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OwnBackup’s software-as-a-service data protection platform has achieved authorization at the moderate impact level from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The OwnBackup Government Cloud solution, now listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace, is designed to manage and protect mission-critical data and metadata from Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and ServiceNow, among other SaaS environments. The FedRAMP […]

The Government Accountability Office will assess the risks posed by generative artificial intelligence tools following a request from Sens. Ed Markey and Gary Peters to conduct the technology review, citing the AI tools’ capability to cause public harm. In a letter, the senators noted that the technology is now being used to scam people, adding […]

The Department of Defense and the intelligence community have signed an agreement to share cloud capabilities in a classified environment. The service will start as a Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability offering within the continental United States with plans to eventually expand outward. Ryan McArthur, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s program manager for JWCC, said shared […]

Virginia-based software developer Unison has secured a 10-year contract to support the acquisition and procurement activities of the U.S. Marine Corps Community Services Non-Appropriated Fund organization. The company was chosen by the USMC Manpower and Reserve Affairs’ Business and Support Services Division. Unison aims to deliver Prism, a commercial-off-the-shelf-based contract lifecycle management solution, to streamline […]

The Department of State is seeking potential sources of IT services to modernize Bureau of Consular Affairs operations, including passport and visa issuance, to improve customer experience. According to a sources sought notice, the agency intends to award a contract that requires supporting the deployment of the Q Flow queue management software platform to 230 […]

Mike Hettinger, founder of Hettinger Strategy Group and former staff director of the House Oversight Government Operations Subcommittee, expressed disappointment at the Senate Committee on Appropriations’s approval of legislation that would rescind $290 million from the Technology Modernization Fund. The rescission was part of the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill, FedScoop reported. Hettinger […]

A Department of Veterans Affairs official has opposed Senate bills seeking to make the VA’s electronic health record system comply with new certification requirements prior to its deployment to new sites. The Oracle Cerner EHR system is already operational at five locations, including Spokane VA Health Care System, VA Walla Walla Health Care and Roseburg […]