Verizon Public Sector is working with the Veterans Health Administration to enhance drone operations using the company’s 5G mobile edge compute technologies. In collaboration with VHA’s National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation and Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Verizon is testing the combination of 5G MEC and advanced sensor-enabled drones. The project aims […]
The Social Security Administration and the Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service have updated the terms of their data-sharing partnership to simplify the application process for benefits under the Supplemental Security Income and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance programs. SSI is an initiative meant to provide monthly payments to individuals that meet certain financial criteria, with […]
Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national labs, has awarded Intel Federal a research and development contract for new memory technologies that would support the United States stockpile stewardship missions. Under the contract, the three national labs will work with Intel Federal in developing more powerful computing technologies that can […]
The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee has put forward two bills that would update Federal Communications Commission rules on satellite license requirements and market access for entities deemed national security threats. Reps. Frank Pallone and Cathy McMorris Rodgers said that modernizing regulations would foster innovation, helping to ensure that the U.S. leads in […]
Officials within the Department of Homeland Security are encouraging DHS components to improve customer experience through digital technologies implementation and staffing model changes. The Homeland Security Advisory Council issued several recommendations on improving customer experience after accepting the final report from its Customer Experience and Service Delivery Subcommittee during a meeting on Dec. 6. The […]
Kurt DelBene, the Department of Veterans Affairs chief information officer, said that the agency plans to onboard 1,000 new employees to its Office of Information and Technology. During a press event Friday, he specified that some of the new hires will be product managers tasked with handling the implementation of Oracle Cerner’s Millennium program. According […]
The first three security solutions providers under the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator have started technical assessments of their authentication solutions for distributed energy resources. The technical assessment phase will see Blue Ridge Networks, Sierra Nevada Corp. and Xage participate in a six-month acceleration period where their solutions will be evaluated in the Advanced Research on […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Palantir Technologies a five-year, $443 million contract to support the Common Operating Picture initiative, an interagency project aimed at promoting collaboration between government health organizations and industry partners. The deal calls for the merging of Palantir platforms such as Health and Human Services Protect and Administration […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is planning to update critical infrastructure protection standards amid increasing attacks on the software supply chains of electric utilities and other energy-sector entities. At a technical conference on Wednesday, FERC Chair Richard Glick solicited comments from the industry on the potential CIP standard changes. Currently, regulated entities can formulate their […]
Noblis has awarded a subcontract to Aquia to support an existing four-year deal with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by developing a software-as-a-service governance program. The service-disabled, veteran-owned small business based in Millsboro, Delaware, will also apply a review process to evaluate the security risks of SaaS applications. Specific tasks include the automation […]
