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 […]
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 […]
