The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted a new platform designed to improve how its subsidiaries share data among each other, an official said. Dan Jernigan, the CDC’s deputy director for public health science and surveillance, said that the agency’s Enterprise Data Analytics and Visualization platform allows scientists to better manage data and […]
ICF, a strategic consulting company, has entered into a partnership with Google Cloud to pursue work in the public sector. According to ICF, the partnership is a testament to its past success in using Google Cloud’s technology to serve federal health clients, including the National Cancer Institute. The new collaboration will blend technology consulting expertise […]
The Technology Modernization Fund should improve its scrutiny of the modernization projects for which it grants funding, a government watchdog said. TMF is a government-wide program managed by the General Services Administration aimed at funding technology projects proposed by agencies, with the goal of reimbursing the program within five years. According to the Government Accountability […]
SailPoint Technologies has secured an In Process designation from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its software-as-a-service identity security platform. The SaaS offering uses an agile, intelligent and always-on approach to meet federal agencies’ identity security requirements. If the solution receives a full FedRAMP authorization, it will provide agencies and other organizations with […]
The Technology Modernization Fund‘s board of directors promised lawmakers that they would distribute among agencies needing money for modernization projects the more than $750 million remaining in its budget by the end of 2022. TMB officials made this assurance after lawmakers criticized them for being too slow in releasing money amid requests by agencies seeking […]
The Department of Defense’s chief information officer said that the legacy desktop hardware being used by personnel in certain highly classified work will soon be retired in favor of a new virtual, cloud-based desktop solution. John Sherman revealed that the new desktop solution for use in secret assignments is being called Compartmentalized Enterprise Desktop, FCW […]
Amazon Web Services‘ Department of Defense Cloud Infrastructure as Code for AWS is now available. DOD Cloud IaC for AWS uses various templates to allow defense mission owners to build secure and scalable cloud environments. It is designed to give Pentagon organizations the ability to accelerate cloud adoption and rapidly deliver capabilities to warfighters. The […]
The Technology Modernization Fund government-wide program has awarded $13.5 million in funding to the National Archives and Records Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Administered by the General Services Administration, TMF was authorized in 2017 to finance information technology modernization projects proposed by government agencies. NARA received $9.1 million to fund its adoption of […]
Joe Tragakis, the Special Operations Command’s chief information officer, on Thursday said that providing operators with the cybersecurity they need remains the top focus amid efforts to deliver on-demand network access and cyber resiliency on the field. He emphasized that SOCOM’s current efforts are geared towards zero trust and cyber resiliency, GovCIO reported Friday. Speaking […]
IT and customer experience services provider HighPoint has secured an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide application development support services to the Federal Communications Commission. The services to be delivered under the IDIQ are program and project management support, software and application development and documentation support and extreme programming support. The contract is designed to help the […]
