Digital Government
NOAA seeks to improve weather forecasting through cloud migration
The agency’s administrator said his biggest challenge is data deletion as he touted the benefits of moving to the cloud.
Digital Government
GSA seeks to boost understanding of FedRAMP 20x overhaul
The cloud security program is looking to educate both agencies and private companies on the ways the revamped program differs from previous requirements.
Acquisition
Pentagon unveils first of two solicitations for its next big cloud contract
The hyperscalers can now start working on proposals for their portion of the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability recompete, while a second contract is in-the-works to cover everything else.
Digital Government
14 organizations are looking to join federal electronic health record program
The office tasked with helping agencies deploy the federal EHR is looking to move toward cloud infrastructure, enhance interoperability and scale an artificial intelligence technology.
Defense
As AI models break free, White House works with firms on secret safety measures
Lawmakers blast administration's "ad-hoc" AI strategy; tech giants pitch ideas to keep federal contracts flowing.
Acquisition
AWS launches Secret Cloud for industry’s classified workloads
The company made several announcements geared towards its government customers, including up to $1 billion in cloud credits for U.S. intelligence agencies.
Ideas
NSPM-12: The NSS cyber memo agencies cannot ignore
COMMENTARY | NSPM-12 dropped last week. Anyone who has spent serious time in federal cybersecurity should read it carefully.
Modernization
How Broadcom’s VMware buy meant a ‘fundamental shift’ for county tech
Leaders said the 2023 acquisition has led to negative changes in licenses, pricing and support, with many now considering moving away from the longtime vendor.
Artificial Intelligence
FDA to pilot real-time clinical drug trials through cloud and AI
The first-of-its-kind pilot could lead to speedier regulatory approval of medical drugs and devices and potentially reduce “20, 30, 40% of overall clinical trial time,” according to FDA Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Jeremy Walsh.
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI announces availability across cloud providers
The artificial intelligence developer updated its terms and conditions with Microsoft, announcing that its suite of agentic capabilities would now be available via other cloud providers.
Cybersecurity
US charges former Accenture employee with misleading feds on cloud platform’s security
Danielle Hillmer, most recently employed with SentinelOne, allegedly concealed a cloud product’s noncompliance with federal security regulations.
Ideas
Three Years to Rebuild the Internet or Lose the AI Race
COMMENTARY | The nation that builds Cloud 2.0 first will shape the innovation economy for decades.
Emerging Tech
AWS to invest $50B in AI and supercomputing infrastructure for government customers
Amazon Web Services is granting government expanded access to its tech products offerings while scaling the infrastructure required to support it.
Acquisition
GSA launches second phase of FedRAMP 20x backed by OMB
This next step in overhauling the federal government’s cloud security authorization program will pilot authorizations at the Moderate security level.
Modernization
GSA doubles FedRAMP authorizations compared to last year
GSA overhauled FedRAMP in the spring to streamline the process and introduce more automation.
Defense
Pentagon will ‘open the door’ to more companies for next major cloud contract
The Pentagon’s tech chief said JWCC Next will look a little different than its $9 billion predecessor.
Ideas
Streamlining the Path to FedRAMP High
COMMENTARY | Achieving FedRAMP High Authorization doesn't need to be so laborious.
Artificial Intelligence
AWS GovCloud gets high-level security approvals for Anthropic and Meta AI models
Select versions of the Claude and Llama foundation models will be available for public sector customers via the AWS GovCloud.
Acquisition
AWS launches second secret cloud region for defense, intel customers
The company intends to have the new region live by the end of the year.
Cybersecurity