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

  • Steve Orrin Sees 'Trickle Down' Cybersecurity Threat Effect - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Orrin Sees ‘Trickle Down’ Cybersecurity Threat Effect

    Steve Orrin, the chief technology officer at Intel Federal, sees a trickle-down effect in terms of the way cybersecurity threats impact various kinds of organizations. Sophisticated Attacks Against Government Systems Orrin made this observation during an interview on the Access Control podcast, where he said that while bigger targets, such as the federal government, initially […] More

  • Cadmus, Riverside Technology Partner on ProTech 2.0 Contract Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cadmus, Riverside Technology Partner on ProTech 2.0 Contract Work

    Strategic and technical consultancy provider Cadmus has entered into a partnership with Riverside Technology to support the requirements of a task order issued under the ProTech 2.0 Satellite Domain contract, of which Riverside is an awardee. Cadmus said Tuesday that it will work to implement the strategic planning process and evaluate the mission programs and […] More

  • Ultra I&C's Bradford Powell on Military Systems Interoperability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ultra I&C’s Bradford Powell on Military Systems Interoperability

    Bradford Powell of Ultra Intelligence & Communications said recently that his company is working to ensure interoperability not just between existing military systems but between legacy and future technologies as well. The Need for Interoperability Powell made the remarks in an interview with Breaking Defense, during which he emphasized the criticality of interoperability in various […] More