The Office of Management and Budget has begun soliciting feedback on draft guidance meant to modernize and strengthen the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The draft memorandum seeks to define the scope of cloud offerings subject to FedRAMP, foster a consistent and transparent process for conducting security assessment and authoriza...
2023 marks the 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the U.S. federal government’s tradition of promoting careful cyber hygiene and ensuring protective precautions for digital assets. Established by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a nonprofit, the National Cybersecurity Alliance, ev...
By Matt Pinkston, Chief Growth Officer at Procurement Sciences For business development, capture and proposal executives in the government contracting industry, bidding intelligence software is pivotal and the choice of the right solution is critical. This decision impacts your organization’s ability to navigate the complex federal contracting...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has booked a 22-month, $180 million task order to upgrade the Defense Health Agency’s military virtual health platform. The company said Thursday it will work with Amwell (NYSE: AMWL) to install a replacement for the Military Health System Video Connect tool as part of the federal Digital First initiative. DHA’s Progr...
Post-award best practices are key when it comes to contract management and contract execution. You’ll quickly realize that working with the government and supporting their projects can be more complex than dealing with commercial agreements. The government operates within a web of stringent regulations, and you need to play by the rules. Signi...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International With its broad national security role, the DOD has been a pioneer in the development of numerous innovative cybersecurity solutions. This makes sense given its lengthy history and the quantity and caliber of resources devoted to both research and development and the acquisition of technol...
Ed Hicks, business development manager for federal and artificial intelligence at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said government agencies looking to implement AI-assisted data analytics at the edge should consider adopting federated learning to rapidly generate insights from data while ensuring information security and privacy. Hicks wrote in an ar...
The Professional Services Council and the National Defense Industrial Association have called on congressional leaders through a joint letter to prevent a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution and to speed up passage of the defense appropriations bill and the other 11 appropriations measures for fiscal year 2024. In the letter dated...
Jackie Fendrock rejoined ECS as vice president of operations and growth following a two-year stint at Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal business, where she was a managing director. She assumed various leadership roles at ECS for 10 years before joining Accenture Federal Services in April 2021, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company said Thursday. Fendr...
Kyle Tobener, head of security and information technology at Copado, said government agencies looking to achieve continuous deployment of secure applications and quick return on investment and facilitate their digital transformation efforts should adopt a low-code DevOps platform. Tobener wrote in an article published on Carahsoft.com how a low-code...
