NASA has unveiled its plan to merge its 11 cloud contracts with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform into a single contract set aside for small businesses to be awarded through the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement vehicle. According to a special notice from NASA, a small business reseller would deliver the […]
The U.S. Space Force seeks $187.37 million for fiscal year 2024 to enhance the Unified Data Library, a cloud-based repository that takes data from multiple sources to support situational awareness. Lisa Costa, the Space Force’s chief technology and innovation officer, said during the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Space Force IT Day that UDL […]
The CoSo Secure Private Cloud Platform has received a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Seal of Compliance from the Compliancy Group, a third-party firm authorized to verify whether health care industry organizations meet the requirements for sensitive information. Specific data covered by HIPAA security regulations include personal identifiable information and health records. Jim Seaman, […]
Amazon Web Services has added cloud and cybersecurity professional services provider Aquia to the AWS Partner Network and Public Sector Partner program. Aquia was named an APN Select Tier Services Partner after demonstrating its expertise in cloud computing and deploying customer solutions on AWS. The APN program provides members with increased access to AWS programs, […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency Hosting and Compute Center is looking to secure a prototype of a single interface for controlling multiple cloud environments. DISA plans to issue an other transaction authority agreement for the prototype, which it expects to be complete within a year. The agency wants the system to automate asset management and […]
The U.S. Space Force plans to implement a hybrid, multi-cloud approach for the Enterprise Ground Services program as part of the military branch’s satellite command and control modernization efforts. The Space Force indicated in its fiscal year 2024 budget justification documents that it needs $155.8 million for EGS, and part of it will be used […]
Striveworks has signed a distribution agreement with Carahsoft Technologies for the Chariot machine learning operations platform and other artificial intelligence and ML software solutions to the public sector. Striveworks’ Chariot is designed to simplify ML operations and deliver a no-code and low-code solution that supports data analytics related to developing, deploying, monitoring and remediating models. […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has awarded Accenture Federal Services a $380 million information technology infrastructure operations and modernization task order under the second phase of the Data Center Support Services program. Accenture’s federal arm is expected to upgrade CBP systems at various agency offices and data centers. It will also support the Office of […]
The enterprise resource planning cloud solution of SAP National Security Services has secured authorization from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board, allowing public sector customers to deploy SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition software-as-a-service applications in SAP NS2’s cloud environment, which has secured moderate authorization from JAB. The ERP solution will help accelerate cloud transformation while securing […]
An IT official at the Defense Information Systems Agency said the organization is engaged in an overseas beta test for the private cloud instantiation solution set to replace milCloud. Speaking at a Defense One webinar on March 14, DISA Hosting and Compute Center Director Sharon Woods shared that the agency is testing the Stratus platform […]
