The Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has opened a new Quantum Diamond Lab focused on plasma processes research to create diamond material suitable for quantum information science applications, including the DOE’s fusion energy program. In January 2020, the DOE announced that it would spend up to $625 million over five years to support […]
Aleut Management Services has announced its inclusion in the General Services Administration Multiple-Award Schedule for Information Technology Professional Services. The government uses the contract vehicle to gain long-term access to tailored IT services and solutions from a diverse industry pool, Aleut said Friday. Corey Chambliss, Aleut’s managing director of growth and strategy, said his company’s […]
The departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense and the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization office introduced the Federal Electronic Health Record at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in Illinois on Saturday. Lovell FHCC Director Dr. Robert Buckley said that the federal EHR rollout will improve all patient experiences as it enables […]
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the Department of Justice will review how companies manage artificial intelligence risks every time the department updates its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs detailing policies and procedures to pinpoint misconduct and ensure compliance with the law. For the next ECCP update, Monaco has directed the DOJ’s Criminal Division to […]
CGI Federal has secured the spot previously held by Sierra7 in the potential 10-year, $60.7 billion Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation 2 contract vehicle. The Department of Veteran Affairs selected 30 companies in October 2023 to provide information technology solutions and services under the T4NG2 IT contract. Half of the awards were set aside […]
Lawmakers have introduced the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act, a bipartisan bicameral bill aiming to enhance the security of electronic benefits transfer cards to protect beneficiaries of the Supplemental Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from fraud. If enacted, the Act will mandate the Department of Agriculture to require states to issue EBT cards with secure chips […]
The National Institutes of Health has awarded DLH Holdings a potential five-and-a-half-year, $138 million contract to provide IT services to the National Cancer Institute. IT services under the contract include hardware configuration, software management, ServiceNow support, network connectivity, cybersecurity, technology refresh and desktop platform engineering. Zach Parker, president and CEO of DLH, said the contract […]
Airship AI Holdings said an agency within the Department of Justice has awarded the company a contract to provide an artificial intelligence-enabled video and sensor data management platform. The agency will deploy the Acropolis Enterprise Sensor Management platform in a cloud environment that complies with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s security requirements. Acropolis […]
Brian Scott, deputy assistant national cyber director for cyber policy and programs at the Office of the National Cyber Director, said that the White House will release an update to the national cybersecurity strategy implementation plan before the end of summer. Speaking at a security conference in Miami, Florida, Scott said the update will focus […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Procurement Operations has issued a sources sought notice to assess contractors’ capabilities to support the DHS Office of Chief Information Officer in implementing the new DHS Architecture, Development, and Platform Technical Services 2.0 program. The services and products defined in the sources sought include program and project management, […]
