The Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration have designated $100 million of the Technology Modernization Fund for high-impact service providers that can improve customer experience. The TMF allocations will support the goals listed in Executive Order 12862, which directs 17 agencies to adhere to 36 specific CX improvement commitments. The EO […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted software company Pegasystems‘ Pega Cloud for Government a provisional authorization for the Department of Defense at impact level 4. Pega Cloud for Government is a managed system that provides the tools, environments and operational support that allow government agencies to develop applications, move software offerings to the cloud […]
Logistics company Pitney Bowes said it has obtained security authorization to offer its cloud-based sending and receiving platform to the federal government. Pitney Bowes announced that its SendPro 360 platform achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization. Sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the authorization was awarded after a two-year process of demonstrating […]
General Dynamics Information Technology announced that it was awarded the $121.8 million Award Eligibility Determination contract by the Department of Education to modernize the Federal Student Aid processing system. The deal calls for migrating mission-critical legacy applications to modern architecture, with the new AED system hosted in AWS GovCloud, GDIT said Tuesday. The 10-year contract […]
The Air Force’s Air Education Training Command announced the launch of the second phase of its myTraining system, a project to track the progress of airmen’s on-the-job training. The program was designed to replace the Total Force Training Record for active-duty airmen and members of the Air National Guard, the Air Force website reported Thursday. […]
NCI Information Systems, a Reston, Virginia-based provider of technology to government agencies, has rebranded to Empower AI. President and CEO Paul Dillahay, a four-time Wash100 winner, said that the change reflects the successful implementation of the company’s Empower AI Platform for federal clients in defense, civilian and health care markets. “Empower AI is declaring what […]
The Office of Management and Budget has launched a new plan for implementing new IT offerings at federal agencies. Federal Chief Information Officer and 2022 Wash100 winner Clare Martorana said in the OMB’s Information Technology Operating Plan that the framework is designed to ensure that government agencies are investing Congress-provided money properly. She noted that […]
Siemens Government Technologies, Siemens’ buildings technology subsidiary, announced that its suite of software-as-a-service products for defense users is low listed on the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Marketplace. FedRAMP is a program that provides security certifications for cloud-based products and services offered to federal agencies. The program’s standardized assessment also promotes government-wide adoption of […]
The Department of Defense’s newly established Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office is continuously exploring ways to close capability gaps in support of the warfighter, according to technology leaders at the Pentagon. Craig Martell, the CDAO’s first-ever permanent lead, said that his office needs to keep identifying where AI can provide the most value, which […]
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center‘s Business Enterprise Systems Directorate launched the Sustainment Planning, Execution and Reporting System on March 28. AFLCMC created SPERS by consolidating the Centralized Access for Data Exchange and the Maintenance Planning and Execution legacy systems. CAFDEx is an enterprise tool that was used to plan, program, budget and […]
