The Air Force Test Center has announced the winners of the third edition of its Data Hackathon event during which participants were provided with complex data problems to solve. Individuals that joined the program used open-source and Air Force-provided tools to tackle the challenges. AFTC hosted the five-day competition, which began on Aug. 8, virtually […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded 2 Twelve Solutions a $93.5 million other transaction authority agreement to deliver its suite of IT modernization tools. 2 Twelve Solutions said that its tool suite includes an advanced application interface, a multi-cloud platform and a secure data solution called Orchestrated Repository for the Enterprise. The cloud platform and ORE […]
MSM Group has won an enterprise contract for the use of its iSite Contract Management Portal across NASA contracts. The commercial off-the-shelf, cloud-based software-as-a-service solution serves as an interface for task order preparation and response, plan drafting and approval, funding management and full integration of government and contractor workflows. ISite CMP also enables organizations to track […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded business management consultancy firm Amyx two J6 Enterprise Technology Services task orders to expand the company’s eDiscovery and logistics application modernization work. The first task order, dubbed Enterprise-Wide Electronically Stored Information Disclosure and Discovery Technical Support, would require Amyx to manage data ingestion to allow localized databases to be […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey are collaborating to determine how machine learning and artificial intelligence tools and methods can advance critical mineral assessments. To support the exploration study, DARPA created the AI for Critical Mineral Assessment Competition, which includes two independent challenges that seek technologies that can automate georeferencing […]
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will focus on internal modernization to allow it to prepare for changes in the financial sector. Brian Whittaker, the acting chief innovation officer at FDIC, said during a Nava Public Benefit Corp. event that the move is a shift from its outward focus on policy and would allow the agency […]
The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory is developing artificial intelligence-enabled systems that could help produce nuclear energy at a lower cost compared to existing nuclear power plants. Work is being performed under a $1 million, three-year project funded by the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy’s Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies program. The goal is to […]
The Department of Defense has introduced changes to its Tradewind Initiative website as part of an effort to explore a new approach to its search for new artificial intelligence capabilities, according to a FedScoop report. Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office spokesperson Kathleen Clark said the website, a marketplace for finding, funding, and developing […]
Lawmakers from the Senate Special Committee on Aging are asking the departments of Justice and Veterans Affairs to improve the accessibility of their online services to help seniors, individuals with disabilities and older and disabled veterans. Sen. Bob Casey, the chairman of the special committee, said during a hearing on July 28 that veterans and […]
The National Center for Health Statistics will begin operating its virtual data enclave in the fall to make it easier for researchers to access restricted-use data. The enclave will be tested internally, involving select pilot projects. At present, researchers need to travel to secure research data centers or federal statistical RDCs located in different states […]
