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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.
Technology companies such as Google, Amazon Web Services and Accenture are helping states address website crashes, busy phone lines and other issues as they process unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Christian Zur of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Scott Kordella of Mitre wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday on Federal Times that the U.S. needs to have a “single operational picture†to facilitate timely and accurate monitoring of aircraft and space systems and enable the space launch sector to safely coexist with the aviation industry.
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, wrote in an opinion piece published Friday on Via Satellite that the modernization of military space calls for the government to strike a new level of partnership with industry and support “commercial first†innovation and principles.
Peter Beck, founder and CEO of small satellite launch firm Rocket Lab, said the Department of Defense and other agencies could help the small launch sector by funding space programs that will drive demand for launch services, SpaceNews reported Monday.
Frank Duff, principal cyber operations engineer at Mitre, told Federal News Network in an interview published Friday about the nonprofit corporation’s evaluation of cybersecurity offerings from 21 vendors against cyber threat group APT29. Mitre assessed the cyber platforms using its ATT&CK knowledge base to emulate the techniques used by APT29, which is believed to be related to the Russian government and involved in the Democratic National Committee compromise.
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have demonstrated the capability of an artificial intelligence-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform to support the operations of warfighters in contested environments.
The Department of Homeland Security’s office of biometric identity management has started moving its biometric database to Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud environment with the release of a privacy impact assessment for the first of four phases of the migration process, Nextgov reported Wednesday.
Kim Sutherland, vice president of fraud and identity strategy at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, wrote in a GCN article published Monday that the federal government must implement an identity theft prevention strategy to combat scammers as they distribute stimulus funds to U.S. businesses and families as part of the $2T Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
Fincantieri CEO Giuseppe Bono told Defense News in an interview published Monday that offering an operational ship with anti-submarine capability is one of the reasons why the company’s Wisconsin-based subsidiary won the U.S. Navy’s FFG(X) frigate design and construction contract.
Groton, Conn.-based maritime technology firm ThayerMahan has raised $10M in financing from an affiliate of private equity firm AE Industrial Partners. ThayerMahan said Monday it will use the funding from AEI Structured Solutions to expand research-and-development efforts and operations and advance growth initiatives through acquisitions.
Wesley Hallman, senior vice president of policy at the National Defense Industrial Association, told Defense News in an interview published Saturday that NDIA believes there should be an increase in appropriations for fiscal year 2020 as Congress considers another economic stimulus bill in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
