Reston, Virginia-based technology solutions company Leidos has announced a partnership with Sourcegraph to offer government agencies secure software development tools powered by generative artificial intelligence. Sourcegraph’s products include Cody, an AI assistant for code writing and maintenance, and Code Search, a tool to execute migrations and fixes in codebases, Leidos said. Roy Stevens, president of […]
Microsoft has announced that it is making its Azure OpenAI generative artificial intelligence service available to federal agencies through the Microsoft Azure Government platform. According to Candice Ling, senior vice president of Microsoft’s federal government business, Azure OpenAI allows agencies to use generative AI safely at the unclassified level. Ling added that the technology is […]
Tyler Technologies has extended its strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services to help government customers migrate their on-premise solutions to the cloud. The two companies first agreed in 2019 to provide Tyler customers better experiences when managing their applications in the cloud. The expanded collaboration is expected to continue supporting a wide range of […]
Cybersecurity asset management company Axonius’ government-facing subsidiary announced that its platform has attained the “In Process” status from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. FedRAMP grants “In Process” designations to partners committed to offering the federal government secure cloud services, Axonius said. The designation indicates that a vendor has met certain criteria on the […]
The Department of Transportation has launched the Complete Streets AI Initiative, aiming to develop a tool powered by artificial intelligence to improve transportation across the United States. Offered through the DOT’s Small Business Innovation Research program, the initiative will award 10 Phase 1 contracts to small businesses to build data and analytics capabilities that will […]
The Information Technology Industry Council has offered several recommendations to the National Institute of Standards and Technology on ways to safely develop and use artificial intelligence. In its response to the NIST’s request for information for the Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy AI, ITI recommended that the institute work with international partners in […]
The U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command is experimenting with a cloud-based artificial intelligence tool developed by Defcon AI to modernize logistics missions by allowing planners to compare different courses of action based on potential disruptions. Col. Bradley Rueter, head of AMC’s Commander’s Initiative Group, said Artiv can reduce complex operational wargaming analysis time from […]
The National Institutes of Health is seeking a new artificial intelligence-compatible electronic health record platform that can improve how the institute manages health care data. The new EHR will replace the Clinical Research Information System in place at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Jon McKeeby, chief information officer of the NIH Clinical Center, […]
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said that it is expected that federal agencies received a lower FITARA scorecard in its 17th version due to the addition of new metrics. In a roundtable discussion in Washington on Thursday, Connolly revealed that the agency scorecard tracking information technology modernization awarded one A, 10 Bs, 10 Cs and three […]
David McKeown, the Pentagon’s chief information security officer, said his office will hold an industry call within 30 to 45 days to discuss a recent memo on Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program requirements for cloud services storing classified information. The document allows companies using cloud services lacking FedRAMP Moderate authorization to undergo equivalent compliance […]
