The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking industry’s help in understanding the marketplace trends of emerging technology in the private and public sectors. NIST is particularly interested in the areas of artificial intelligence, the internet of things in manufacturing, quantum computing, blockchain technology, new and advanced materials, unmanned delivery services, […]
Earth observation company Planet and New Light Technologies, an integrated science and technology service provider, have partnered to provide satellite imaging services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. NLT is a Washington, D.C.-based company offering services in cloud, software development, cybersecurity, data science and remote sensing. The partnership is expected to enhance the situational awareness […]
SkyePoint Decisions announced that it has been awarded a new task order by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to support the agency’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. The task order is part of a proof-of-concept initiative, runs from October 2021 through March 2022, and was awarded under the CIO-SP3 Small Business contract, SkyePoint […]
U.S. federal prosecutors have indicted two Iranian nationals for their involvement in an attempt to influence American voters during the 2020 presidential elections. Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Mousa Kazemi and Sajjad Kashian were slapped with multiple charges, including conspiracy, computer fraud and transmission of interstate threats. Officials said the two individuals obtained confidential voter information from […]
The Department of Homeland Security has been cleared to begin building its Cybersecurity Service following the approval of necessary policy changes. The DHS will start hiring new cyber specialists for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, with the goal of onboarding the initial 150 new hires in 2022. According to DHS officials, the first cohort […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce has opened bidding on a contract that aims to establish a new information technology infrastructure and modernize the department’s software systems and business processes. First announced by the department’s chief information officer in August, the agency revealed plans to implement new cloud-based platforms that can deliver IT-as-a-service and provide quick […]
The Department of the Treasury has formed a bilateral partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Finance to protect critical financial infrastructure and combat ransomware threats. The partnership, which was announced on Sunday, is part of a task force between Washington and Jerusalem that focuses on financial technology innovation and cybersecurity. Through the partnership, Israel and the […]
The United States and United Kingdom’s newly formed partnership on quantum information science should focus on addressing the emerging technology’s threat to national security, an industry executive said. On Nov. 4, the two nations released a joint statement outlining their priorities in quantum information science, which is expected to unlock exponentially more powerful computers and […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Reston, Virginia-based Leidos a potential five-year, $76 million prime contract to continue supporting the Office of Child Support Enforcement. The contractor will provide operations and maintenance, continued system development and enhancement, data center operations and disaster recovery center development. Work will support the OCSE’s Federal Parent […]
The Department of Energy‘s spending data on USASpending .gov, the official open data source for federal spending, might be off by at least $34 billion, the agency’s auditor said. DOE’s Office of the Inspector General attributed the discrepancy to 15 procurement actions made years ago with errors that persisted through the first quarter of fiscal […]
