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VA Deputy CIO Explains IO-as-a-Service Approach to Improving IT Services

Reggie Cummings, the deputy chief information officer of infrastructure operations at the Department of Veterans Affairs, spoke with GovCIO Media and Research about an ongoing shift toward an infrastructure-operations-as-a-service model aimed at reducing downtime and streamlining services. He explained that the framework encompasses customer-centric service, bimodal operations and continuous communication. According to Cummings, his team’s […]
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TSA Taps Peraton to Provide IT Support Services, Secure Transportation Systems

The Transportation Security Administration has selected Peraton to enhance the agency’s IT equipment, services and processes and provide support to TSA employees, contractors and personnel deployed at various locations.  Work will be performed under a five-year, $342.7 million Information Technology Management, Performance Analysis and Collaborative Technologies II contract awarded to Peraton subsidiary Perspecta Enterprise Solutions.  […]
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Senate Confirms Evelyn Wang as Director of Energy Department’s ARPA-E

The Senate has confirmed Evelyn Wang as director of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, where she will lead funding and commercialization efforts for early-stage energy research that could affect generation, storage and use. She was most recently the head of the mechanical engineering department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has […]
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National Health IT Coordinator: Clinical Data Sharing Networks Could Be Up in 2023

The national coordinator for health IT said multiple applicants are expected to have fully operational information networks for sharing clinical data in 2023. Speaking at eHealth Exchange’s annual meeting on Dec. 15, Micky Tripathi said he heard details about some prospective organizations building new platforms in anticipation of being approved as a QHIN. According to […]
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NIST, AIM Photonics Sign Collaboration Agreement on Chip Development

AIM Photonics and the National Institute of Standards and Technology will work together to provide engineers with a tool for designing chips that can transmit information faster. The chips, called integrated photonic circuits, are used in fiber-optic networks and in technologies such as laser-guided missiles and medical sensors. Under a cooperative research and development agreement, […]
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Mythics Wins ICE Blanket Purchase Agreement for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Services

Mythics will provide Oracle infrastructure hosting support to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s cloud platform under a five-year blanket purchase agreement. The Virginia-based vendor of Oracle products has worked with Department of Homeland Security component agencies since 2004. According to Matt Perron, vice president of sales, the award adds to “growing confidence” in the Gen […]
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