Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology at the White House National Security Council and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, met with the National Association of Attorneys General on Thursday and outlined the four lines of effort of the Biden administration’s ransomware strategy. The White House said Friday the ...
The Biden administration has created a new task force to work on a roadmap meant to expand access to research tools to advance innovation in the field of artificial intelligence. The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force, which was created in accordance with the National AI Initiative Act of 2020, will act as a...
The General Services Administration has started its bidding process for a project to renovate the Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C., as the latter agency seeks to consolidate operations and house 600 additional personnel currently working from leased spaces in other two locations within the capital, Washington Business Journal...
Carol DiBattiste, formerly chief legal and compliance officer at Comscore, has been appointed general counsel and corporate secretary of Tysons, Virginia-based risk analytics provider QOMPLX. DiBattiste will report directly to QOMPLX CEO Jason Crabtree and her responsibilities encompass compliance, legal and people functions, the company said Thursd...
A joint venture between Prometheus Federal Services and Atlas Research has received a task order to help the Veterans Health Administration define a new patient-centered primary care model for former military personnel. Titan Alpha, a verified service-disabled veteran-owned small business, will assess three proposed models in support of the VHA̵...
Army Contracting Command has awarded Merck (NYSE: MRK) a one-year, $1.2 billion contract to deliver nearly 1.7 million courses of molnupiravir, an investigational oral antiviral agent intended to support the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the full contract amount was obligated on the firm-fixed-price contrac...
A consortium of Oak Ridge, Tennessee-based universities has secured a potential $129.7 million contract to continue to help NASA manage a fellowship program that recruits scientists and engineers who have earned a PhD to perform research work for the space agency. Oak Ridge Associated Universities will administer and coordinate agency-wide research ...
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body has made Redspin the first certified third-party assessment organization in the CMMC marketplace after the cybersecurity company passed the CMMC Maturity Level 3 evaluation by the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center. “Reaching this step in getting the CMMC ecosys...
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to help address the risks posed by connected software applications linked to foreign adversaries and maintain the national emergency declared in May 2019 by the previous administration with regard to the the security of the U.S. information and communications technology and services supply chain. The...
AT&T (NYSE: T) has received a potential 12-year, $725 million task order to help the Department of Veterans Affairs modernize its data communications platform to facilitate the delivery of health care and other benefits to approximately 18 million veterans and their families and support other missions. The company said Thursday it will provide ...
