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 […]
The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to modernize its Where’s My Refund online tool following a Government Accountability Office report. The IRS said in response to GAO’s findings that while it will revamp the application, it will only be able to do so after its annual appropriations are enacted. The agency added that budget resolutions, […]
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a request for information for a cloud-based portal that could replace its existing information-sharing system. As part of a project titled HSIN Phoenix, DHS wants to build a series of minimally viable products leading to a complete replacement of the Homeland Security Information Network, according to the RFI […]
SparkCognition Government Systems has won a spot on a potential $241.6 million basic ordering agreement to support the Department of Defense’s artificial intelligence data readiness needs. The DOD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center awarded the contract through its Data Readiness AI Development program. On its website, JAIC said that having “AI-ready” data is a key determinant […]
The Trusted Internet Connections program could release its cloud use case in months to complete the TIC 3.0 architecture for government agencies. According to Sean Connelly, program manager of TIC 3.0 at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the cloud use case is more focused on the application side whereas the earlier use cases were […]
