The Department of Homeland Security aims to be the “non-DOD AI leader” within the federal government, according to the agency’s Deputy CIO Rear Adm. Christopher Bartz. “The Secretary really wants DHS to be the non-DOD AI leader,” said Bartz, referring to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Cyb...
Industry offers a wealth of advanced technologies and a workforce trained on using these tools – a set of resources that serves as a major asset for the U.S. government. Though public-private partnerships are already abundant, there is still progress that needs to be made with collaboration from a cybersecurity perspective. As more and more...
Accenture Federal Services will provide agile applications development support services to the Transportation Security Administration under a potential five-year, $170 million blanket purchase agreement. Accenture (NYSE: ACN) said Monday its subsidiary will deliver agile design, development, testing and maintenance capabilities to introduce mobile a...
The U.S. Space Force has awarded 20 small enterprises positions on a potential $1 billion contract to develop a next-generation ground system for military satellites, SpaceNews reported Friday. Rapid Resilient Command and Control is a small business set-aside program that seeks to build a ground system on a commercial cloud architecture to support s...
U.S. Department of the Army Secretary and 2024 Wash100 Award winner Christine Wormuth made it clear at this year’s South by Southwest festival in March that the service branch is operating under a software-first directive. She specifically noted that “the Army’s success on future battlefields will depend on [its] ability to rapidly updat...
Amentum has received a potential five-year, $256 million follow-on contract from NASA to provide program, engineering, project management, science and operations support services for the space agency’s Ames Research Center in California. NASA said Friday Southeastern Universities Research Association will serve as a subcontractor to Amentum on the...
By Nancy Patel, General Manager of Commercial at Unison Effective management of contract data requirements lists, or CDRLs, is fundamental for government contractors to remain competitive. CDRLs specify the data and documentation a contractor must deliver, encompassing everything from technical manuals to progress reports. Traditionally, managing CD...
Concept Plus has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Gary Sofo as senior vice president and sector general manager and Joshua Temkin as VP and chief architect to advance the delivery of tech platforms and services to customers in the health care and federal civilian sectors. In a June 3 news release, the...
Today, the cyber and physical realms are closely intertwined, with cyberattacks having the potential to disrupt critical functions across all domains. These threats pose challenges to the U.S. Coast Guard’s mission to maintain a secure maritime environment, and the organization has recognized the need to fortify its cyber defenses. The Coast Guard...
Amazon Web Services has secured a $114.5 million contract from Army Contracting Command–Rock Island to provide cloud services at Impact Level 6 to the Army Enterprise Cloud Management Agency. A notice posted on SAM.gov states that the contract was awarded under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract vehicle to enable ECMA to provide conti...
