Tecolote Research has received a potential one-year, $71.6 million task order from the U.S. Air Force for financial management support services. The company will help the Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System Directorate develop and maintain program cost estimates, integrate engineering designs with such cost estimates, conduct schedule management and earned […] More

Government agencies should adopt site reliability engineering principles to improve their internal and customer-facing information technology systems, Netimpact Strategies CEO PV Puvvada wrote in a Nextgov opinion piece published Wednesday. Puvvada, a six-time Wash100 awardee, said SRE has been tried and tested in the private sector, including big tech companies, and could reduce costs usually […] More

Gary Hix, chief technology officer of Hitachi Vantara Federal, said federal agencies should consider the business case for advancing sustainability to help address the climate crisis as they pursue information technology modernization efforts. “In a fortuitous twist, sustainability and digital transformation go together as transformation drives sustainability. Moving to newer technologies will reduce emissions, because […] More

Michael House, vice president of infrastructure and energy solutions at Siemens Government Technologies, said federal agencies could help address climate change and improve energy resilience and sustainability by adopting smart building technologies. In a LinkedIn article published Monday, House discussed how smart lighting, HVAC controls, storage systems such as mobile microgrids and solar panels and […] More

Sid Getz, senior vice president for consulting services at CGI Federal, said the modernization of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ financial management system through the Financial Management Business Transformation program has helped VA improve the decision-making process, automate processes, maintain clean audits and comply with federal accounting regulations. Getz appeared on Tuesday before lawmakers during […] More

Haywood Talcove, CEO of the government group at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, said criminals can take advantage of artificial intelligence algorithms, particularly generative AI, to perform fraud across several sectors and that government agencies should acknowledge the threat posed by AI tools to their organizations and entitlement programs. Talcove wrote in an opinion piece published Monday […] More

A Russian ransomware group called Clop gained access to data of the Department of Energy and other federal agencies, corporations and universities by exploiting a vulnerability in file transfer software MOVEit, The New York Times reported Thursday. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, described the cyberattack as “opportunistic” and noted that […] More

Haywood Talcove, CEO of the government group at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, has joined other experts in raising concerns about using artificial intelligence to carry out financial fraud, Yahoo Finance reported. Talcove said the use of AI in financial fraud activities is what finance experts call “crime 3.0,” citing the technology’s ability to evade detection. “The […] More

Microsoft Azure Government users can now access generative artificial intelligence capabilities designed to support a range of use cases, from enhancing productivity to generating data-driven insights to meet mission needs. The Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service uses a new architecture that provides government agencies with secure access to large language models in Azure Government’s commercial environment, […] More

Rob Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions, said federal agencies looking to leverage data to achieve missions faster should push for the commoditization of data. “Providing everyone the ability to sort and analyze data regardless of their role within the organization will provide great success for government objectives,” Carey, a previous Wash100 awardee, wrote in […] More

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army will work on further advancing space-enabled defense systems to enhance Beyond Line of Sight connectivity under a cooperative research and development agreement.  The aerospace and defense company said Tuesday its collaboration with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s aviation and missile center will focus on satellite communications for […] More

Gartner forecasts that government spending on information technology products and services across the globe will climb by 7.6 percent year-over-year to $589.79 billion in 2023 as more agencies are prioritizing digital transformation projects. The software segment is projected to maintain its position as the IT market’s highest-spending area for agencies worldwide with an estimated 13.5 […] More