Jennifer Ewbank, deputy director for digital innovation at the CIA, and Nand Mulchandani, chief technology officer of the agency, received their 2023 Wash100 Award from Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the industry recognition, during a recent visit to the headquarters. Only 3 days left to cast your votes for the 2023 Wash100...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured an approximately $50 million contract to help the U.S. Navy’s Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory to study the health and performance of undersea warfighters. The contract was competitively procured and not fixed price due to the nature of the work, according to an award notice posted Wednesday on SAM.go...
Amazon Web Services announced Monday that it has teamed up with Constellation Research to publish a report in aid of public sector chief information officers who are managing their organizations’ digital assets. “The CIO Imperative for Digital Assets in the Public Sector” report includes recommendations on how to select and implement tools...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has ceased upcoming deployments of the Oracle Cerner electronic health record system as part of a program reset aimed at addressing EHR-related issues that were identified at five VA health facilities during the “assess and address” period. VA said Friday it will resume EHR deployment activities once the system...
NASA has formed a consortium to equip the standard space mission life cycle with in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing innovations. The Aerospace Corp. was tasked with operating the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities to facilitate collaborative work among government agencies, companies, academic institutions and nonprofit e...
The acceleration of technology development in the modern era has presented a myriad of new challenges that have transformed fundamental elements of the Department of Homeland Security’s mission. A panel of experts at GovCon Wire’s Defending the Homeland: Science & Technology Forum said Tuesday that DHS has embraced its own evolutio...
Healthcare delivery is increasingly determined and shaped by technology and digital platforms. The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in an era of virtual appointments, among other practices, many of which will likely remain indefinitely. But from a wider vantage, the larger trend toward digitalization means that government health agencies and private provid...
The United States is in a transformative era rich with technological innovation and opportunity, but we have to do more to anticipate the threats these emerging technologies may unlock, according to Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov, undersecretary for science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security. In his opening keynote address during ...
In recent years, the U.S. government has seen a notable increase in contracting work – a shift that has caused the Defense Contract Audit Agency’s workload to grow rapidly. To keep up with the accelerated pace of today’s federal contracting activities, the DCAA has begun to reevaluate its methods and embrace change to transform into an...
Shifting global dynamics have underscored the importance of homeland security for the United States in recent years, and some of the country’s top security leaders are taking a closer look at how emerging technologies are shaping the competitive landscape. The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology directorate serves as the res...
