The Government Accountability Office said the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has not assessed the effectiveness of its programs and services to support the communications sector. In a recent report, the GAO noted that CISA has not determined which types of infrastructure owners and operators may benefit most from its cybersecurity initiatives, and, as a […]
President Joe Biden has nominated Shalanda Young for the role of Office of Management and Budget director. If confirmed, Young, currently the deputy director of budget and the acting director of the OMB, will be responsible for some of the critical information technology management operations in the Office of E-Government and Information Technology. She will […]
Shipbuilding company Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors has awarded Siemens Energy a contract to help reduce emissions on two new government ships. Siemens Energy will provide power, propulsion, control systems and battery storage technology for the Oceanographer and Discoverer vessels being acquired by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Siemens Energy said Monday. NOAA intends to use […]
The Department of Energy has earmarked $70 million in funding for research in Earth system model development to advance its Energy Exascale Earth System Model project. E3SM is an ongoing project aimed at optimizing the DOE’s allocation of laboratory resources for Earth system modeling, simulation and prediction. The new Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing funding […]
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has issued a pre-solicitation for 11 Small Business Innovation Research topics. The topics in the pre-solicitation cover various homeland security needs, including public safety, rapid rescue, emergency response, non-lethal countermeasures, crowd control, chemical/biological detection, aviation security, passenger screening and terrorist attack protection. One of the areas […]
Montreal-based CGI Incorporated announced that its U.S. subsidiary, CGI Federal, won a U.S. General Services Administration task order to develop a modern Application Programming Interface-accessible, web-based application for managing catalog data, called the Common Catalog Platform. The task order features a phased approach that extends over a one-year base period and four, one-year option periods […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded CyberPro JV a spot on its $150 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Under the Professional Technical and Medical Staffing Support IDIQ, the joint venture will provide technical and medical staffing support to the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Responses. CyberPro is a Small Business […]
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking industry’s help in understanding the marketplace trends of emerging technology in the private and public sectors. NIST is particularly interested in the areas of artificial intelligence, the internet of things in manufacturing, quantum computing, blockchain technology, new and advanced materials, unmanned delivery services, […]
Earth observation company Planet and New Light Technologies, an integrated science and technology service provider, have partnered to provide satellite imaging services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. NLT is a Washington, D.C.-based company offering services in cloud, software development, cybersecurity, data science and remote sensing. The partnership is expected to enhance the situational awareness […]
SkyePoint Decisions announced that it has been awarded a new task order by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to support the agency’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. The task order is part of a proof-of-concept initiative, runs from October 2021 through March 2022, and was awarded under the CIO-SP3 Small Business contract, SkyePoint […]
