IT & Cloud Report

Pentagon close to making first awards on $9 billion cloud contract

The Pentagon in December tapped Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle for its highly anticipated Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract.

20 months ago

Would the White House consider a national cyber director?

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission wants a national cyber director in the White House. Would the White House be open to it?

4 years ago

Contracting

Could Congress provide IT modernization funding to states?

States' IT systems have been overwhelmed as a record amount of citizens have filed for unemployment.

Phishing incidents dropped at federal agencies last year

Agencies saw an 8 percent reduction in phishing attempts last fiscal year.

4 years ago

NIH wants digital health technologies to contain coronavirus

With areas across the United States starting to reopen, the National Institutes of Health wants digital health technologies to protect against another spread.

4 years ago

What will work look like going forward? The federal CIO outlines possible changes

Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent said the federal government will be "rethinking" processes that usually occurred in person.

4 years ago

'More productive than ever’: Agency IT officials see benefits from telework

Increased productivity raises questions about the future of work for federal employees.

4 years ago

Booz Allen Hamilton wins massive Pentagon artificial intelligence contract

Booz Allen will provide services for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center's Joint Warfighting mission initiative.

4 years ago

HackerOne’s services formally authorized for use by federal agencies

It's a significant step as federal agencies look to create vulnerability disclosure programs.

4 years ago

Tax agency wants to automate its grants management system

The IRS is anticipating an increase in grant applications.

5 years ago

Senators introduce bill to create more cyber grand challenges

The grand challenges stem from the 2018 Cybersecurity Moonshot report.

5 years ago

Justice Department awards artificial intelligence contract

The award to Veritone marks the company's first major federal contract.

5 years ago

GSA modernizes its ‘knowledge repository’ for cloud services

The GSA site now has a human-centered design.

5 years ago

Commissions lobby for cyber reforms in the defense policy bill

Three commissions wrote a letter to members of Congress urging them to include several cyber workforce recommendations in this year's defense policy bill.

5 years ago

FDA joins GSA’s modernization program

FDA becomes the ninth partner for the modernization initiative and the second agency to join this week.

5 years ago

Amazon challenges the Pentagon’s revised JEDI solicitation directly to the department

Amazon Web Services is unhappy with the DoD's revised solicitation.

5 years ago

State Department awards IT contract to help combat narcotics

The contract is potentially worth $350 million.

5 years ago

Telework programs at DoD could stick around after coronavirus

The Department of Defense has expanded several capabilities to enable mass telework. Now it's discussing which ones may stick around permanently.

5 years ago

Proposed rule banning Chinese tech needs to consider small contractors, senators warn

As the U.S. government begins to implement a regulation banning use of Chinese telecommunications technology, two lawmakers want to small businesses are not negatively impacted.

5 years ago

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