The Federal Bureau of Investigation has awarded Verizon Networks a $400 million contract to expand its data bandwidth to better carry out work in foreign countries, according to a top company official. As part of the deal, the New Jersey-headquartered technology provider will deliver faster information technology capabilities that can be securely used by FBI […]
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has modernized its aging acquisition management system. FDIC is an agency tasked with protecting depositors from losses if their insured bank fails. Unison, the software company that enabled the modernization, said it deployed its flagship software-as-a-service solution. Called PRISM, the SaaS management tool is designed to help federal acquisition professionals […]
Both chambers of Congress are advancing legislation pushing the government to implement better digital identification solutions. Researchers reported a spike in identity fraud cases during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. According to Javelin Strategy and Research, losses due to identity theft rose from $16.9 billion in 2019 to $56 billion in 2020, FCW reported. […]
GBL Systems, a California-based systems engineering defense contractor, has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division. A CRADA is a technology transfer mechanism that agencies may use to formalize collaborations with industry. The new agreement calls for an assessment of augmented reality, cyber and biometric authentication technologies […]
The General Services Administration expects cloud services spending to continue growing moving forward. Allen Hill, the deputy assistant commissioner for category management in the GSA Federal Acquisition Service, said there are various reasons for the uptake of cloud services. In an interview with Federal News Network, Hill said that agencies switched to remote work for […]
San Francisco-headquartered software developer BedRock Systems has entered into a collaboration with the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Aviation & Missile Center and DESE Research involving the demonstration of a trusted computing base integration framework. The TCB framework supports the flexible design and secure integration of multiple features, functions and applications to better protect aviation […]
Cloud applications provider Workday has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Authorized status at the moderate security impact level for Workday Government Cloud. Workday Government Cloud is a solution that allows federal agencies to gain real-time workforce insights that can improve talent attraction and retention, make informed decisions regarding finances and resources and secure […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory announced that it has developed a new medical profile system for improving communication and overall readiness in collaboration with the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency and the Defense Health Agency. The profile system, dubbed the Airman and Guardian Availability Management system, will be rolled out to all treatment facilities sometime […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office plans to use artificial intelligence to improve its intellectual property classification system. According to Jamie Holcombe, the chief information officer of USPTO, AI will act as an extension of the examiner rather than as a replacement. He explained that training AI and machine learning to effectively make classifications will […]
ClearInfo, a maker of enterprise information management solutions, has entered into a distribution partnership with government contracting aggregator Carahsoft Technology. As part of the partnership, Carahsoft will make ClearInfo’s unstructured data management solutions more widely accessible to the public sector. ClearInfo’s offerings will be made available through the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-Software 2, NASA Solutions […]
