The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected 10 winners of its $20 million Mission Daybreak grand challenge, focused on developing solutions for bringing down the military and veteran suicide rate. According to Shereef Elnahal, VA’s undersecretary for health, the chosen suicide prevention solutions were built to address various needs of veterans instead of “taking a […]
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded Leidos a contract to upgrade imaging technologies deployed at airport security checkpoints. Under the contract, Leidos will upgrade all Pro:Vision Advanced Imaging Technology systems with an artificial intelligence-based algorithm. The upgrade will work to improve threat detection and reduce false alarms. The software update is expected to take several […]
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a two-year, $2.5 million grant to Melax Technologies and Brigham and Women’s Medical Center for the development of a clinical decision support system that utilizes deep learning and natural language processing algorithms to detect cognitive decline in patients based on their electronic health records. According to Jingcheng Du, […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded Electrosoft Services a prime contract to provide technical engineering and standards updates to Special Publications related to Federal Information Processing Standard 201-3. FIPS 201-3 is a guideline that is meant to standardize a personal identity verification system for government employees and contractors. It was updated by […]
Four new vulnerabilities found in Microsoft and Apple products were added on Tuesday to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s catalog of system flaws that malicious threat actors frequently exploit to gain access to federal civilian executive branch networks. The Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog contains recommended actions to protect the federal enterprise. FCEB agencies are […]
The Office of Personnel Management has selected Nava Public Benefit Corp. to provide IT modernization services. Under the OPM’s Digital Services blanket purchase agreement, Nava will help update the OPM .gov website as part of the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s five-year technology refresh plan. The company will overhaul IT products for internal and […]
The Internal Revenue Service has established a task force that would determine if the agency should create an electronic tax return submission platform. According to a statement issued by the IRS on Feb. 8, it selected the think tank New America and Loyola Law School associate professor Ariel Jurow-Kleiman to serve on the task force. […]
The Software Alliance and Enterprise Cloud Coalition have written a joint letter to senior White House officials urging the government to keep using private-sector solutions for identity management. The document is addressed to Chris Inglis, national cyber director; Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology; and Eugene Sperling, coordinator of the […]
The Office of Management and Budget has required all federal agencies to use government-only domains. According to a memorandum issued on Feb. 8, OMB Director Shalanda Young said agencies must use either the “.gov” or “.mil” domains within six months, as mandated by the DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act. Agencies must also report any […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI have issued joint guidance regarding the recovery of virtual machines infected with ESXiArgs ransomware. According to CISA, attackers are using vulnerabilities in outdated or out-of-service versions of VMware’s ESXi software to inject ransomware that encrypts configuration files on ESXi servers. CISA has developed a recovery script […]
