A Department of Veterans Affairs official has opposed Senate bills seeking to make the VA’s electronic health record system comply with new certification requirements prior to its deployment to new sites. The Oracle Cerner EHR system is already operational at five locations, including Spokane VA Health Care System, VA Walla Walla Health Care and Roseburg […]
Palantir Technologies has expanded its partnership with Carahsoft Technology to deliver the Apollo platform to public sector customers. Under the extended agreement, Carahsoft will use its reseller partners and various federal, state and local government contracting vehicles to make the Apollo offering available to more users. The Apollo platform features automated deployment landscape scanning and […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected Flexion to modernize the agency’s claims processing system. CMS awarded the company a Modern Claim Adjudication Development Services contract, under which Flexion will enable the U.S. health coverage provider to accept and process dental claims through the updated system. In November 2022, the agency published the […]
The U.S. Air Force 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron has awarded HII Mission Technologies a five-year, $84 million contract for enterprise IT cloud migration support. Under the contract, HII Mission Technologies will support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s efforts to migrate applications to a multi-cloud environment where the Department of Defense and other federal agencies could access […]
Google and IBM have urged the government to adopt a pro-innovation approach to AI regulation in response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s public consultation. The OSTP launched the consultation in May to gather feedback from the industry on the potential impacts of AI on national security and identify measures that could be […]
The Department of State has approved a potential $605 million Foreign Military Sale deal to sell AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles and related equipment to Sweden. According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Swedish government requested to buy up to 250 AMRAAM missiles, up to six AMRAAM C-8 Guidance Sections, spare AIM-120 control sections […]
The Air Force Materiel Command is planning to merge its three software engineering groups into a single entity within the Air Force Sustainment Center to streamline processes and facilitate software delivery while ensuring agility. The service’s software engineering groups are found in the Air Logistics Complexes at Hill Air Force Base, Utah; Robins AFB, Georgia; […]
Genesys has announced that its Cloud CX all-in-one cloud contact center solution has secured authorization at the moderate impact level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Cloud CX offers public sector agencies digital, voice, artificial intelligence, workforce engagement management, analytics, and unified communications and collaboration capabilities to enhance the delivery of services to […]
The Defense Health Agency has awarded Accenture Federal Services a five-year, $98 million contract to operate the Joint Medical Common Operating Picture. Under the contract, AFS will deliver cloud, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, agile software development, field service engineering, user adoption and training support to expand the platform’s capabilities. MedCOP provides medical command and control situational awareness […]
The Technology Modernization Fund plans to provide a total of $50.5 million in loans to enhance digital service delivery at three federal agencies and improve data and application cybersecurity at two others. Raylene Yung, TMF’s executive director, explained that investing in digital modernization and cybersecurity projects facilitates public access to services and grows trust in […]
