Acuity has signed a new licensing agreement with ServiceNow. Under the agreement, Acuity can resell ServiceNow licenses to customers in the federal government. Eric Lazerson, vice president of Acuity’s Technology Solutions Group, explained that the agreement will enable the company to “ensure that the number and type of licenses our customers purchase reflect the organizational […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement awarded Unissant a five-year spot under the $340 million Scalable Ways to Implement Flexible Tasks indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Herndon, Virginia-based information technology company secured one of two positions under SWIFT’s visualization domain area, for which it will upgrade ICE’s dashboard and public reporting capabilities. Other technologies […]
Special Operations Command Pacific has begun rolling out a cloud-based commercial enterprise tactical mission network pilot program to support stealth, lethality and agile missions in the Indo-Pacific region. Speaking at AFCEA TechNet Indo-Pacific in Honolulu, Col. Ronnie Geronimo, director of communications at SOCPAC, said the network will host several platforms, including a force protection interface. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate is working on several capabilities that would support entities that are working on soft target physical security. One of the solutions is called Special Event Planning Tools, a software suite that will support decision-making through security assessments. Ali Fadel, Soft Targets Security program manager at DHS […]
ICF has won a spot under the Scalable Ways to Implement Flexible Tasks indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to modernize technology delivery in the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The award gives ICF the opportunity to compete in the platform-as-a-service domain. The contract has a period of performance of five years and a maximum […]
Carahsoft has partnered with Skuid to deliver digital transformation services under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-Software 2 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. ITES-SW2, awarded to Carahsoft, allows the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense, federal agencies and authorized systems integrators to procure commercial off-the-shelf software products and related services and hardware. The ITES-SW2 contract has an ordering […]
The Technology Modernization Fund has announced a $1.78 million investment that would update the U.S. AbilityOne Commission’s Procurement List Information Management System software. The funds will be used to improve PLIMS’ core software, which connects employers of individuals with disabilities with federal agency customers. Specifically, the funding will be used to improve the software that […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the private sector, has developed a facial recognition program that cross-references photos from government IDs with existing photographs of passengers taken upon arrival. The Traveler Verification Service system is intended to streamline customer experience at entry and exit points, superseding fingerprint […]
The General Services Administration‘s Technology Transformation Services has awarded information services provider Amivero a $9.5 million task order for cloud and data technology modernization for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Amivero will help CDC improve its public health mission by providing modern technology solutions that enable efficiency and security. The contractor will also […]
Amazon Web Services said government organizations can now combine Amazon Connect with other AWS services within the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program High boundary. The company made the announcement after the omnichannel cloud contact center service achieved FedRAMP Authorized status at the high-impact level, which covers sensitive data, including controlled unclassified information such as […]
