Mark Rockwell
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Vienna, VA, United States
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GSA preps launch of OASIS replacement
GSA plans a program of customer and industry events and interactions in the early part of 2021 to help shape its OASIS replacement contract. → Read More
Longtime agency watchdog to head CIGIE
The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency elected the Inspector General of the National Science Foundation as its new chairperson. → Read More
FBI expands use of FirstNet services
The FBI has signed on for FirstNet mobility services to support its day-to-day and emergency operations. → Read More
Contested FBI wireless contract goes to AT&T
FBI's $92 million emergency operations wireless service contract goes to AT&T after lengthy protest scuffle. → Read More
New law enshrines modernization Centers of Excellence effort
President Trump signed a bipartisan bill that codifies the Centers of Excellence program as way to seed and launch IT and business process modernization efforts at federal agencies. → Read More
CBP plans broader use of facial recognition
According to a proposed rule change, Customs and Border Protection will expand the use of facial recognition technology for entry/exit tracking systems. → Read More
DHS veteran Mayorkas tapped to lead agency under Biden administration
The former USCIS director and DHS deputy secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will lead the Department of Homeland Security. → Read More
CBP wants to expand facial recognition
Customs and Border Protection is on track to move out of its test phase and expand use of facial recognition systems at airports and land border crossings. → Read More
GSA explains lowered DEOS price tag
GSA worked with the Defense Department and vendors to push more efficiencies into the DEOS cloud contract, ultimately resulting in a lowered ceiling, said the contract's manager. → Read More
GSA’s mismanagement of PIV cards puts facility, data security at risk, watchdog says
The General Services Administration’s mismanagement of the personal identity verification cards it issued to contract employees raises significant security concerns, according to a report from agency's inspector general. → Read More
After protest, GDIT hangs on to DEOS cloud contract
The Pentagon re-awards DEOS cloud contract to GDIT, but lowers the ceiling value from the original award, from $7.6 billion to $4.4 billion. → Read More
Can USPS cash in on its geolocation data?
The U.S. Postal Service is looking at creating new address and geospatial services to expand its revenue streams. → Read More
USPS looks to monetize its mapping data
Geospatial data collected by 220,000 Postal Service vehicles could be offered to other agencies on an as-a-service basis. → Read More
GSA unveils first NewPay service
The General Services Administration is talking with federal agency users to further develop its NewPay shared service offering rolled out in September. → Read More
US has a ‘China problem,’ cyber commission says
To shore up security of information and communications technology, the nation must reduce its dependency on suppliers from rival powers, especially China, according to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. → Read More
Solarium Commission looks to boot China from the tech supply chain
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission is looking to shore up security in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector by reducing dependency on suppliers from rival powers, especially China. → Read More
Security gaps could undermine confidence in election results
It only takes one small breach to dent confidence in the nation’s election systems, according to a digital rights and technology expert. → Read More
Faster innovation with automated ATOs
Agencies need smarter, faster ways to get authority to operate, according to a top IT advisor at the Department of Health and Human Services. → Read More
CISA ‘hypervigilant’ on election cybersecurity
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is prepping state and local governments for the final rounds in the fight to secure their election critical infrastructure, according to the agency's top risk manager. → Read More
ATF mines data to support investigations
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives plans to expand the use of data analytics to improve investigations into the increasing number of gun store burglaries. → Read More