NSF Program Seeks Increased Participation of Minority-Serving Institutions in AI Work

The National Science Foundation has introduced a new initiative to increase minority-serving institution involvement in artificial intelligence research, education and workforce development. MSIs include historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities and Asian American and Pacific Islander-serving institutions. Expanding AI Innovation Through Capacity Building and Partnerships contains two tracks that differ […]
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Digital Transformation Office Seeks Solutions for Automating Digital Model Certification Process

The Department of the Air Force’s Digital Transformation Office is looking for technologies that can improve the ingestion, digestion and analysis of digital models in support of the U.S. Air Force Unified Certification Strategy, which aims to simplify the certification of airworthiness, cybersecurity and nuclear surety of systems and its digital architecture. The Air Force […]
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Technology Modernization Fund to Receive $50M From Consolidated Appropriations Act

The Technology Modernization Fund will receive $50 million in funding from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. The additional funding will help TMF support federal agency IT modernization projects. The final sum represents a compromise figure after the Senate’s version of the bill identified extra support for TMF, including additional allocations from the American Rescue […]
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FiscalNote to Enhance Constituent Relationship Management Platform With AI-Powered Tech

Software company FiscalNote will upgrade its Fireside constituent relationship management platform with the incorporation of artificial intelligence-powered technology. The CRM software-as-a service platform is designed for federal, state and governments to enhance communications with their constituents. Updating Fireside will give press secretaries, communications directors, chiefs of staff, speechwriters and district office staff quick and direct […]
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Absolute Software Secures FedRAMP Ready Status for Endpoint Security Solution Suite

Absolute Software, an IT and cybersecurity company based in Canada, has announced that its Absolute Secure Endpoint solution suite has been granted a ready designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Absolute Secure Endpoint is designed to support federal agencies in their efforts to strengthen cyber resiliency. It allows authorized users to maintain […]
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Terida Secures FedRAMP In Process Designation for CLASsoft RegTech Platform

Pinehurst, North Carolina-based IT services provider Terida has secured an in process designation from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its Terida RegTech Framework – CLASsoft offering. CLASsoft is a cloud-based infrastructure-as-a-service solution that uses Amazon Web Services. It provides security, continuous monitoring and controls for the entire regulatory technology process. CLASsoft integrates […]
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ANL Computer Defense Software Prototype Tested at NATO’s Cyber Defense Exercise

Three teams of cyber defenders that participated in NATO’s Cyber Coalition 2022 used a prototype of the Autonomous Intelligence Cyberdefense Agent computer defense software developed by the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory to help them protect computer-based systems and power grids from cyberattacks. AICA, powered by artificial intelligence, enables data collection and analysis and […]
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AWS Intelligence Community Marketplace Adds Rubrik Security Cloud

The Amazon Web Services Marketplace for the U.S. Intelligence Community now offers Rubrik Security Cloud, which is meant to provide zero-trust data protection capabilities using machine learning. Specifically, Rubrik aims to offer a way to easily set up an enterprise-level cybersecurity platform that offers data resilience, observability and remediation capabilities. According to Brendan McCarthy, vice […]
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TMF to Support Customer Experience Efforts at USAID, RRB With $100M in Funding

The Technology Modernization Fund will allocate $100 million toward customer experience initiatives at the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board. USAID is developing an enterprise-wide customer relationship management system while the RRB is planning to introduce online self-services for accessing benefits. Clare Martorana, the TMF board chair and a 2022 […]
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