Emerging Tech
NIST Is Staging An Armed Robbery To Improve Video Surveillance
Before researchers can test the latest video analytics, they need a variety of footage from different angles, conditions and recording quality.
Digital Government
FEMA Used Google Rather Than Verified Registry to Fill Hurricane Relief Contracts
Agency that has come under recent scrutiny for handling of contracts rejects IG recommendations.
Cybersecurity
Senate Bill Would Train Federal Buyers to Spot Counterintelligence Threats
The goal is to reduce the risks of adversaries gaining entry to agencies through their supply chains.
Modernization
Oracle Makes More Allegations in JEDI Lawsuit
Oracle filed a 125-page amended complaint with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Modernization
The Pentagon’s Software Buying Has Been Outdated Since 1987
The Defense Department needs to rethink how it buys and develops software, according to Defense Innovation Board report.
Modernization
FBI Starts Over On Enterprise IT Recompete With New Draft Solicitation
Contracting officials made some small but significant changes to the latest draft solicitation for ITECS.
Modernization
GSA Unveils Key Tenets of Governmentwide E-Commerce Pilot
The implementation plan outlines three major policies that will inform their initial version of the portal, which is scheduled to launch in late 2019.
Modernization
Air Force Awards $76 Million to Fund Device Management and IT Support
Unisys Corporation was selected to help consolidate multiple toolsets and service desks into a single entity.
Modernization
DHS Tries Again to Build a Contract for Agile Development
The department is pushing components to buy more off governmentwide contracts—except when it comes to the cloud and agile development.
Modernization
Pentagon’s $8 Billion DEOS Contract Out for Bid
Despite its size and scope, DEOS is only the first phase of the Defense Department's plan to buy common communication, collaboration and productivity capabilities.
Modernization
Energy Department Awards $2 Billion IT Services Contract
Accenture Federal Services secured a blanket purchase order agreement to help the department migrate to a cloud-based IT services model.
Emerging Tech
DIU is Helping the Army Put More Backpack-Sized Drones in the Battlefield
The Pentagon’s internal startup accelerator wants to get consumer quadcopters in the hands of soldiers in a matter of months, not years.
Emerging Tech
DHS Funds Tech to Reduce False Alarms at Airport Security
A British X-ray tech company won a $1.7 million contract to build software that double checks whether that nail clipper in your luggage is actually a switchblade.
Digital Government
Acting Defense Chief Cleared of Accusations of Ethics Abuse
Shanahan did not tilt decisions to former employer Boeing, IG concludes.
Cybersecurity
Federal CISO Wants To Move Beyond ‘Whack-a-Mole’ Supply Chain Security
Sweeping bans on Kaspersky Lab, ZTE and Huawei products were the right move, but Grant Schneider thinks the government needs a more scalable approach.
Emerging Tech
One Defense Agency is Building a Bot Army
And it's saving the department hundreds of thousands of work hours a year, a defense official said.
Cybersecurity
DISA Awards Two Contracts to Build a Moat Around the Pentagon’s Internet
The two selected vendors will prototype cloud-based systems that isolate the department’s internal network from the public internet while still allowing employees to browse the web.
Modernization
SEC Pulls On-Ramp For $2.5 Billion IT Contract
The agency is reworking the on-ramp solicitation for its massive enterprise IT vehicle, which, if officials aren’t careful, could take down the entire contract.
Emerging Tech
TSA Wants A Vendor To Manage Its Third-Party Tech Testing Ecosystem
The new process will let the agency leverage private sector testing organizations instead of relying solely on Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon is Investing in Space Robots to Repair Satellites
The robots would service military, government and commercial spacecraft more than 22,000 miles above the Earth.
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