Delays to the Department of Defense’s new $9 billion multi-cloud program could be worth it if it means getting it right, a top defense official said at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. John Sherman, the DOD’s chief information officer and a 2022 Wash100 winner, defended the Pentagon’s decision to reschedule an award of the […]
Three senators have asked appropriators to add at least $300 million to the Technology Modernization Fund for fiscal year 2023. TMF is a government-wide program authorized in 2017 to finance information technology modernization projects proposed by government agencies. While the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 injected $1 billion into TMF, Sens. Mark Warner, Steve […]
Paul Brubaker, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ senior adviser for strategic initiatives, revealed that agency employees are inventorying all the department’s data assets to ensure that they are of the quality needed for the shift to artificial intelligence. This is part of a broader effort to integrate AI operations into its DevSecOps environment to speed […]
Software company Wellspring has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program moderate impact level authorization for its Sophia Knowledge Management System. The authority to operate will allow the company to offer the solution to all U.S. government agencies and national laboratories. The Sophia Knowledge Management System is a cloud-based application that helps streamline the knowledge […]
The Department of Defense has awarded L3Harris Technologies a five-year blanket purchase agreement focused on artificial intelligence data readiness. L3Harris said it will support the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’s Data Readiness for AI Development program, which is aimed at allowing the DOD to more effectively deploy the emerging technology. The company explained that data needs […]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has secured Department of Defense Impact Level 5 provisional authorization for additional services. The provisional authorization covers Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Infrastructure, Autonomous Database on Shared Infrastructure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog, Oracle Integration Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Service Connector Hub and VCN Flow Logs. With the […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Thales a spot on a $6 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for an advanced tactical radio program. Thales said it is one of the two vendors selected to support the service’s Combat Net Radio modernization program. The other awardee is L3Harris Technologies, according to an Army press release in March. The IDIQ […]
Defense Logistics Agency officials revealed plans to depend more on robotic process automation to handle repetitive tasks and unburden the organization’s workforce. The move is being taken after a three-year experiment of deploying software-based bots produced encouraging results, FedScoop reported Friday. Rusty Wells, who leads the agency’s Procurement Process and Systems Division, told journalists that […]
The Defense Innovation Unit announced that, together with the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, it has successfully implemented machine learning solutions to resolve accounting discrepancies in the Department of Defense’s financial management enterprise. Towards this shared objective, they managed two separate pilots using two distinct ML platforms, the DIU said Thursday. In a statement, the DIU […]
Senior defense officials have testified about the need to modernize the physical infrastructure of the Department of Defense’s laboratories. Heidi Shyu, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said it is “absolutely critical” for the department to make such an investment, Nextgov reported. “First thing I would do is to help you get more […]
