Allen Badeau, chief technology officer of Empower AI, said there are three guidelines government agencies should consider when creating a human-centered artificial intelligence strategy to implement AI in support of the federal workforce and one is assessing the level of data maturity. “Once agencies realize a baseline of data maturity, they can pilot basic AI […] More

Paul Dillahay, president and CEO of Empower AI and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said artificial intelligence is making an impact on missions of the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies and service desk is one of the areas that is seeing the benefit of AI adoption. He told Government Matters in a video […] More

Empower AI has introduced a set of artificial intelligence platforms designed to help federal technology professionals manage code development and other digital transformation efforts. The product suite, dubbed Empower AI Develops, uses machine learning, natural language processing, hyperautomation and proprietary algorithms to speed up code analysis and development and detect vulnerabilities in their information technology […] More

Empower AI, formerly NCI Information Systems, on Wednesday unveiled a new office in Henrico County, Virginia, and CEO Paul Dillahay said the information technology company expects the new space to generate 150 jobs, Henrico Citizen reported. Dillahay, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said the company previously operated an office on East Parham Road and the […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has released an open-source version of its software development toolkit meant to advance the design, development and fielding of artificial intelligence systems. The aiSSEMBLE Baseline is an AI development and management toolkit that includes foundational code and documentation publicly available to government, industry and academia, Booz Allen said Tuesday. With the open-source […] More

Carahsoft Technology will start distributing a Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System data quality product to the public sector. The company said Tuesday it will market Mathematica and NewWave’s Imersis offering through its reseller partners and the National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint contract.

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Accenture Federal Services and Google Public Sector have unveiled a new center of excellence that seeks to help federal agencies improve citizen experience while managing sensitive and classified workloads using data management platforms and generative artificial intelligence technologies. The Data and AI Center of Excellence will provide agency clients with access to Google Cloud's AI-based code generation tools, Vertex AI platform, language models, specialized data and AI experts and AI-optimized infrastructure, the companies said in a joint release published Thursday.

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Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson delivered a 2024 Wash100 Award to Andy Green, an executive vice president of HII and president of the HII Mission Technologies division, during a recent visit to HII. Visit Wash100.com to cast your votes for Andy Green as your favorite 2024 Wash100 Award winner! 

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Executive Mosaic is excited to announce that Vincent DiFronzo, executive vice president of SAIC’s Air Force, Combatant Commands and Department of Defense Agency business unit, has earned a 2024 Wash100 Award for progressing key technology projects while advocating for talent development. For over a decade, Wash100 has highlighted government contracting industry executives who excel in their leadership roles. 

Don't forget to choose DiFronzo as your favorite 2024 Wash100 winner in the annual popular vote contest! To participate in this exciting competition, click here.

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Over the last three decades, Gary Hix has watched government contracting evolve dramatically, while still retaining its core principles. He’s no passive observer though: he’s played an active role at companies like Sallie Mae, Novus Consulting Group and IBM. He's currently chief technology officer at the federal arm of Hitachi Vantara.

ExecutiveBiz had the chance to talk to Hix and get his perspective on the current state of federal cloud migration, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and more.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed the game in the government contracting industry. Thanks to AI leaders, advancements such as automation, deep learning, natural language processing, and data-driven decision-making have given agencies a more human-like approach in their domains.    Who are the seasoned executives who have committed to transforming the AI field across public and […] More

The crypto fraud offerings of Cloudburst Technologies will be made available to public sector customers via a partnership with cyber-focused value added reseller Smartpoint Solutions and Carahsoft Technology. Carahsoft said Tuesday that it will serve as public sector distributor under the partnership while Smartpoint will serve as a certified Cloudburst reseller.

Experts, government leaders and industry visionaries will speak on the dynamic and ever-evolving role of cyber in the public sector at the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Cyber Summit. Register now to attend this important event!

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