Artificial Intelligence
White House Advocates Cloud Investment as a Path to Artificial Intelligence
A new report from the White House points to advanced cloud technologies to help bolster artificial intelligence R&D at the federal level.
Emerging Tech
DOD Watchdog Plots Move to the Cloud
The Office of Inspector General at the Department of Defense is on the hunt for cloud capabilities that support its sensitive mission.
Digital Government
Google Bets Big on Government Business with New Division
Google Public Sector aims to accelerate digital transformation across government.
Cybersecurity
CISA Seeks Public Feedback on TIC 3.0 Cloud Use Case
Trusted Internet Connections use cases provide guidance on secure implementations of specific platforms, services and environments.
Cybersecurity
Credit Rating Agency: New EU Laws Will Improve Firms’ Cyber Resilience Globally
The Digital Operational Resilience Act would force non-EU companies with a significant presence in member states to create subsidiaries that can be regulated under their jurisdiction.
Digital Government
General Dynamics' $11B DOD 'Fourth Estate' IT Protest Denied
Barring more action, this lets Leidos proceed on its work for the 10-year Defense Enclave Services award and consolidate IT systems for 22 DOD agencies.
Modernization
GDIT Snags $120 Million Contract to Modernize Student Aid Processing System
The Federal Student Aid Processing System supports more than 10 million students.
Digital Government
Teresa Carlson returns to Microsoft
She rejoins the company nearly 12 years on from her last stint there.
Modernization
Interior Issues Draft Cloud RFP Valued at up to $1B
The Interior Department’s next cloud contract appears to be a big one.
Ideas
The Federal Government Must Overcome 2 Challenges to Advance Cloud-Smart Strategies
The U.S. federal government is ahead of other industries in the adoption of multicloud, which is imperative to mission success.
Cybersecurity
NIST’s Supply-Chain Security Guidance Tells Agencies: Look to FedRAMP First
The agency has spent years revising guidance for organizations to address vulnerabilities presented by vendors of software and other enterprise suppliers.
Cybersecurity
Microsoft, DoD Partners Celebrate Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
The company may have the chance to negotiate exclusive intellectual property rights—with an exception for the government—to innovations emerging from the collaboration.
Emerging Tech
NSA Re-awards Secret $10 Billion Contract to Amazon
Amazon Web Services beat out Microsoft for the contract after a bid protest battle.
Modernization
DOD’s Long and Winding Road to (Hopefully) Deploying an Enterprise Cloud
Every new delay should “be an alarm that goes off in the hearts and minds of those who are looking at how we can be competitive in the future against China,” according to one official.
Digital Government
Survey: No Clear Winner in Cloud Wars
The biggest potential differentiator is automated cloud migration services.
Cybersecurity
CISA Seeks Comment on Visibility Effort Being Piloted with Cloud Service Providers
The agency is starting to spend the $690 million it got through the American Rescue Act to monitor security and respond to incidents across federal civilian networks.
Digital Government
Mismanaged Cloud Services Put User Data at Risk
Cloud security practices matter a lot.
Modernization
Air Force software factory looks to unleash 'chaos' on civilian IT shops
The Kessel Run group is currently developing a playbook that would make it easier for organizations across the federal government to adopt engineering and security best practices.
Digital Government
Microsoft to Offer Its Office 365 Platform for Classified Workloads
Microsoft’s popular software-as-a-service offering is undergoing government review to ensure it can host some kinds of classified data.
Modernization