The Technology Modernization Fund has allocated a total of $13.8 million to the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce for national security and technological innovation initiatives. The funds will help modernize nuclear emergency response infrastructure and establish artificial intelligence safety standards, the General Services Administration said. The DOE will receive $3.8 million to […]
Spire Communications, an Alexandria, Virginia-based strategic communications firm, announced that its team-up with Integrity Management Consulting has secured a task order to provide website hosting and maintenance services to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. The team will work under an ONC blanket purchase agreement with a total value of $9.5 million […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded ICF an $88 million contract to modernize its Quality Payment Program. The nearly five-year contract entails enhancing QPP functionality, improving user experience and streamlining administrative tasks for clinicians, ICF said. James Morgan, ICF’s chief operating officer, said the company will leverage its cloud technologies, advanced data […]
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has named Coras as an “Awardable” vendor in the TradeWinds Solutions Marketplace, the Department of Defense’s digital environment for procuring data, analytics, digital and artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities solutions through rapid acquisition procedures. Coras offers a platform and a data discovery toolset that uses AI, ML […]
CRISP Shared Services, a Columbia, Maryland-based nonprofit, has been selected as one of the three contract awardees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s $255 million National Implementation Center Program to modernize public health data systems. The program, funded under the CDC’s Public Health Infrastructure Grant, will be implemented over the next three years, […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has launched automate.fedramp .gov, a new website designed to streamline the digital authorization process for cloud service providers and developers of governance, risk and compliance applications. Serving as the technical documentation hub, the website will be a centralized resource for the development, validation and submission of digital authorization […]
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has issued a request for proposals on a portal for technologies assuring secure and reliable AI use in the Department of Defense and providing a branding/digital marketing solution to the platform. The initiative aligns with the DOD’s goal of ensuring responsible AI use while maintaining leadership in technological […]
The U.S. Marine Corps has detailed plans to maximize the benefits offered by artificial intelligence to improve the decision-making process. Under the “U.S. Marine Corps Artificial Intelligence Strategy,” the military branch aims to achieve five goals: aligning AI use to mission requirements, creating a competent AI workforce, creating a standard for AI deployment, establishing policy […]
Cloudera has expanded its Observability Premium offering with two new solutions that would provide customers with the capability to oversee all cloud-based and on-premises data centers. Cloudera Observability Premium On-Premises offers optimal monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities through automation. For public cloud users, the Cloudera Observability Premium for Public Cloud Data Hub offers real-time monitoring, data […]
Mitre has released a policy document outlining recommendations for the incoming presidential administration on governing artificial intelligence. Priorities should include securing federal funding for AI research and establishing an executive task force during the administration’s first year to monitor AI development and implementation, Mitre said. Mitre argued that a regulatory framework for safe AI is […]
