The United States needs to invest $32 million annually in non-defense innovation to ensure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence, according to a road map AI issued by a bipartisan Senate working group. The road map also calls on Congress to ensure appropriate funding for accounts that have yet to reach their full funding potential under […]
Spatial Data Logic has signed an agreement with Carahsoft to distribute its SDL Connect software for workflow automation and digital modernization to the public sector. Under the distributorship agreement, SDL’s offering will be available to government customers through Carahsoft’s reseller agents and contracts from the National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint and Omnia Partners. […]
The Technology Modernization Fund has named the recipients of its latest round of investments to improve public services and operations in several federal agencies. On Thursday, the General Services Administration announced that the Department of State’s comprehensive Consolidated Identity Trust is among those receiving funding from the TMF. The effort aims to transition the agency […]
The Office of Management and Budget has created a new governing board of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to replace the Joint Authorization Board and added more representatives from across government sectors. FedRAMP, operating as one of the General Service Administration’s technology transformation services, seeks to leverage cloud services easily and safely to […]
Second Front Systems and Microsoft have joined forces to expedite the delivery of secure, accredited commercial software-as-a-service solutions to U.S. government agencies. The collaboration hinges on 2F’s Game Warden platform, which simplifies the process of accrediting SaaS products on Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud platform, 2F said. By ensuring compliance with stringent government security standards, […]
T-Rex Solutions announced that it has secured a five-year prime contract from the Department of Education’s Office of the Chief Information Officer to provide support services during the development of the Portfolio of Integrated Value-Oriented Technologies—Hosting. Seth Moore, CEO at T-Rex, said the company is excited to collaborate with the Education Department for the modernization […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to put its new DOD Olympus cloud service management platform under beta test in the third quarter of 2024. Korie Seville, DISA’s deputy chief technology officer for compute, said the testing phase will be extended until the agency figures out the funding and customer charge models for the service. […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has granted cloud-native software company Mark43 High impact level authorization. The authorization, made possible through the agency sponsorship of the U.S. Secret Service, ensures that public safety agency partners can avail of the highly resilient platform, Mark43 said. In October, the company also secured State Risk and Authorization […]
The Department of Defense continues to grapple with software acquisition despite adopting six new acquisition pathways in 2020 to ensure officials have access to the tools they need. Cara Abercrombie, assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, said the Pentagon plans to address the issue by sending a team of experts to expedite the adoption of […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded AvaWatz a contract to access the company’s Genie advanced data label generation platform for training high-accuracy machine learning models. According to Rajini Anachi, CEO of AvaWatz, Genie can support the agency’s mission-critical use cases requiring high-performance artificial intelligence. The platform features a suite of solutions to enhance the […]
