Science Applications International Corp.’s chief technology officer said organizations need to pair multi-cloud services with DevSecOps to improve mission delivery. Bob Ritchie, who will speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s Integrating for Mission Success Forum on Aug. 10, said agencies’ vision of using the cloud as a data center will not get them far enough […] Read more
Leaders from various intelligence agencies recently spoke on hurdles to establishing secure and reliable cloud access to information technology services and classified data. Fred Ingham, a CIA employee assigned to serve as the National Reconnaissance Office’s deputy chief information officer, cited limited governance as one reason for a lack of multicloud or hybrid cloud infrastructure […] Read more
Peraton Enterprise Solutions has been awarded a spot on the U.S. Postal Service’s seven-year, $2.8 billion Information Technology Solutions indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. USPS seeks enterprise-wide IT support in areas such as strategy and reference architecture, artificial intelligence and machine learning, application development, data center and mainframe operations, multicloud operations, incident management and response and help desk […] Read more
General Dynamics Information Technology has unveiled a new tech investment strategy to position itself as a high-tech IT solutions provider. Under the plan, GDIT will make investments in six digital accelerator solutions, namely zero trust, automation for IT operations, multicloud management, software factories, 5G, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. According to GDIT President Amy […] Read more
The Department of the Air Force is seeking industry support to achieve its information technology modernization goals. At a recent Washington Technology event, Winston Beauchamp, DAF’s deputy chief information officer, said the industry can help the Air Force understand how to secure the exchange of identity information and role-based information across integrated and federated systems. […] Read more
Peraton has selected information technology services and solutions provider Presidio Federal as a subcontractor to support data center and cloud optimization work at the Department of Homeland Security under a potential 10-year, $2.68 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The DHS previously awarded Peraton subsidiary Perspecta Engineering the IDIQ contract to provide the agency with IT services to […] Read more
Srini Iyer has joined Leidos as the chief technology officer of its Health Group, where he will lead the development of new products and services. CTO James Carlini said that Iyer will bring 30 years of experience and a “strategic approach” to support new health care offerings, Leidos said. A 4×24 member, Iyer was previously […] Read more
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded CloudShape a 10-year, $144 million contract under the Enterprise Data Center and Disaster Recovery Follow-on Program. The Hyattsville, Maryland-based information technology services company is tasked with providing hybrid cloud services relating to secure multicloud access and infrastructure resiliency, supporting key business systems and applications. USAID is in […] Read more
Department of Defense and intelligence community officials said that the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program represents an opportunity for greater collaboration. According to Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and a 2022 Wash100 winner, the JWCC enables both entities to jointly utilize vendor-supplied capabilities. Skinner was joined at the DOD […] Read more
Lily Zeleke, the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s acting CIO for the information enterprise, said Thursday at the 2022 Government Identity Security Virtual Summit that the planned Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability serves as the core of the Department of Defense’s drive to modernize its cloud and information technology systems. She noted that rolling out […] Read more
