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The Department of State has awarded Virginia-based Accenture Federal Services a potential seven-year, $486.4 million contract to operate and maintain an enterprise-wide supply chain management program. Required support for the Integrated Logistics Management System includes security monitoring, patches, federally mandated upgrades and customer training, according to the notice SAM .gov published Wednesday. The State Department […]

The Internal Revenue Service will test its digital taxpayer system after the April 2024 tax filing, on track of the planned tax reporting and payments’ digitization starting in the 2025 tax season, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said.  The digital mode’s test will first run parallel with the IRS legacy system to address any issue, Werfel […]

LMI announced that it has received a potential five-year, $604 million task order to back the U.S. Border Patrol‘s Program Management Office Directorate’s modernization efforts. USBP PMOD is upgrading its capabilities along the southern and northern U.S. borders to protect migrants, facilitate commerce and combat human and drug trafficking operations, LMI said. The company said […]

The White House has designated 31 technology hubs spread across urban and rural regions in the United States to drive innovation and create jobs. According to the Economic Development Administration within the Department of Commerce, the government will invest in the tech hubs, which focus on autonomous systems, quantum computing, biotechnology, precision medicine, clean energy […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released new guidance to help small and medium-sized businesses craft information and communication technology supply chain risk management plans with resilience in mind. The guidance lays down eight key steps for developing a resilience-centered supply chain management plan, with separate responsibilities for the business acquirer, integrator and supplier. […]

The U.S. Coast Guard is turning to technologies such as artificial intelligence and open-source intelligence to address illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Adm. Linda Fagan, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, said IUU fishing requires a significant amount of data to be collected and analyzed to uncover patterns indicating illegal activities, Federal News Network reported […]

The U.S. Postal Service’s chief information officer said cloud computing has helped the agency deliver a good digital experience to customers. Pritha Mehra shared that the USPS adopted cloud technologies early to fit the agency’s business needs and support future decisions. She also said the USPS uses cloud technologies for its Informed Delivery offering, which […]

The National Science Foundation has selected 12 research projects for funding under its Geosciences Open Science Ecosystem program promoting inclusive access to geosciences’ resources, such as data, physical collections, software and advanced computing.  Geared at advancing geosciences education and research, the program has allotted a total of $10.4 million to the projects divided into two […]

MAG Aerospace has partnered with the Idaho National Laboratory to provide a suite of cybersecurity solutions addressing cyber threats to operational technology.  Vincent Mihalik, senior vice president at MAG Aerospace, said the company and its key technology partners have developed an integrated zero trust solution for mapping cyber terrain, hardening and securing control systems, and […]

Three startups have completed real-time supply chain data exchange testing with Customs and Border Protection aimed at preventing forgery and counterfeiting of certificates and licenses. Mesur.io, Neoflow and Transmute performed work under Department of Homeland Security contracts awarded through the Science and Technology Directorate’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program. Neoflow’s work focused on oil and natural […]