NASA Seeking Industry Feedback on RFP for Consolidated IT Services Deal

NASA has posted a preliminary draft request for proposals for its Consolidated Applications and Platform Services contract, which unifies information technology requirements across various existing contracts at an estimated $2 billion. NCAPS is an Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract with indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task orders. The RFP follows a February announcement that the agency would support plans by its […]
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NGA Source Directorate Embracing Commercial GEOINT Products, Official Says

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s Source Operations and Management Directorate is expanding its work with the private sector, a top official said. The Source Operations and Management Directorate is in charge of providing geospatial intelligence products and services to customers from the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. GEOINT is the use of imagery and […]
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ECS to Continue Supporting TRANSCOM’s Cargo and Passenger Processing System via $53M Contract

Fairfax, Virginia-based company ECS has secured a five-year, $53 million recompete contract to support the U.S. Transportation Command‘s Global Air Transportation Execution System. ECS will provide agile software development to sustain and enhance GATES operations worldwide. The company will also deliver help desk and engineering support and migrate additional capabilities to the cloud. GATES manages […]
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GDIT Wins Software Engineering Contract for IHS Electronic Health Record System

The Indian Health Service has tapped General Dynamics Information Technology to provide full software development life cycle services for the Resource and Patient Management System. IHS awarded the company a five-year, $89 million software engineering support contract with a one-year base period and four option years. Requirements under the contract include project management, system deployment […]
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OIG Highlights Points of Improvement in SSA Agile Practices

The Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General made several recommendations in a report published in late August to improve the agency’s agile software development approach. Gail Ennis, the SSA inspector general, said 12 initiatives were suggested in the audit, aimed at improving decision-making, boosting efficiency and fostering workforce effectiveness, FedScoop reported. According to Ennis, […]
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Octo Partners With Nvidia to Deliver Better AI Products to Government

Octo, a technology consultancy provider, announced that it has joined the Nvidia Partner Network to deliver better artificial intelligence products to federal government customers. As part of the collaboration, the computer graphics company will develop and support AI-powered services for Octo and its clients. Octo’s oLabs, a collaborative laboratory in Reston, Virginia, for prototyping federal […]
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Boomi’s Workflow Automation Service Achieves FedRAMP Authorization

Boomi’s low-code workflow automation service Flow has achieved a three-year Federal Risk Authorization Management Program authorization to operate. The U.S. Agency for International Development granted the ATO, allowing federal agencies to access the service via the Boomi AtomSphere cloud integration platform offered on the FedRAMP Marketplace. Using Flow will allow agencies to link data across […]
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DOD Officials Discuss AI’s Potential to Empower Workforce, Automate Business Processes

The Department of Defense is using artificial intelligence to empower its workforce and automate business processes, senior officials said. Jaime Fitzgibbon, AI program manager at the Defense Innovation Unit, said at a FedInsider virtual event that the Pentagon uses the emerging technology for back-office tasks so employees can apply their skills where they are needed […]
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