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Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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  • in Artificial Intelligence, News

    Sachin Sinha: Microsoft Secures FedRAMP Authorization for Azure OpenAI Service

    Microsoft has received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its cloud-based generative artificial intelligence service offering to federal agencies. The Azure OpenAI Service secured the FedRAMP authorization after meeting the security requirements for handling government data and related workloads through the program’s rigorous assessment process, Sachin Sinha, director of technology […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    Ross Niebergall Named Aerojet Rocketdyne President at L3Harris

    Ross Niebergall, a technology industry executive, has been appointed president of the Aerojet Rocketdyne segment following the acquisition of the propulsion systems maker by L3Harris Technologies. He most recently served as vice president and chief technology officer at L3Harris, where he oversaw the technology and engineering organization and aligned research and development investments with growth […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    Aptim Secures $68M DOE Hazardous Waste Cleanup Task Order

    Aptim Federal Services has received a potential 57-month, $68 million task order from the Department of Energy to decommission and perform waste cleanup work at the former Ion Beam Facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The task order was awarded through the Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning and Removal contract, DOE said Thursday. […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    BigBear.ai to Build Cloud-Based Tech for Army Test & Evaluation Command Under OTA; Mandy Long Quoted

    BigBear.ai has received an other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to develop a cloud-based, no-code/low-code platform as part of the second phase of the Army Test and Evaluation Command Integrated Mission Management System program. The cloud-based tool to be developed under the potential nine-month, $7.7 million OTA will work to provide the Army access […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    GSA’s Laura Stanton: Agencies Have Obligated $1B on Task Order Awards via 8(a) STARS III GWAC

    Laura Stanton, a General Services Administration official, said that since 2021, federal agencies have obligated $1 billion on 600 task orders awarded through the 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services III governmentwide contract to 309 small businesses. Of those small businesses, 177 marked their first GSA orders through the 8(a) STARS III GWAC, Stanton, […] More

  • in News

    IBM Gets DOD Accreditation for Embedded Microelectronics Security Services

    IBM has obtained accreditation from a Department of Defense organization to deliver embedded security services tailored to a U.S.-based advanced microelectronics producer. The company said Wednesday the Defense Microelectronics Activity issued the Trusted Supplier accreditation to IBM Consulting’s security services, which work to identify and remediate vulnerabilities in the microelectronics supply chain. The security services […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    Kirsten Kliphouse Joins Dun & Bradstreet’s Board

    Kirsten Kliphouse, a technology industry leader, has been named to the board of directors of business decisioning data and analytics provider Dun & Bradstreet. She brings to the board decades of leadership experience and information security, data privacy, innovation and technological knowledge, the company said Wednesday. Kliphouse’s “deep technological expertise and significant leadership experiences at […] More

  • in News

    Amy Gilliland on GDIT’s Digital Consulting Practice

    Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology and a six-time Wash100 awardee, said GDIT is investing in its workforce as it works to expand its digital consulting practice to meet the evolving needs of government customers. “We reimagined what a consultative company needs, and what the folks on the front line need. And they […] More

  • in Cybersecurity, News

    Pentagon Sends Proposed Rule for CMMC Framework to OMB for Review

    The Department of Defense has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget its proposed rule to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The office of information and regulatory affairs within OMB is now set to review the CMMC framework after receiving the proposed rule on Monday. The CMMC framework seeks to help assess […] More

  • in Artificial Intelligence, News

    CGI Eyes AI Capability Expansion With $758M Investment

    CGI plans to invest approximately $757.9 million in efforts to further advance the development of artificial intelligence platforms and services over the next three years. The company said Monday the planned investment includes the expansion of AI-related consulting services, employee recruitment and training, intellectual property AI-enablement and ethical-use delivery platforms and accelerators. “As the next […] More

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    USPTO Grants Trademark Registration for Hexagon US Federal’s Geospatial Platform; Tammer Olibah Quoted

    Hexagon‘s U.S. government subsidiary has secured its trademark registration from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its geospatial platform, dubbed Aerial Reconnaissance Tactical Edge Mapping Imagery System. ARTEMIS is a content management platform from Hexagon US Federal that uses sensors and small unmanned aircraft systems to facilitate the collection and use of tactical imagery […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    Michelle Rodrigues Joins MRIGlobal as Government Business Development VP

    Michelle Rodrigues, a federal technology industry executive, has been appointed vice president for government business development at research and development services provider MRIGlobal. She will become part of the company’s executive leadership team as she oversees business development initiatives for both defense and civil health customers, including the departments of Defense, Agriculture and Health and […] More