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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense should kick off efforts to electronically connect its key weapons systems as part of the Joint All Domain Command and Control strategy, Defense One reported Wednesday. Taiclet said he believes companies should help create the technical […] More
Avi Mizrachi, CEO of Israel-based defense company UVision, said the U.S. armed forces will test the company’s two loitering weapon systems – Hero-30 and Hero-400 – in October at the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. The U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and representatives from Special Operations Command are expected to participate […] More
Google Cloud has unveiled a set of service offerings meant to help federal, state and local government agencies establish zero trust architecture in compliance with the new executive order on cybersecurity. The company said Tuesday its new service offerings are Zero Trust Assessment and Planning, Secure Application Access Anywhere and Active Cyber Threat Detection. The […] More
The National Archives and Records Administration is seeking information on vendors with a capability to design, build and implement a Presidential Library website component that contains archived social media data. NARA wants the contractor to use Agile development process to develop the website component with data archived from various social media platforms, according to a […] More
NASA has announced the completion of three testing milestones for its James Webb Space Telescope as the agency prepares for the observatory’s launch later this year aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. The agency said Thursday one of the milestones is the final testing of the space telescope’s deployable tower assembly, which separates the mirrors and […] More
David Young, senior vice president of public sector and hyperscaler business at Lumen Technologies and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, said public sector agencies should take a holistic approach as they develop plans to comply with President Joe Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity and deliver secure digital experiences to employees and citizens. Young wrote in […] More
Experts at McKinsey & Co. said there are six measures government agencies should implement to mitigate the risk of bias associated with the use of advanced analytics, which could help agencies transform public services, and one of those is making a senior leader responsible for risk management related to advanced analytics models. “In federal agencies […] More
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency wants information on companies, universities and other organizations working on artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science technologies that could help counter weapons of mass destruction and other emerging threats. DTRA intends to use AI, ML and data science tools to improve decision-making and situational awareness for countering WMD and […] More
Vectrus has booked $40 million worth of task orders to provide installation support services for the U.S. Air Force. The service awarded the two task orders through the $6.4 billion Air Force Contract Augmentation Program V indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the company said Thursday. The AFCAP V contract vehicle covers emergency and contingency construction, logistics and commodities […] More
Donnie Scott, CEO of Identity and Security North America business at IDEMIA, said he expects the company to accelerate work on digital identity and contactless biometrics as he anticipates the technologies to be widely adopted driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. “Obviously, when you’ve got a pandemic where you are […] More
ICF has received a potential five-year, $12 million recompete contract from the Social Security Administration for software development support. The company said Wednesday it will build, support and maintain software applications using the agency’s Security Automated Features and Enhancements platform under the contract to help SSA automate its physical security processes. SAFE is a suite […] More
Amazon Web Services has introduced an acceleration program to help startups speed up the development of cloud-based technologies for public sector consumers. The AWS Public Sector Startup Ramp program seeks to provide member startups access to technical training and support, AWS Promotional Credit and technical experts as they build platforms on AWS in support of […] More
