The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems has debuted an enterprise contract writing and management platform to streamline acquisition. Initial deployment of the Army Contract Writing System is limited to 104 contracting personnel at several locations, including Army Contracting Command-Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Feedback will be used to inform the next release. Megan […]
A White House memo published Thursday indicates that the government will focus research and development on artificial intelligence for government services and regulatory tools for such technology. Funding will be directed toward designing and testing the results of new AI approaches. Signed by the heads of the Management and Budget and Science and Technology Policy […]
Artificial intelligence systems, like any other kind of software system, must be secure by design, according to a recent Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency article. Christine Lai, AI security lead, and Jonathan Spring, senior technical adviser at the agency, say in the article that a product is secure by design when it is built to […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has launched the OCONUS Region for Stratus, a cloud capability available at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. The cloud capability works to deliver additional cloud capabilities outside the contiguous United States. It is part of DISA’s initiative to create infrastructure that will connect ground teams stationed around the world […]
The leader of the U.S. Army Cyber Command said enterprise cloud environments are not inherently secure. In contrast with experts who say such environments are safer because they enable faster threat responses, ARCYBER Commander Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett stressed that proper design and implementation are paramount for security. She explained at the TechNet Augusta conference […]
The director of the Defense Information Systems Agency said over $200 million worth of orders have been awarded under the Department of Defense’s $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capacity contract vehicle. Speaking at the AFCEA TechNet Augusta conference, Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, a 2023 Wash100 awardee, said 13 JWCC task orders have been issued and […]
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, has revealed that the White House is making a decade-long federal agency modernization plan to phase out legacy systems and strengthen national cybersecurity. At a Nextgov/FCW event on Tuesday, DeRusha explained that old systems make it difficult to implement guidance on encryption and multifactor authentication. He added […]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure announced on Tuesday that it received U.S. Intelligence Community authorization to host top secret/sensitive compartmented information missions. The authorization adds to OCI’s list of services cleared in May by the Defense Information Systems Agency and FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board, which include Oracle Cloud Guard and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OS Management. The latest […]
The U.S. Air Force has selected the California-based hardened network solutions provider Actelis Networks to modernize on-base networking. Under the deal, Actelis will provide its hybrid fiber-copper networking solutions to extend connectivity to 41 sites within an unnamed Air Force base and enable data services and mission-critical systems monitoring and control. The company was chosen […]
The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command wants to learn about commercial chatbots that could augment a multilevel tactical data system for geospatial intelligence. The service uses the Distributed Common Ground/Surface System-Marine Corps GEOINT platform to collect and process such intelligence data to facilitate battlespace visualization and common ground for decision-making. According to a request for […]
