Sen. Jon Tester, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, has expressed support for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ rollout of a new electronic health record system despite Republicans pushing legislation seeking to terminate the EHR deployment over technical and performance issues. Lawmakers have criticized the Oracle Cerner system since its deployment began […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to C3 AI for mission-critical artificial intelligence applications in support of the Crowd-Sourced Flight Data Program, a 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron initiative aimed at providing warfighters with software-defined capabilities. The 59TES is based in Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and is in charge of managing […]
Carahsoft Technology will serve as the master government aggregator for Bonterra’s software offerings, which are aimed at supporting social good organizations. As part of a new partnership, Carahsoft will offer such products to the public sector through reseller networks and contract vehicles such as the General Services Administration Multiple-Award Schedule and the NASA Solutions for […]
NASA has used artificial intelligence to design mission-specific hardware. NASA research engineer Ryan McClelland designed what he called “evolved structures,” specialized, one-off parts. Their production involves work by computer-assisted design specialists as well as artificial intelligence. McClelland underscored the need for human intuition, noting that “algorithms do need a human eye.” Manufacturing the parts could […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a three-year, $9 million contract to BMNT for support to the J68 Technology Accelerator. BMNT, a long-time DLA contractor, will utilize an innovation-as-a-service offering to assist J68 with high-value project identification and rapid prototyping. Government organizations such as the Office of Naval Research, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, […]
MongoDB’s database-as-a-service offering has secured moderate authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. With the designation, U.S. government agencies can now use MongoDB Atlas for Government to deploy MongoDB clusters on Amazon Web Services GovCloud in the U.S. East and U.S. West regions. The DBaaS deployment allows government organizations to utilize the document […]
The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office is testing an artificial intelligence tool that can help officials write contracts. CDAO’s AcqBot prototyping effort is part of its Tradewind initiative for sourcing, funding and developing AI and machine learning solutions. Bonnie Evangelista, the execution lead official of the Tradewind initiative, said during the […]
The U.S. Army has awarded contracts with a combined worth of $17 million to Camgian for the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to enhance warfighter situational awareness. Camgian is a software development company headquartered in Starkville, Mississippi, that offers automation capabilities aimed at enhancing military decision-making. CEO and founder Gary Butler said […]
A report on the Internal Revenue Service‘s legacy systems found that the agency is lagging in its technology modernization efforts partly because of funding constraints. According to a report by the Government Accountability Office, the IRS seems poised to update its legacy systems, including the 60-year-old Customer Account Data Engine 2, thanks to $80 billion […]
The Alliance for Digital Innovation, a software technology trade group, has urged the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration to make policy changes to reduce the barriers preventing commercial cloud providers from entering the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Marketplace. In a letter to OMB Director Shalanda Young and GSA […]
