The Senate Appropriations Committee has proposed an additional $58M budget to help the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to decrease the current requests backlog for the organization’s cybersecurity agencies to offer vulnerability evaluations to state and local authorities. In a statement, the committee said the funding is meant to reduce the year-long backlog in vulnerability […]
Systems Planning and Analysis has announced that it will support Science Applications International Corporation’s work on the Navy’s hypersonic weapons program as a subcontractor. SAIC is the prime holder of a five-year $63.5M contract to support the Global Deterrence and Defense Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana, the company said. “Conventional Prompt […]
The Department of Defense is looking for vendors that can provide information technology and engineering services to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency's National Background Investigative Service. In a SAM .gov post, the DoD said NBIS needs analysis, software engineering and development, system integration and interoperability, data engineering and management, test, deployment, DevSecOps, cloud, infrastructure […]
Cybersecurity and risk management provider RSA said its RSA SecurID Access solution has achieved Federal Risk Authorization Management Program “In-Process” status. Federal agencies and public-sector organizations may now use RSA's cloud authentication service and use RSA SecurID Access to advance their cloud-first efforts, the company said. “Government agencies increasingly need to support the workforce through […]
NASA is applying artificial intelligence to enhance the communications systems among astronauts in space. At the FedTalks event sponsored by FedScoop, Ron Thompson, chief data officer, said the space agency has been exploring ways to upgrade spacesuits and the communications networks to make sure crew members can interact with one another. Currently, communication links get […]
The Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence has released a guideline on ways the U.S. government can enhance the adoption of cloud computing systems to support R&D efforts on AI. The group’s report says the latest storage technology offers agile and reliable computing features that accelerate the development and use of AI, Nextgov reported Nov. 19. […]
Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe, director of Strategic Systems Programs, said the U.S. Navy is set to field a hypersonic weapon on the largest nuclear-powered submarines within five years. In a webinar for the annual symposium of the Naval Submarine League held on Nov. 17, he said the Conventional Prompt Strike capability is scheduled for deployment […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to invest about $100M in cloud computing through a partnership with Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, Bloomberg Government reported. According to a contract opportunity listing on the Department of Homeland Security’s website, ICE officials are seeking cloud infrastructure hosting in AWS and Microsoft Azure environments. ICE wants a third-party contractor […]
Stuart McGuigan, chief information officer at the State Department, said the agency is planning to take advantage of the IT Executive Council to adopt a single IT governance across its over 50 bureaus. Established in April 2019, ITEC is composed of technology leaders from the Bureau of Information Resource Management and other bureaus that focus […]
Oracle has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Moderate authorization for its construction collaboration tech, Aconex for Defense. The FedRAMP-authorized technology is designed to provide secure information management, reporting and workflow automation to ensure efficiency, visibility and control across construction projects. With the FedRAMP Moderate authorization, agencies across the Department of Defense enterprise, […]
