The Department of State has approved a potential $605 million Foreign Military Sale deal to sell AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles and related equipment to Sweden. According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Swedish government requested to buy up to 250 AMRAAM missiles, up to six AMRAAM C-8 Guidance Sections, spare AIM-120 control sections […]
The Technology Modernization Fund plans to provide a total of $50.5 million in loans to enhance digital service delivery at three federal agencies and improve data and application cybersecurity at two others. Raylene Yung, TMF’s executive director, explained that investing in digital modernization and cybersecurity projects facilitates public access to services and grows trust in […]
The Defense Health Agency has awarded Accenture Federal Services a five-year, $98 million contract to operate the Joint Medical Common Operating Picture. Under the contract, AFS will deliver cloud, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, agile software development, field service engineering, user adoption and training support to expand the platform’s capabilities. MedCOP provides medical command and control situational awareness […]
Genesys has announced that its Cloud CX all-in-one cloud contact center solution has secured authorization at the moderate impact level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Cloud CX offers public sector agencies digital, voice, artificial intelligence, workforce engagement management, analytics, and unified communications and collaboration capabilities to enhance the delivery of services to […]
Labor union leaders attended a White House listening session on June 30 about the potential benefits and risks of artificial intelligence. Such groups have voiced concerns about the technology’s potential impact on job security, health and civil rights. Union representatives at the event included Amanda Ballantyne, director of the American Federation of Labor and Congress […]
The chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation has asked the Department of Defense’s undersecretary for personnel and readiness to explain why a new travel management system program was canceled. Rep. Nancy Mace wants to hear from Gilbert Cisneros Jr. on July 18 about why the MyTravel software was canceled […]
The Government Accountability Office has urged the Pentagon to create department-wide artificial intelligence acquisition guidance to avoid unnecessary AI procurements and provide military services a framework for developing complementary guidance to address their specific needs. A new GAO report said some Department of Defense components have developed informal AI acquisition-related resources; however, they do not […]
The U.S. Central Command conducted an exercise where it was tasked to find, prioritize, approve and neutralize over 1,000 threats in a day and adapt to situations as they unfold. Schuyler Moore, chief technology officer of CENTCOM, wrote in a Breaking Defense article that under the Digital Falcon Oasis exercise, participants integrated software capabilities into […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted Snowflake provisional authorization to operate at Impact Level 4 in the U.S.-West region of Amazon Web Services GovCloud. By acquiring IL4 clearance, the company is now allowed to handle controlled unclassified information such as personally identifiable information and expert controlled data. Jeff Frazier, Snowflake’s head of global public […]
Carahsoft Technology has teamed up with Coalfire and Google Public Sector to deliver tools designed to speed up the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authority to operate certification process and expand access to business opportunities with the government. Carahsoft is expected to distribute Coalfire’s FedRAMP products and advisory services to federal, state and institutional […]
