Virginia-headquartered General Dynamics Information Technology announced that it was awarded a $65 million contract by the Enterprise Architecture Data Group of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to support its Integrated Data Repository. The deal calls for expertise to migrate CMS data to the cloud and provide operations and maintenance services to on-premises systems, […]
VMware announced that its VMware Government Services package of modern applications has attained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Authorization at the High Impact level. FedRAMP is a governmentwide program that provides cybersecurity ratings for cloud-based products and services offered to federal agencies. According to a summary of the program, an Authorized designation entails that […]
CGI Federal has secured a position on the Federal Communications Commission‘s $203.5 million Agile Development Support Services contract vehicle. ADSS is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that has a potential five-year performance period. Under the IDIQ, CGI Federal will apply Agile development and cloud-based technologies to support IT and digital transformation efforts, including 5G competitiveness, cloud […]
Raytheon Intelligence & Space has secured a $21.7 million contract modification to exercise a fourth-year option for the NextGen Weather Processor Program. The NWP contract has a potential value of $47.8 million. Under the contract, RI&S will continue the development, testing, training and implementation of the NextGen Weather Processor, which will replace legacy FAA weather […]
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 […]
