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 […]
Virtual primary care provider CirrusMD has secured a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program In Process status for its integrated telehealth platform. The designation was made possible through the company’s partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs. CirrusMD currently provides veterans in the U.S. and its territories access to health care services. Once the company […]
Ping Identity, a developer of intelligent identity technology, has announced the availability of its offerings on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace through Carahsoft. According to the company, a spot on the cloud-based platform will make its products more easily accessible and cost-effective for government agencies. Customers will also benefit from conveniences such as a simplified […]
Knightscope, a Silicon Valley-based maker of physical security robots, has received an In Process rating under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. FedRAMP is a government-wide program that provides cybersecurity ratings for cloud-based products and services offered to federal agencies. It also promotes the adoption of secure cloud technologies across the government, Knightscope said […]
The U.S. Air Force is planning to create new hardware and software business models to allow the service to pair autonomous solutions with crewed aircraft for combat operations. The business models are expected to be interoperable across different components across the Next-Generation Air Dominance program. NGAD aims to develop a sixth-generation stealth aircraft, autonomous drones […]
Ann Johnson, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of security, compliance and identity, on Thursday announced that her company has partnered with Tenable to improve the United State’s cybersecurity posture. She said that the partnership grew out of a common desire to support President Joe Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity issued in May 2021, Nextgov reported Tuesday. […]
The Alliance for Digital Innovation, a technology trade group, has asked Congress appropriators to boost the Technology Modernization Fund as part of fiscal year 2023 budget. TMF is a government-wide funding vehicle managed by the General Services Administration. Congress authorized it in 2017 to give agencies ways to finance their modernization efforts, according to GSA’s […]
