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 […]
The U.S. Air Force Services Center is deploying a cloud-based enrollment system that would allow servicemen to enroll their children in child and youth programs seamlessly. The Child and Youth Programs Business Management System is designed so servicemen can perform enrollment processes from any location without the need to carry multiple paper records. It holds […]
The Department of the Air Force has issued a request for information for an anticipated follow-on contract for the Cloud One program. Cloud One is the Air Force’s platform for IT capabilities and secure computing. It grants secure access to commercial cloud services and environments and automates cloud services and networking. According to the RFI, […]
The Department of the Interior is requesting proposals to support cloud migration efforts across the agency. According to a solicitation posted on SAM .gov, DOI intends to award a potential $1 billion, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Cloud Hosting Service III contract, which has a five-year base and three two-year option periods. Work under the contract includes migrating technology […]
Sharon Woods, the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Hosting and Compute Center, said that officials expect the Department of Defense to award the $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract in mid-December. The original plan was to award it in April but the DOD opted to push the deadline back following the issuance […]
The Army Software Factory has posted a request for information regarding industry capacity to deliver technical capabilities in education, hybrid cloud and cybersecurity. Specifically, the Army Futures Command unit is looking into how the private sector can enhance internal software development training for soldiers and civilian personnel, prototype diverse hybrid cloud hosting technologies and deploy […]
The U.S. Air Force is continuing to pursue cloud services that would allow its intelligence community to operate regardless of connectivity conditions. Norman Leach, a director within the Air Force Research Laboratory‘s information directorate, said cloud offerings should work even in areas with higher latencies and lower network reach. He suggested that while hotspots or […]
