McLean, Virginia-based consulting firm Guidehouse will provide the FBI’s Office of Chief Information Officer with information technology services under a five-year contract. According to the company’s press release announcing the contract award, the OCIO seeks assistance in maintaining customer-centric IT resources, boosting business functions, defining enterprise technology standards and ensuring interoperability of enterprise services. The […]
The Department of State has unveiled a new strategy with guidance for responsible and ethical procurement and use of artificial intelligence solutions. The “Enterprise Artificial Strategy FY 2024-2025: Empowering Diplomacy through Responsible AI” is designed to promote AI-related innovation, infrastructure, policy, governance and structure. It lays down the foundation for using the technology for various […]
The Internal Revenue Service announced on Thursday that its Paperless Processing Initiative’s first goal has been achieved, with taxpayers now able to send digital correspondence and responses to the IRS three months ahead of schedule. The tool, launched in February 2023 as a key component of the IRS digitization program, opened the agency’s capability to respond […]
Primer Technologies has announced that its products were rated “awardable” by the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. The Primer Delta and Primer Command AI platforms, available on the CDAO’s Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, allow military personnel to access and analyze their unstructured data sources and enhance decision-making capabilities. Both products, currently used […]
Octo, an IBM company, has received a contract modification from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory, extending its research and development work on a machine learning operations prototype for another year. The partnership has been building ML operations for soldier-centered models capable of automatically retraining itself even at the tactical edge. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded GovCIO a three-year, $35 million task order to continue providing advanced technology solutions and digital services support to the VA’s Life Insurance Policy Administration System Phase II program. GovCIO had previously worked with the VA Office of Information and Technology and the Veterans Benefits Administration to modernize and […]
Tysons, Virginia-based company Aeyon has announced that it received a five-year, $108.9 million task order for defense data modernization and automation. According to Aeyon, it will provide the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment with solutions that can modernize and automate data collection; improve data management; enable transparent and actionable analyses; […]
The Department of Commerce will set up a new institute to lead the government’s efforts to develop safe and reliable artificial intelligence technologies. The U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute will lead the department’s mandates under the Biden administration’s newly signed AI executive order. Specifically, it will oversee the agency’s efforts in developing standards for AI […]
The Department of Defense issued on Thursday its 2023 Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy focused on agility and speed in AI development and application. The improved decision-making advantage that an agile AI approach delivers is the strategy’s main driver, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks commented in unveiling the new blueprint. The Chief Digital […]
A bipartisan Senate bill is seeking to require all federal agencies to adopt the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s AI Risk Management Framework. Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Mark Warner, D-Va., proposed the Federal AI Risk Management Act of 2023 to reduce safety and privacy risks related to the use of artificial intelligence. Rep. […]
