The General Services Administration has launched a competition to look for practical solutions that would improve medical care delivery. The Applied AI Healthcare Challenge will see participants apply artificial intelligence to address five key areas: mental health, opioid addiction, health care equity, medical supply chain and safety, and cancer treatment. The GSA is encouraging large […]
Steampunk will support the Department of Homeland Security in conducting information assurance, cybersecurity and risk-based reviews of cloud service offerings seeking provisional authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Joint Authorization Board. Work under a multiyear FedRAMP technical review and analysis support services contract includes conducting cybersecurity risk assessments and collaborating with IT […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected a group of lightweight cryptographic algorithms to defend data generated by internet of things and small devices. The NIST’s Lightweight Cryptography team selected the Ascon group of algorithms, which uses a limited amount of electronic resources to execute data protection. According to Kerry McKay, a computer […]
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded Dignari a potential four-year, $23.5 million contract for identity, credential and access management–digital identity professional services. The woman-owned small business will provide project management, architecture integration planning and technical support as TSA conducts an enterprise-wide rollout of biometric technology. Founder and CEO Gena Alexa said that efforts will shape […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published an updated version of its digital signature standard to enhance the protection of sensitive data. Included in Federal Information Processing Standard 186-5 are three algorithm techniques that can be used to generate and verify digital signatures, namely the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman algorithm, the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm […]
The National Science Foundation has published a solicitation for its potential $27.8 million Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems program. The POSE program aims to use open-source environments to support innovation efforts and address socio-economic challenges. The program’s desired outcomes would benefit open-source ecosystems and would enable safe and secure OSE development that would come from […]
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has posted a draft solicitation for a five-year, $500 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract meant to serve as a vendor pool for technical support needs. Task orders awarded under the Strategic Technical ARPA-H Talent Support deal will have a maximum value of $250 […]
The U.S. and India have agreed to streamline the selection and funding process of research projects involving scientists and engineers from the two countries. Officials from the National Science Foundation and Taranjit Singh Sandhu, India’s ambassador to the U.S., signed an implementation arrangement during the U.S.-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies dialogue at the […]
The U.S. ambassador-at-large for cyberspace and digital policy said technologies and other tools and mechanisms could play significant roles in geopolitical contests. Speaking at a German Marshall Fund event, Nathaniel Fick shared the benefits that cloud technologies could offer. He noted that before the start of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine moved its government enterprise to the […]
Darren Ash, chief information officer of the Department of the Interior, said that modernization efforts on the federal level are held back by “antiquated” practices and information systems. He told audiences at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Digital Transformation Summit on Thursday that agencies tend to buy technologies tailored to follow old policies and processes, […]
