Samantha Ehlinger
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Defense Digital Service, Army Cyber Command expand partnership with workspace 'Tatooine'
The Defense Digital Service and Army Cyber Command’s growing partnership is getting its own workspace in downtown Augusta, Georgia, DDS announced Thursday. Dubbed Tatooine, the new workspace located at the state-owned Georgia Cyber Center is the expansion of the Jyn Erso pilot project launched last year to join DDS staff and Cyber Command soldiers to … → Read More
Feds want your input on governmentwide data 'practices'
The team creating a strategy to help federal agencies better make use of their data wants more input on what they’ve been developing. President Trump launched in March the President’s Management Agenda, which listed “leveraging data as a strategic asset” as one of its goals. A request for comments open now until Nov. 16 is the … → Read More
FBI narrows pool for $5B ITSSS contract recompete
The FBI has updated its strategy for how it will make awards on its upcoming $5 billion centralized IT supplies and support services contract for the Justice Department. The FBI’s Information Technology Acquisitions Unit has been pursuing an IT contract to replace the $30 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services (ITSSS) blanket purchase agreement set … → Read More
DOD selects team with U.K. to tackle AI research
The Department of Defense has selected an academic team of researchers to embark on building frameworks for humans to “more truly team” with artificial intelligence. AI is a huge focus area for the DOD, which announced Tuesday the selection of a bilateral team of researchers from the United States and the United Kingdom for the Bilateral … → Read More
Navy leans on Seattle’s tech community to hack maritime challenges
The U.S. Navy wants to think differently about the way it develops software. So, it’s looking to non-traditional areas of industry and academia for ideas on how to do that. The service sponsored HACKtheMACHINE this past weekend in Seattle to gather the best and brightest in tech to take a look at some of the Navy’s biggest digital challenges. Rear … → Read More
Air Force seeks innovative tech to improve pilot training
The Air Force is turning to industry and academia for high-tech upgrades to train its pilots — and it’s ready to spend $300,000 or more to get them. Air Force innovation group AFWERX is running a challenge to get ideas that will shape the second iteration of Pilot Training Next, an initiative designed to help … → Read More
Army leadership talks up new Futures Command on Capitol Hill
The Army Futures Command is just weeks into its official existence, and already it’s working to answer questions from Washington on where the command fits in the greater Army ecosystem. The leadership from both parties on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness expressed skepticism in a hearing Thursday that the new command would be the solution … → Read More
Expansion of mobile offerings is big business for DISA
The Defense Information Systems Agency is already attracting some new high-profile Department of Defense customers after a recent expansion of its mobile service offerings. The DISA-managed DOD Mobility Unclassified Capability (DMUC) service was previously available to only mission partners who purchased DOD’s Enterprise Email service, but the agency expanded the service in August to all mission… → Read More
Army's newest command looks to the future from downtown Austin
The new command devoted to modernizing the Army can officially get to work. At a ceremony Friday in downtown Austin, Army Futures Command began its mission. Earlier in the day, John Murray, its leader, was promoted to four-star general. The Senate confirmed Murray’s appointment earlier this week. “For too long we have focused only on … → Read More
One organization's movement to get more techies in Congress
Congress has developed a reputation for its general lack of tech experience, but a new political action committee wants to fix that by starting at the top. The group, 314 Action, plans to put money behind candidates who can keep up with complex technology issues at a time when they inevitably land on the mainstream legislative agenda. Congress continues … → Read More
SEC seeks cloud-based e-discovery system for pilot
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking for a small business to provide a cloud-based electronic-discovery system for a pilot project, according to a solicitation released Thursday. The procurement is a small business set-aside competition, and the agency is planning to award a single contract. Vendors must be certified under the Federal Risk and … → Read More
U.S. Coast Guard has its eye on Pentagon's JEDI cloud
The U.S. Coast Guard is “closely” watching the Defense Department’s move to adopt commercial cloud, the service’s commandant said Wednesday. But that doesn’t mean he’s ready to rush down the same path just yet. “We’re watching closely JEDI and what the DOD is doing there,” Adm. Karl Schultz said Wednesday at an event at the … → Read More
DISA expands availability of its mobile management service
More Defense Department mission partners can now buy unclassified mobile device management services through the Defense Information Systems Agency. The DISA-managed DOD Mobility Unclassified Capability (DMUC) service, which supports more than 100,000 users today, was previously available only to mission partners if they had purchased the DOD’s Enterprise Email service, according to a Wednesday… → Read More
Inside DIUx's push into Texas
The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental’s Austin outpost is a staff of just one — but that hasn’t limited the organization’s ability to do business with early-stage companies out of Texas. In the Texas capital, DIUx has scored early successes leveraging its nearby military assets and offering the Defense Department’s “priority problems” to make it an … → Read More
Army announces Austin HQ for Futures Command
It’s official: The Army Futures Command will be headquartered in Austin, the service announced Friday. The Army chose Austin because of its “quality of life and proximity to commercial technology, research and development, and academic innovation,” it said a video posted Friday. Army Futures Command, as Army Secretary Mark Esper described it in remarks later from the Pentagon, is “consolidating… → Read More
Air Force innovation group AFWERX expands to Texas
AFWERX’s new Austin hub is officially open for business. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson on Wednesday visited the innovation group’s new digs at Capital Factory, a co-working space. The Texas location gives AFWERX close access to Austin’s tech community while retaining a link to the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command (AETC), headquartered 75 miles away at Joint … → Read More
How In-Q-Tel can serve as 'stamp of approval' for startups wary of government
As an emerging technology startup is deciding whether to go after government business, a “stamp of approval” from the intelligence community nonprofit strategic investor In-Q-Tel can go a long way in helping the young company take the leap into the federal marketplace. “I would say that for emerging technology companies or startups, if they’ve gotten that kind of … → Read More
DISA slots 14 companies on $7.5B SETI contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded 14 businesses contracts as a part of its $7.5 billion Systems Engineering, Technology, and Innovation contract vehicle, better known as SETI. The multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is designed to give the Pentagon an overarching streamlined process for ordering a variety of IT engineering services, DISA says … → Read More
Defense Digital Service redesigns Army Cyber Command training
The Defense Digital Service has cut down the training time for Army cyber-operations specialists from six months to just 12 weeks in a new pilot project, helping the Army Cyber Command boost its pipeline of talent. DDS, known for trying to get the military to think differently about building and buying technology, worked with the Army Cyber … → Read More
Inside a CRADA: NGA explores emerging geospatial tech in cooperative deal with Planet
Government technology typically revolves around money changing hands. But some government deals don’t come with cash. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced last month it had entered into such a deal — a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (called a CRADA) — with commercial imagery provider Planet. The CRADA allows the company the chance to give NGA … → Read More