The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its new data and cloud strategies, which are part of the agency's broader science and technology strategy. Acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs said keeping up with the needs of the agency's stakeholders requires both collaboration and partnerships on data and services, Nextgov reported. “Creative partnerships with commercial […]
The Defense Innovation Unit has issued an Other Transaction Authority award to Respond Software for the development of an intelligence decision automation platform prototype for cybersecurity operations. The iDAP prototype is expected to help the Air Force reinforce its defensive cyber-operations with the addition of advanced, automated decision-making capabilities aimed at countering persistent threats to […]
The Internal Revenue Service has tapped the services of Pegasystems for the tax agency’s modernization efforts to bring down costs and speed up transactions. The agency will integrate the company’s cloud-based applications, Pega Government Platform and Pega Customer Service, with the latest Enterprise Case Management system in a bid to improve the organization’s collection efficiency, the company […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has issued a broad agency announcement seeking intelligence solutions from researchers and academics. NGA is looking for solutions that will help it deliver geospatial intelligence to warfighters, policymakers and the Intelligence Community, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday. “The release of this BAA will help accelerate our research endeavors and provide NGA with the ability […]
Cybersecurity services provider Northcross Group has launched a free online questionnaire that would help defense contractors determine how they stack up against the requirements outlined in the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. The questionnaire gives defense vendors a walkthrough of the CMMC practices and processes to give them an idea of their potential […]
Arvind Krishna, chief executive officer of IBM, considers hybrid cloud computing and artificial intelligence as the two driving forces behind rapid digital transformations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at IBM’s Think Gov digital event, Krishna noted that the rate at which hybrid cloud and AI are being adopted has increased, as organizations aim to speed […]
Government agencies have been relying on information technology modernization and cloud services to ensure that their workforces are able to fulfill their respective missions, federal officials said during an Advanced Technology Academic Research Center webinar. “SBA has been really, really maximizing our usage of technology in the cloud in order to keep our team up […]
Mark Lewis, director of defense research and engineering for modernization, believes that the Department of Defense needs to adopt a less risk-averse mindset to successfully develop hypersonic weapons that would offer warfighters mission-critical advantages in the battlefield. In an interview with the Hudson Institute in Washington, Lewis asserted that the department has to be willing […]
The Navy Information Warfare Command plans to deploy a technology that will certify 180 ships for cybersecurity compliance by fiscal 2020. The cyber baseline system will allow NAVWAR to ensure that its fleet complies with the cybersecurity requirements set by the departments of Defense and the Navy, Defense News reported Tuesday. According to a NAVWAR […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has reinforced its detection and mitigation efforts against governmentwide cyber threats in response to increased potential malicious network activity amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at the Cybersecurity Transformation Summit 2020, Richard Driggers, CISA’s deputy assistant director for cybersecurity, said the agency funneled its cybersecurity resources through the Continuous Diagnostics […]
