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  • Carahsoft's Steve Jacyna Discusses CISA's CDM Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity, DHS, News

    Carahsoft’s Steve Jacyna Discusses CISA’s CDM Program

    Carahsoft Technology has a long history of supporting the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, according to Steve Jacyna, director of innovative cybersecurity solutions at the company. Because of this extended collaboration, Carahsoft is able to provide the government with software that meets national security requirements, Jacyna said in […] More

  • General Atomics Stockpile Stewardship Program Contract Renewed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    General Atomics Stockpile Stewardship Program Contract Renewed

    The National Nuclear Security Administration has renewed its contract with General Atomics Energy Group for the continued production and delivery of research components in support of the Stockpile Stewardship Program. GA said Thursday that the renewed contract comes with an initial 5-year term and an optional 5-year extension. Producing Ignition Targets Part of the company’s […] More

  • Palantir & Partners to Provide Claude AI to Defense Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Artificial Intelligence, DOD, News

    Palantir & Partners to Provide Claude AI to Defense Agencies

    Anthropic, Palantir Technologies and Amazon Web Services have entered into a partnership to make the Claude 3 and 3.5 family of artificial intelligence models available to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies. Operationalizing AI Use Palantir said Thursday that the partnership will bring about an integrated suite of technology that will enable customers to operationalize the […] More

  • Google Public Sector's Karen Dahut on CAIOs, Tech Governance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Artificial Intelligence, News

    Google Public Sector’s Karen Dahut on CAIOs, Tech Governance

    Chief artificial intelligence officers ought to report not to another C-suite peer like the chief information officer but directly to an organization’s senior leadership, according to Karen Dahut, the CEO of Google Public Sector. CAIOs Should Report to Senior Organization Leaders Dahut, a 2024 Wash100 winner, made the remarks in a recent interview with Nextgov/FCW, […] More

  • Zscaler Cloud Browser Isolation Achieves FedRAMP Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Zscaler Cloud Browser Isolation Achieves FedRAMP Authorization

    Zscaler‘s Cloud Browser Isolation has attained authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The milestone indicates that CBI is compliant with security requirements that allow for the offering’s use by the government, Zscaler said Friday. How does Cloud Browser Isolation work? CBI works to render the contents of a web page in the […] More

  • Google Cloud Workstations & Software Development in Government - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cloud, Cybersecurity, Digital Modernization, News

    Google Cloud Workstations & Software Development in Government

    Google Cloud Workstation works to address challenges faced by federal agencies in carrying out modern software development, according to a recent article on the Google Cloud blog. Addressing Federal Agency Software Development Challenges Google Cloud Workstation works to integrate and manage toolchains, dependencies and architectures, thereby simplifying cloud-native development, said the article, which was posted […] More

  • Agile Defense Announces Joint Venture With Nemean Solutions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Agile Defense Announces Joint Venture With Nemean Solutions

    IT and cyber products and services provider Agile Defense recently announced Agile Lion, a joint venture with certified SBA 8(a) Native Hawaiian Organization Small Business Nemean Solutions. Agile Lion will work to support federal, civilian, state and defense agencies by offering advanced cybersecurity tactics, contextualizing data and developing specialized capabilities, Agile Defense said Thursday. The […] More

  • Leidos Issues Newest ESG Sustainability Report - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Leidos Issues Newest ESG Sustainability Report

    Leidos has released its annual sustainability report for calendar year 2023, the 15th entry in the series. The company said Wednesday that the report, prepared in line with the Global Reporting Initiative Standards, tracks the progress made in achieving corporate environmental, social and governance targets. Scope of the Sustainability Report The report tackles the three […] More

  • Sigma Defense's Matt Jones on DOD Developing Impactful Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in DOD, News, Technology

    Sigma Defense’s Matt Jones on DOD Developing Impactful Software

    The Department of Defense must undergo a cultural shift in order to overcome its struggles in software acquisition and development and ensure that the resulting application is impactful and mission-relevant, according to Matt Jones, president and CEO of technology company Sigma Defense Systems. Hindrances to Software Success Jones said in a column published Tuesday that […] More

  • GDIT's Dave Vennergrund on Reducing AI Hallucinations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GDIT’s Dave Vennergrund on Reducing AI Hallucinations

    Generative artificial intelligence tools are powered by foundational large language models trained on massive general-purpose datasets that do not contain domain-specific data and so are susceptible to hallucinations, a major concern for government agencies, especially those involved in critical missions like defense, security and health, according to Dave Vennergrund, vice president of AI and data […] More

  • Leidos Achieves Key Milestones in DIU EVCaaS Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in DOD, News, Technology

    Leidos Achieves Key Milestones in DIU EVCaaS Project

    The Defense Innovation Unit has issued Leidos a success memorandum in recognition of the company’s having completed key milestones on the Electric Vehicle Charging as a Service prototype effort to benefit the Department of the Air Force. Electric Vehicle Charging as a Service Project The goal of the EVCaaS project is to deploy EV charging […] More

  • PBG Consulting Appoints Ashequl Hoque as President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    PBG Consulting Appoints Ashequl Hoque as President

    Ashequl Hoque has taken on the role of president at PBG Consulting, a women-owned small business that provides federal agency customers with digital transformation and IT modernization support. Ashequl Hoque’s Career Hoque bringing to the position about two decades’ worth of technology and government services experience as well as a track record in handling mergers […] More