The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to roll out the Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Provider Suite, a new contracting vehicle intended to simplify how its subagencies source infrastructure hosting services. Under ECLIPS, four to eight vendors would receive single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with five-year base periods, FCW reported. Among the capabilities sought are infrastructure, platform and […]
The National Archives and Records Administration expects the latest version of its Electronic Records Archives system to be fully operational by the first quarter of 2023. ERA 2.0 features cloud-based tools for processing and transferring digital records and a new dashboard for tracking the status of record scheduling and transfer requests. The system has already […]
Okta has launched a new cloud-native identity solution for the Department of Defense and its mission partners. The Okta for US Military platform built on Amazon Web Services GovCloud and hosted on the .mil domain is designed to provide Impact Level 4 protection for controlled unclassified information by connecting Defense Information Systems Network users through […]
The Department of the Navy has selected Radiant Logic‘s RadiantOne Intelligent Identity Data Platform to enable the creation and structure of the Naval Identity Services, the department’s planned enterprise identity, credential and access management solution. RadiantOne will consolidate identity information across the Navy Department to enhance its overall network cybersecurity posture. RadiantOne enables a cloud-based […]
Science Applications International Corp. has won a $757 million contract extending support for the U.S. Army Enterprise Service Desk will software development and management services. In addition to service desk operations, the agreement calls for the company to optimize the Army Enterprise Service Management Framework’s service delivery processes, adding new functionality to the software-as-a-service and […]
Denis McDonough, secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, told attendees of a Nov. 9 town hall meeting in Washington, D.C., that progress was being made on the transfer of military service records to the cloud and the development of automated data extraction tools. He explained that the agency’s efforts will accelerate internal decision-making, expanding […]
The Office of Personnel Management’s Office of the Inspector General listed information technology modernization, financial integrity and human capital management as the top three challenges facing the agency in 2023. Leaders at the Office of the Chief Information Officer are prioritizing the recruitment and retention of an IT workforce and other initiatives that support that […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has granted Consensus Cloud Solutions’ Enterprise Cloud Fax authority to operate, marking the entry of Consensus into the U.S. federal marketplace. ECFax offers government cloud faxing and information exchange solutions in support of the VA’s digital communications program. The ATO allows ECFax to be deployed at more than 2,000 VA […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded its partnership with Get Well to deploy the company’s digital engagement solution to 70 additional VA medical centers. GetWell Inpatient was already installed in nearly 13,000 VHA inpatient beds, allowing patient self-service and reducing clinician workload. The solution recently secured FedRAMP “in process” designation as a result of […]
Sharon Woods, the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Hosting and Compute Center, shared that efforts are underway to forge a cooperative research and development agreement between federal research facilities and private industry for new cloud capabilities. Speaking at the 2022 Forecast to Industry conference, Woods specified that DISA seeks infrastructure code that enables […]
