The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved three cybersecurity bills introduced by Sen. Gary Peters, including the Department of Homeland Security International Cyber Partner Act. Peters’ office said that under current authority, the ability of the DHS to respond to requests from foreign countries for cybersecurity assistance could be delayed. Under the […]
Kaschit Pandya, the chief technology officer at the Internal Revenue Service, will begin performing the duties of the tax agency’s chief information officer in an acting capacity in addition to his responsibilities as CTO. Jeff King, the acting CIO at the IRS since March, will vacate the role in the coming weeks to return to […]
Jessica Rosenworcel, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, has introduced a task force to address the collection and sharing of sensitive consumer data and other privacy issues in the telecommunications industry. The new entity will be led by Loyaan Egal, the acting chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau. Rosenworcel said on Wednesday that the task […]
Edgewater Federal Solutions has secured a $138 million Information Technology Professional Engineering and Support Services contract from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The contract requires the provision of enterprise information technology and professional engineering support to the FBI’s Information Technology Infrastructure Division for a period of five years. The FBI needs reliable IT infrastructure systems […]
A senior Department of Commerce official said the agency is planning a meeting with satellite operators in July to inform an initiative to develop a space traffic coordination system. In January, the Office of Space Commerce unveiled a draft plan for the Traffic Coordination System for Space, where spacecraft location data can be shared between […]
A report titled “AI for Science, Energy, and Security,” which resulted from a series of workshops held in 2022, has identified six artificial intelligence capabilities and their potential to transform the program areas of the Department of Energy. Over 1,000 scientists, engineers and experts from the public and private sectors participated in the workshop. Among […]
Sens. Gary Peters and Bill Cassidy have introduced a bill that would increase the responsibility of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency when it comes to providing cybersecurity education and training. Once approved, the Cybersecurity Awareness Act would require CISA to provide underserved communities across the country with critical access to cybersecurity training and education, […]
The Department of Agriculture has launched its new Procurement Forecast tool designed to make it easier for industry and small disadvantaged entities to seek contracting and subcontracting opportunities and do business with the agency. Deploying the new tool is part of the USDA’s effort to remove contracting barriers and increase engagement with such businesses. Currently, […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Valor Healthcare a spot on an eight-year, $1 billion contract for veterans support. Under the contract, Valor will compete for task orders to provide remote patient monitoring and home telehealth systems and tools, which the VA’s Office of Connected Care will deploy to monitor veterans with chronic health […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded up to $20 million to Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, with each center receiving roughly $400,000. The funding is part of a pilot program of awards authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 to allow MEP centers to […]
