The Department of the Interior has selected Science Applications International Corp. to compete for task orders on its Foundation Cloud Hosting Services II contract. The FCHS II contract is a recompete of a previous $10 billion contract and holds a potential value of $2 billion over the next decade, SAIC said. The recompete contract involves […]
The Social Security Administration said that users who created personal accounts through its online portal before Sept. 18, 2021, must transition to the government’s Login. gov platform to be able to access digital services. The migration, which affects individuals with “my Social Security” accounts, is part of the SSA’s ongoing efforts to simplify user experience […]
The FBI has selected NTT Data as a prime contractor under the potential eight-year, $8 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services 2nd Generation blanket purchase agreement. Securing a spot on the ITSSS-2 BPA enables NTT Data’s federal division to provide business, delivery, platform, infrastructure and IT solutions and services to all components of the […]
Construction has started on the National Science Foundation-funded Leadership-Class Computing Facility at The University of Texas at Austin. Led by the Texas Advanced Computing Center, the LCCF is expected to start its computational research and development activities, such as large-scale simulation and data analysis, on use-inspired science and engineering applications in 2026. The facility will […]
The Department of Commerce has appointed Lynelle McKay as chief portfolio management officer of the CHIPS Program Office. McKay, a semiconductor industry veteran with over two decades of leadership experience, most recently served as a senior relationship director in the said office. Before joining the agency, she supported girls in science, technology, engineering and math […]
The Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has named Kim Sawyer as its next director, effective Aug. 2. Jefferson Science Associates, which manages and operates the laboratory for the agency, announced the appointment. Sawyer previously served as deputy laboratory director and chief operating officer at Argonne National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. Before […]
Six companies are joining the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s effort to develop privacy-focused solutions that would be integrated into equipment that validate digital versions of identification cards used for travel and immigration. On Monday, DHS announced that Credence ID is among the vendors working on the Privacy Preserving Digital Credential Wallets […]
CGI Federal has announced the availability of its cloud-based asset management offering, Sunflower, on the Department of Treasury’s Financial Management Quality Service Management Office marketplace. The software-as-a-service solution, which received the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization in January, is designed to enhance the management of personal and real property for federal agencies, CGI […]
The National Science Foundation has opened a new funding program for research studies on privacy-enhancing technologies and their uses to address real-life problems. Dubbed Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing in Practice, the NSF project seeks to improve data sharing and analysis for various uses and applications, including important cases for federal agencies. PDaSP is aligned with one […]
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Shield AI a $198 million contract for the deployment of the latter’s V-BAT unmanned aircraft system on Coast Guard cutters. Under the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, the V-BAT system will provide contractor-owned, contractor-operated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaisance services to support Coast Guard missions, Shield AI said. According to the […]
