platform for conducting offensive cyber operations. Currently being developed by the Army, the Joint Common Access Platform is intended to tightly link the military’s operations in cyberspace, which is one of the warfighting domains identified by the Department of […]
Gen. Jay Raymond, the chief of space operations, said the U.S. Space Force is moving forward in its push to become the world’s first digital service. Raymond told reporters at the 36th Space Symposium that the nascent service branch already hired a new chief technology and innovation officer, whose office will be tasked with leading […]
The General Services Administration is looking to collaborate with more small federal agencies as part of its Centers of Excellence program. Housed within GSA’s Technology Transformation Services, the CoE program was launched in 2017 to help accelerate information technology modernization at various agencies. It operates six centers focused on interconnected areas of transformation: artificial intelligence, […]
Noblis has launched a new product designed to streamline the federal acquisition process and ensure regulatory compliance for both the buyer and seller. The new RunAcquisitions platform is part of a family of solutions that bring automation and analytics capabilities to federal agencies’ complex workflows, Noblis said Monday. Mile Corrigan, senior vice president of federal […]
Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana called on her colleagues in government service to use technological innovations to bridge gaps between agencies in a bid to improve the delivery of service to the public. The official encouraged departments to adopt a more product-focused mindset to make citizens’ experience in dealing with government more pleasant. Speaking […]
Some federal government agencies are not fully compliant with a law mandating them to transition from paper to web-based forms, according to a report published by a public policy think tank. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation reported that agencies missed multiple deadlines set by the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act. Congress enacted 21st […]
A new software repository from the Army Communications-Electronics Command is streamlining the service’s distribution of cyber patches and giving officials insights on which units are downloading them. The one-stop software shop enables CECOM to ensure that command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems under its purview are protected from cyber threats. According […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now using enhanced data management and automation to modernize its call center’s services with the aim of improving customer experience. The need to upgrade became apparent after the pandemic spurred a mass transition to a virtual environment, congesting customer service phone lines with an unprecedented surge of incoming queries about health […]
