The General Services Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have awarded contracts to Booz Allen Hamilton and Systems Engineering Solutions for the implementation of the GSA Centers of Excellence. Booz Allen Hamilton will work on building an agency-wide customer experience capability for the CoE while Systems Engineering Solutions will be responsible for […]
The Continuity of Economy Act and the National Guard Cyber Interoperability Act would help the United States protect critical infrastructure and prevent severe disruptions to daily life, according to Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. “Cyberattacks are one of the greatest threats to our national security and the United States is not sufficiently prepared to defend itself in […]
Data scientists and subject matter experts are debating which group of people is best suited to lead the development of artificial intelligence. Chakib Chraibi, the chief data scientist for an agency under the Department of Commerce, said data scientists are more qualified to raise awareness on the ethical issues related to AI development, Nextgov reported. […]
The Department of Defense needs modern information technology systems to handle the logistics of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the department's top acquisition official. Ellen Lord, the Pentagon's undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, said the DOD needs to upgrade its network to track critical supply chains […]
Will Roper, the Air Force's assistant secretary for acquisition and a Potomac Officers Club member, said he plans to transfer the Department of Defense's artificial intelligence experiment over to the Air Force. Called Project Maven, the experiment was launched in 2017 to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques for managing large chunks of intelligence, surveillance […]
The Army should advance new technologies to reduce long-term costs and bring back long-term economic forecasting techniques. according to the service's acquisition chief. Bruce Jette, the Army's acquisition executive and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, said the service should focus on technologies like 3D printing and modular upgrades to make up for the budgetary impact of […]
CloudBees, an enterprise software delivery company, has launched an hardened version of its continuous integration solution. Called CloudBees CI, the upgraded tool has met the Department of Defense's security specifications and is immediately available for the DOD, federal civilian agencies and private enterprises, CloudBees announced Monday. “The goal of this initiative is to enable DoD […]
Lt. Gen. John “Jack” Shanahan, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, believes that AI will facilitate an enterprise-wide warfare transformation in the Department of Defense within the next 20 years, affecting areas from back offices to the battlefield and domains from undersea to cyberspace and outer space. However, Shanahan told Dave Deptula, dean of […]
The Space Development Agency has announced plans to launch hypersonic missile defense satellites into low Earth orbit by late 2021. SDA said it is seeking sources that can help integrate a missile-warning sensor with a satellite bus and launch it into orbit. The agency's "tracking phenomenology experiment" is part of its $11B plan deploy a constellation […]
Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan has asked several federal agencies to explain their modernization plans in the face of heightened information technology issues during the coronavirus pandemic. Hassan sent letters containing six questions to the Office of Personnel Management, Small Business Administration, Social Security Administration and the departments of the Treasury, Homeland Security, Defense, Interior, Education, […]
