Booz Allen Hamilton has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Liberty IT Solutions, a small business specializing in health information technology. The $725 million transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022 and is subject to customary closing conditions. Booz Allen said the acquisition is aimed at enhancing its […]
Astadia, a mainframe modernization company, said it has completed a large-scale migration of a mission-critical Air Force maintenance system to Microsoft Azure. The project’s objective is to modernize the Air Force’s Unisys mainframe, which the Government Accountability Office identified as one of the most critical legacy systems that required modernization, Astadia said Tuesday. In a […]
The new model for the Technology Modernization Fund offers a more flexible repayment method for federal agencies. As per the updated model, not all agencies will be required to repay TMF funding in full. The repayment scheme will be divided into three categories and will be based on a project’s cost savings, the General Services […]
ManTech has entered into a partnership agreement with Google Cloud to provide the U.S. federal government with cloud and analytics services. As part of the agreement, ManTech was named a Google Cloud premier partner. With the label, the Herndon, Virginia-headquartered government contractor can now use Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to develop […]
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 […]
