The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to award app developer JumpStart a contract to create a platform that uses artificial intelligence to improve the physical therapy process. VA needs an app capable of mitigating repetitive stress and over-exertion injuries using an adaptive user interface that can receive input from a variety of wearable technology, according […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded Tetra Tech a potential five-year, $300 million contract for flood risk management services. Tetra Tech was awarded the contract as part of the Advancing Resilience in Communities joint venture. ARC JV will provide technical support services to assess and manage flood risks in the northeastern U.S. Tetra Tech […]
The Senate has voted 68 to 31 to confirm Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to a five-year term as a commissioner at the agency. Rosenworcel previously served as an FCC commissioner during the Obama administration from 2012 to 2015. Before she joined the agency, Rosenworcel served as senior communications counsel for the Senate Committee […]
The White House’s Office of Personnel Management is looking to upgrade its personnel system to better compete with other agencies in terms of hiring cybersecurity talent. OPM Director Kiran Ahuja acknowledged the government-wide demand for cybersecurity talent during a Dec. 3 webinar hosted by the National Academy of Public Administration. The Department of Homeland Security, […]
The Department of Energy announced that it has invested $35 million in the development of technologies for reducing methane gas emissions in the oil, gas and coal industries. DOE said the funding will go to 12 projects selected under its Reducing Emissions of Methane Every Day of the Year program. The awardees will focus on […]
The General Services Administration has delayed the publication of the final request for proposals for the $15 billion Polaris contract vehicle until early January. According to a federal contracting source, the delays would give small information technology providers more time to prepare their bids. A government contracting official posted in GSA Interact that the small […]
Noblis, a provider of science services to the government, has won a prime spot on the potential $200 million U.S. Department of Transportation contract vehicle for technical services. The five-year Technical Support Services Contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity deal managed by DOT’s Federal Highway Administration, Noblis said Wednesday. The company said it will provide technical services […]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced that it has been selected to build a new supercomputer for the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL is a national laboratory focused on solving challenges in energy efficiency and developing renewable energy technologies. High-performance computers are a class of systems designed to allow researchers to tackle large-scale data […]
Verizon’s public sector business has secured two Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task orders from the Department of Energy with a combined value of $34.6 million. The first task calls for the provision of voice technologies and services. The goal is to help the DOE address next-generation voice requirements such as its planned transition from a time […]
The Department of Labor launched a multi-phase information technology modernization effort aimed at improving the unemployment insurance claims process. Michele Evermore, deputy director of policy in the Office of Unemployment Insurance Modernization at the Labor Department, said in an interview with Federal News Network that agency officials saw a need to modernize systems even though […]
