Government Technology

Celeste O’Dea, business development director for public sector technology at Oracle, has said cloud-based technologies could help federal agencies recruit a new generation of public sector workers and retain existing workforce. O’Dea wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that human capital management and talent acquisition systems on the cloud could aid agencies in streamlining recruitment procedures and outcomes.

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Gordon Nelson, chief data innovation adviser at Hitachi Vantara Federal, has said agencies should consider end user input and experience, datasets and modern technology when creating and implementing a data analytics strategy.

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TeamingPro has introduced automated technology platform built to help contracting firms identify potential industry partners in pursuit of federal contracts.

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The Department of the Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service wants information on applications that will enable field revenue officers to collect tax payments through non-cash payment methods. IRS issued a request for information posted Thursday on FedBizOpps to seek potential vendors that could provide mobile apps, low-frequency beacons, online payment apps, electronic payment devices and other portable technologies for electronic tax collection.

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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has deployed two CubeSats from the International Space Station under a flight demonstration and test initiative. The CubeSats were launched from the orbital laboratory via a NanoRacks CubeSat platform as part of the CubeSat Assessment and Test mission, APL said Wednesday.

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The Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration are set to negotiate potential cooperative agreements with four companies to produce a medical isotope for use in medical procedures throughout the U.S.

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Techstars and the U.S. Air Force have inducted 10 companies into the 2019 class of an accelerator program that seeks to help the military service address technological challenges through innovation.

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The Defense Logistics Agency has selected Synergetics to create a webscale version of logistics information products in a cloud computing environment.

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The Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories has partnered with Splunk to automate the process for analysts to detect, examine and respond to cyber threats.

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The Tennessee Department of Transportation has selected Autodesk's PlanGrid subsidiary to provide software for general contractors and designers to manage productivity in civil infrastructure projects.

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The General Services Administration will host a virtual pre-demonstration conference on March 4 to discuss the federal government's intention to adopt an a single audit and risk management platform.

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