The Department of Transportation has awarded Ensco a potential $571 million contract to provide research and development, testing, engineering and training services at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado. The contract supports the Federal Railroad Administration in its goal of making the TTC a center for rail and ground transportation innovation, Ensco said. Under […]
The Department of Homeland Security seeks to issue a single award contract to support the development of a cybersecurity compensation system. DHS said in a solicitation that the system will comprise a set of business rules, processes and policies for administering compensation in order to recruit and retain cybersecurity talent. The selected contractor will provide […]
The General Services Administration is working to reduce institutional barriers that have hindered interagency data and cloud collaboration amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Dan Pomeroy, head of the Office of Information Integrity and Access within GSA’s Office of Government-wide Policy, making interagency collaboration easier suddenly became a priority during the pandemic as some agencies […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is using predictive analytics to identify veterans who are at the most risk of committing suicide. Speaking at a recent ACT-IAC summit, Matt Miller, VA’s national director of suicide prevention, touted the agency’s REACH VET system, which helps identify patients who might be approaching a crisis point. According to Miller, […]
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has announced a new routing and navigation app for first responders. QuickRoute was designed to provide first responders with more pertinent information than what is given by in-vehicle terminals and popular navigation apps, DHS said. “First responders now have a commercially-available navigational tool which takes into […]
The Department of Energy has unveiled $115 million in funding dedicated to clean energy research and development projects. The money allocated for the projects, which include grid modernization, carbon removal, and renewable energy and energy storage initiatives, is in line with the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to rebuilding the economy. The program is designed for small […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released a request for information to identify sources for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program Information Technology Program Management Office Support Services recompete contract. The contract, which is currently held by Deloitte, is scheduled to expire in September. Information provided by respondents will be used to identify potential Department of […]
Sanjeev “Sonny” Bhagowalia has been appointed as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s chief information officer. He formally took over the CIO post in mid-February after serving as a temporary replacement for Phil Landfried who retired in June. As the CBP’s lead technology executive, he will be tasked with repaying the $15 million loan CBP […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a privacy impact assessment to address privacy issues concerning a new public-facing mobile application called CBP One. The app was launched late last year to provide travelers, brokers, carriers, forwarders and international organizations a single portal where they can access a variety of CBP services. According to the […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded SBG Technology Solutions the five-year option period under the $22.3 billion Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation contract vehicle. SBG is a T4NG prime contractor. T4NG is a 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year base period and a five-year option period, SBG said Tuesday. Carlos Del Toro, SBG’s […]
