The Federal Systems Integration and Management Center has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a potential five-year $889 million contract to support the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s One IT modernization program. One IT delivers IT infrastructure, customer support and technologies to enhance the DCSA’s IT environment. The services that will be provided under the contract […]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has called for the creation of a DHS Artificial Intelligence Task Force to be led by Undersecretary for Science and Technology Dimitri Kusnezov and Chief Information Officer Eric Hysen as co-chairpersons. Kusnezov and Hysen have been tasked to establish the working procedures of the internal task force. The […]
Austin, Texas-based Aurigo Software’s Masterworks Cloud platform has attained In Process status from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, a security standard for cloud applications to be used by the government. In Process indicates that a vendor has cleared certain criteria and is working with a federal agency throughout the process. Aurigo attained FedRAMP […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has postponed the deployment of a modernized electronic health record at additional sites to prioritize fixing EHR issues at five locations where the system is already in use. Oracle Cerner, which developed the EHR, already deployed the system at Spokane VA Health Care System, VA Walla Walla Health Care, Roseburg […]
Carahsoft Technology has started selling software from identity management firms Okta and Socure to the public sector. Craig Abod, Carahsoft president and 2023 Wash100 awardee, highlighted his company’s existing relationships with both Okta and Socure and noted that putting such products together could offset costs incurred from modern cyberattacks. One of the solutions on offer […]
VMware’s vRealize Suite Cloud for U.S. Public Sector has received high authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Joint Authorization Board. VRealize Suite Cloud, a management solution for heterogeneous data centers and hybrid cloud environments, provides agencies with tools for managing cloud workloads in a manner that complies with federal security requirements. The […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is spearheading the government’s implementation of secure-by-design, an approach to software development aimed at incorporating safety measures in the early stages. CISA had been involved with the recent publication of secure-by-design and secure-by-default guidance for software makers and vendors. Formed in collaboration with other agencies and organizations from allied […]
Paul Courtney, the Department of Homeland Security’s chief procurement officer, recently talked about ways internal operations are being streamlined using robotic process automation. In an interview with Federal News Network, he highlighted an electronic contract filing system as one of several initiatives his office has undertaken to simplify processes. It uses RPA to upload certain […]
SAP National Security Services announced that the SAP Integrated Business Planning cloud solution has received provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency. The SAP IBP solution offers machine learning-enabled supply chain planning capabilities that meet Department of Defense requirements. It can be used for sales and operations planning, forecasting and demand planning, response and […]
Ryan McArthur, manager of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, recently discussed how the ability to interact directly with contractors Google, Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon has benefited the Department of Defense. JWCC, a $9 billion effort to procure cloud capabilities at all security classification levels, is overseen by the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Hosting and […]
