Quick Hits

*** The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued $44 million in no-bid contracts to Deloitte to develop tracking tools to support distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. But states aren't using the Vaccine Administration Management System, according to a Jan. 30 report in the MIT Technology Review, because the software is error prone and was built with limitations that are disproportionately affecting older users.

*** The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency at the Defense Department is seeking contractor support services to manage its insider threat systems, according to contracting documents posted to SAM.gov on Jan. 28.

*** Join federal CIOS and industry leaders for the FCW Pillars of Modernization Workshop on Weds. Feb. 10 at 8:30 AM. IT modernization has been a federal priority for years, but many agencies still struggle to turn that goal into a practical plan of action. Securing multi-year funding is one challenge, but the fundamental obstacle is often the sheer complexity of transforming government-scale systems. This virtual FCW Workshop will feature government and industry experts sharing the lessons they've learned and the results they've been able to drive at key federal agencies.