Charles Rettig, the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said inconsistent and uncertain IT funding provided by Congress to the agency makes it hard to develop a cohesive technology plan. Rettig, speaking at a House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing, responded to criticism from lawmakers over a backlog of over 5 million […]
Palo Alto Networks, a cybersecurity company, announced that its internet of things security offering has attained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization at the Moderate level. FedRAMP is a governmentwide program that provides cybersecurity ratings for cloud-based products and services offered to federal agencies. The IoT Security solution is designed to help agencies protect […]
Contact center company Genesys has secured a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program In Process designation for its Cloud CX platform for government. Genesys Cloud CX allows organizations to deliver seamless customer and employee experiences through various media channels. It deploys, operates and scales CX orchestration technology from a composable cloud platform. The company is […]
Global Telehealth Services, a health care technology company, announced that its remote patient monitoring solution has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization at the Moderate impact level. FedRAMP is a government-wide program that attests to the cybersecurity of cloud-based products and services offered to the government. According to the FedRAMP website, Moderate impact-level […]
The General Services Administration has awarded REI Systems Cloud Specialty Item Number 518210C on the company’s GSA Multiple-Award Schedule. The GSA award will make it easier and more cost-effective for government buyers to partner with REI for commercial cloud services. Andrew Zeswitz, chief technology officer at REI and a Potomac Officers Club member, said the […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been awarded $10.5 million under the Technology Modernization Fund to finance improvements to digital experiences for veterans. VA seeks to transition to Login .gov, a single sign-on solution that lets users access multiple agency websites using the same credentials. The General Services Administration, the agency that developed and operates […]
The General Services Administration, through its Technology Transformation Service, is hosting the Applied AI Challenge, to encourage businesses and academia to provide fresh insights on using artificial intelligence technology to combat problems connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. The contest calls on participants to display their newly-developed technologies for tackling social and environmental issues arising from […]
The Department of Health and Human Services is working on a new data exchange system designed to merge different health information networks. HHS is developing the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement to create a single point of access for health records, Federal News Network reported. Micky Tripathi, national coordinator for health information technology at […]
Raj Iyer, chief information officer of the Department of the Army, said the service’s migration to the Army 365 platform is expected to be completed in 2025. Speaking at a FedScoop event, Iyer shared that the military branch has made progress in deploying the cloud-based platform globally. According to the CIO, he was able to […]
Digital .ai, a Boston, Massachusetts-based software company, announced that its DevOps tracking platform has attained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program agency authorization at the moderate impact level. FedRAMP is a government-wide program that gives security ratings to cloud-based products and services marketed to federal agencies. According to the FedRAMP website, moderate-impact systems are appropriate […]
