The Senate unanimously approved the nomination of Chris Inglis, a 28-year National Security Agency veteran, as the first national cyber director, The Hill reported Thursday. He will be responsible for coordinating policies to increase the security of federal information systems and will serve as a point of contact between the White House and Congres...
The General Services Administration has selected 426 small businesses as initial phase awardees on the potential $50 billion 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services III governmentwide contract for information technology services. GSA said Thursday the 8(a) STARS III GWAC focuses on meeting agencies’ needs for artificial intel...
SOS International has named intelligence community veterans Neil Wiley and Dan Robinson as senior adviser for intelligence programs and vice president of business development, respectively, as part of efforts to expand the company’s analytic services business. Wiley will align resources and establish the strategic vision, administrative and operat...
An Akima subsidiary has secured a potential five-year, $40 million contract to train the flight crew of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa. RiverTech will also provide live, virtual, constructive, academic and simulator instruction services to USAFE-AFAFRICA as part of the contract awarded under the General Services Administration’...
Banyan Software has acquired HealthRx, which sells technology designed to help government customers manage research portfolios, laboratory safety and occupational health programs. HealthRx’s Nexus platform consists of modules that support applications such as medical surveillance and workflows at federal and university research organizations, ...
Kale Fluharty, director of federal at Liferay, said government agencies looking to create better digital experiences for users should adopt a platform that allows them to update external- and internal-facing websites that comply with mandates like the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act. Fluharty wrote how Liferay implemented the principl...
The General Services Administration issued in May its second draft policy that would allow federal agencies to buy commercial cloud services on a consumption basis under the Federal Supply Schedule program, Federal News Network reported Monday. Jeff Koses, senior procurement officer at GSA’s office of acquisition policy, wrote in the draft policy ...
Quantum Computing Inc. will use its cloud software application to help the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory address graph partitioning and data decomposition issues to enable petascale and exascale simulations that can be applied to national security efforts. The company and Los Alamos signed a three-year cooperative...
As the Department of Defense moves forward with its phased implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, several studies have offered insights within the defense industry about contractor preparations and expectations on the department’s CMMC process. A DOD interim rule, released in September 2020, provided a five-y...
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 ...
