The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is targeting artificial intelligence, cloud migration, and biometric assessments in its modernization efforts. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is planning to roll out a follow-on vehicle to the current $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract in about 18 months, with the follow-on dubbed “JWCC Next.” […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) FedRAMP program that evaluates the security of cloud computing services used by Federal agencies is shrinking dramatically in size but remains operating at reduced size as part of GSA’s stable of technology-driven programs. […]
Federal government technology officials are predicting a renaissance in software development innovation over the next four years with gains driven by the use of AI-assisted development, open source software, and cloud-native development. […]
Chief data officers (CDOs) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said they are modernizing their agencies’ use of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with David Smith, Senior Director, Americas Public Sector, and Gary Pentecost, Senior Director Public Sector Account Technical Strategy, from Citrix, which provides mission-critical software solutions, to discuss what is needed to enable hybrid multi-cloud in the Federal environment. […]
Leo Garciga, the chief information officer (CIO) at the U.S. Army, announced on Friday that the Army plans to publish official guidance next week focused on “cross-domain solutions” (CDS) offered as a cloud-based service to transfer data more easily between networks. Speaking at the AFCEA NOVA Army IT Day on Jan. 17, Garciga said that […]
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., are backing the conclusions from a new report the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Federal Cloud Policy published on Jan. 16 that highlights the critical need for Federal agencies to accelerate the adoption of cloud technologies. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is exploring creating a new funding source by potentially charging cloud providers as part of their efforts to go through the FedRAMP process. […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is charting its next steps with plans over the next two years including a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), refining program budgeting and execution, and undertaking infrastructure upgrades, an NGA tech official said last week. […]
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) held a launch event today for its STRATUS program – a suite of government-wide basic ordering agreements (BOAs) to provide rapid access to cloud capabilities – and teased an annual forecasting tool for the program. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that six large Federal agencies take action to lessen the impact of restrictions put in place by software vendors that make it more expensive for agencies to run software products in a variety of cloud environments. […]
The U.S. Army is expanding its cloud capabilities by adding new cloud service providers (CSPs) to its lineup and standing up a pilot project aimed at improving communication between the Department of Defense (DoD) and external partners, a senior Army official revealed on Tuesday. […]
The U.S. Air Force this week awarded Accenture Federal Services a task order of up to $1.6 billion to efficiently scale and enhance its multi-cloud Cloud One environment, according to a press release from the IT service management company. […]
When embarking on a digital transformation journey to the cloud, tech experts on Tuesday afternoon recommended that the first step should be migrating all of the data into the cloud environment. […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is utilizing cloud technology on its path to digital transformation to help it follow its internal mantra of “Buy vs. Build,” according to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mohammed Sohail Chaudhry. […]
The Department of the Navy announced on Tuesday that its Flank Speed cloud service is the first to achieve full compliance with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) zero trust goal by meeting all 91 targeted zero trust capabilities, hitting a major milestone about three years ahead of deadline. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is gearing up for growth in its out-of-the-continental United States (OCONUS) cloud environment, forecasting an expansion of its private and commercial cloud programs. […]
The Cloud Safe Task Force (CSTF) – comprised of four nonprofits: MITRE, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC), and the IT Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC) – published a new set of recommendations today to establish a National Cyber Feed (NCF). […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has issued the final draft solicitation for pool one of its Ascend blanket purchase agreement (BPA), which aims to serve as a one-stop shop for agencies to acquire cloud computing products and services. […]
Eighteen of the 24 largest Federal agencies have failed to establish guidance on service level agreements for their cloud providers – ignoring one of the five key requirements put in place by the White House. […]
How did 18 of the 24 largest Federal agencies improve their overall grades on the 18th edition of the FITARA Scorecard issued today? […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said it is moving “full steam ahead” with its new ASCEND governmentwide cloud computing initiative, as it released two requests for information (RFI) last week that offer additional details about the program. […]
Illumio Government Cloud has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authorization to Operate (ATO) at the Moderate Impact Level under the sponsorship of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, the Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) company announced on Sept. 5. […]
The National Security Agency’s (NSA) Hybrid Compute Initiative (HCI) launched in 2021 won praise today from NSA Director Gen. Timothy Haugh who said the program represents the “future model” for the agency because it maximizes NSA’s ability to quickly leverage industry advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies. […]
The Department of the Navy’s Neptune Cloud Management Office (CMO) launched its first mission owner into the new Flank Speed Azure IL6 cloud environment, and they’re already prepping a second mission owner for takeoff, according to an Aug. 22 announcement on LinkedIn. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has surpassed the $1 billion milestone on its $9 billion multi-vendor cloud contract, with over 65 task orders distributed to a variety of U.S. defense organizations, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announced last week. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) announced this week that it is moving away from defining different tiers of authorizations and toward one designation of “FedRAMP Authorized.” […]
The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it has executed on $969 million in task orders on its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) cloud services contract vehicle and currently has 75 packages in the process for award. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is preparing to roll out a pilot version of its Olympus managed cloud environment in September, designed to offer advanced management capabilities specifically for Pentagon cloud users. […]