The General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service posted record revenue for information technology products and services in 2020. Laura Stanton, assistant commissioner of the FAS Office of IT Category, credited the high figure to data transparency and the trust put in by other federal agencies, Federal News Network reported Thursday. Stanton said the IT category […]
The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Department of Veterans Affairs delay the deployment of its new electronic health record system at planned locations. VA has not yet resolved all critical and high-severity test findings, whose fixes were called for in the department's testing plan, GAO said Thursday. Critical test findings are issues that […]
ThoughtWorks, a software company based in Chicago, Illinois, has partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to launch a digital notifications tool for updating veterans of their benefits and other services. The tool, dubbed VANotify, enables VA business lines and development teams to send emails and texts, allowing them to confirm receipts of benefits applications […]
The General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Services has awarded Medallia and DLT Solutions a contract for a text analytics and natural language processing solution. The solution will let public-sector organizations collect and analyze social media, mobile, text files, chat transcripts and other data to extract insights for decision-making, Medallia said Monday. “Deploying Medallia’s text analytics […]
The Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service has begun piloting an artificial intelligence algorithm designed to streamline the annual appropriations process. Without an AI tool, the bureau has to manually analyze the text of Congress' appropriation bills to determine which agencies get what amount of funding, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. Fiscal […]
The Department of Homeland Security has earmarked $268,000 for the development of standards for the computer-aided dispatch systems used by public safety agencies. The project will be a partnership between the DHS Science and Technology Directorate's First Responders and Detection Program and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Emergency Communications Division, Homeland Preparedness News reported. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has given the Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force a six-month extension to continue the work that it set out to do in 2020. The extension, which runs through July, gives the task force more time to accomplish work outlined in a year two progress […]
Telos, an Ashburn, Virginia-based security solutions provider, has secured a $13.5 million contract to integrate its Xacta solution with the cloud systems used by the FBI. The contract is aimed at shortening the time it takes for contractors to gain access to FBI systems. With its capabilities, the solution makes it easier to pass security […]
MicroTech has been included in another $20 billion, multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under the small business portion of the Chief Information Officer–Solutions and Partners 3 vehicle. The company was recently selected for the CIO-SP3 SB group contract award, building on its inclusion on the contract vehicle’s service-disabled veteran-owned small business variant. Companies selected for CIO-SP3 contracts, […]
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, nominee for secretary of energy, said she would bolster the Department of Energy's cybersecurity if she is confirmed for the role. Granholm said she would create a high-level position in the department that would be responsible for coordinating responses to cybersecurity incidents, FCW reported Wednesday. The Senate Committee on Energy […]
