Alpha Omega Integration and Dynamo Technologies have been awarded a contract to improve the U.S. Forest Service Procurement and Property Services’ contracting and data management process. USFS is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands. The agency performs more than 32,000 contract actions each […]
An executive from the General Services Administration’s IT Modernization Centers of Excellence said adopting best practices from the industry is a common theme among federal agencies wanting to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence. According to Anil Chaudhry, one way to speed up federal AI adoption is by taking existing solutions in the private sector […]
Vaughn Noga, chief information officer of the Environmental Protection Agency, shared the EPA’s approach to information technology modernization during his appearance on the Federal Monthly Insights radio show. According to Noga, the agency is continuously evaluating IT systems and applications and is looking for more efficient and cost-effective solutions to aid its operations. Noga said […]
The General Services Administration plans to adopt a modular or hybrid cloud to expand the technology’s use into new areas, an official said. Beth Killoran, GSA deputy chief information officer, said the agency wants to avoid locking itself into using a single cloud platform, noting that different offerings have different capabilities. “I think we’re going […]
The Department of Defense Education Activity needs cloud migration services from a contractor with experience with Microsoft 365 and Azure. DODEA is a federally operated school system responsible for planning, directing, coordinating and managing the education of children of military families. The agency’s Information Technology Division needs help transitioning on-premise infrastructure systems, databases, application systems, […]
The Cloud Computing Program Office within the Defense Information Systems Agency has completed pilots for its DOD Cloud Infrastructure as Code project. The IaC initiative, which began in March, provides end users across the Department of Defense with secure, preconfigured and pre-authorized cloud environments for faster cloud deployments. Microsoft and Amazon Web Services are under […]
ICF, a consulting services provider, has received two new call orders to automate and modernize the Federal Transit Administration’s National Transit Database. The agency uses NTD to archive data about the financial, operating and asset conditions of U.S. transit systems. NTD was designed to keep track of the industry and provide public information and statistics. […]
System integrator Dassian announced that it has partnered with Microsoft Azure Government to better serve government customers with high-security requirements. Dassian said the combination of its SAP enterprise resource planning extension and Azure’s scalable cloud platform will also benefit suppliers of federal, state and local governments. ERP is a category of business management software that […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency is moving forward with its Cloud Based Internet Isolation program, with 190,000 users across 25 defense organizations already using its CBII solution. The CBII program, which began last year, provides users a new way of browsing the internet that addresses bandwidth requirements and reduces endpoint attacks at the same time. […]
The Department of Commerce inspector general has warned the agency’s leaders that they are putting too much focus on implementing new financial technologies. The inspector general performed an audit of the Commerce Department’s Business Applications Solution program, which is being used as a vehicle to modernize legacy financial applications and processes through the adoption of […]
