Modernization
FBI Seeks a Vendor to Help with Multiyear IT Modernization Project
The Office of the Chief Information Officer is creating a new contract to help with the IT Modernization Initiative and other major efforts.
Modernization
DHS Faces Rising Costs as Planned Biometrics Cloud Gets Pushed Back
Three years behind schedule, the move from legacy IDENT to the new Amazon-hosted HART system is now slated for the end of 2021.
Ideas
How the Pandemic Impacted Government’s Cloud Migration Plans: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
While federal, state and local agencies remain firm believers in hybrid environments, they face several obstacles.
Modernization
Survey: 75% of DOD IT Officials Say They Can Meet Cloud Needs Without JEDI
Most said they are experiencing delays in enterprise cloud migration.
Emerging Tech
Defense Secretary Approves JADC2 Strategy
“Now it's delivery time,” Joint Staff J6 Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall said of the department’s plan for a data-centric warfighting network.
Ideas
Executive Order Hints at FedRAMP Alternatives
The order calls for modernizing the cloud-security program and opens the door for other frameworks to be used for authorization.
Modernization
Judge Chooses Timeline for JEDI Cloud Case
The judge opted for the schedule proposed by Amazon Web Services over the Defense Department’s.
Digital Government
Pentagon May Push Forward With JEDI Litigation
Court documents filed May 28 indicate the legal battle over the JEDI cloud contract could stretch into October.
Ideas
COVID-19 Compressed Government’s Digital Transformation Initiatives. Now What?
With telework here to stay, federal agencies are investing energy and resources into long-term IT infrastructure solutions rather than quick fixes.
Ideas
Addressing the DOD ‘Disconnected Data’ Battlefield Challenge
Modern-day commanders do not suffer from an information vacuum.
Modernization
If the Pentagon Drops JEDI, Then What?
Defense Department officials say the contract’s enterprisewide capabilities are still needed, but how to fill that need may be different given the department’s changing cloud landscape.
Modernization
GSA Seeks Industry Input on Governmentwide Cloud BPA
Industry has until May 24 to offer feedback.
Artificial Intelligence
NIST Wants Help Assessing China’s Influence on Emerging Technology Standards
The agency wants insight into how the nation might engage in international standardization activities for artificial intelligence and quantum information science.
Artificial Intelligence
Navy Beats Army in First Amazon-Led Competition to Produce the Fastest Self-Driving Race Cars
The program offers a hands-on machine-learning experience—and bragging rights.
Ideas
Modernizing Container Security Is Essential to Secure Application Development
Most traditional security tools agencies rely on aren’t designed to effectively show what’s going on inside of a container.
Modernization
Justice Official Recommends Supreme Court Reject Oracle’s JEDI Petition
Oracle has not won at any level of court despite numerous bid protests against the Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract.
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP Board Extends Deadline For Cloud Providers to Pitch Line-Jumping Business Cases
Cloud service providers hoping to secure authorizations to operate at multiple agencies simultaneously got some more time to make a business case for their prioritization by the board.
Digital Government
Deputy Secretary of Defense Highlights Modernization, Innovation Activities as Budget Priorities
Kathleen Hicks also suggested DOD still needs the cloud capabilities JEDI is supposed to provide.
Modernization
Court to Explore Whether Trump Administration Interfered in JEDI Cloud Contract
The Defense Department previously said lengthy litigation could bring the contract’s future into question.
Modernization