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Nutanix’s Chris Howard: Desktop as a Service Could Help Agencies Implement Flexible Work Strategy
Chris Howard, vice president of U.S. public sector at Nutanix, wrote in a GCN article published Tuesday that federal agencies seeking to provide employees access to data and applications in a more flexible way during the COVID-19 pandemic should consider adopting desktop-as-a-service platforms.
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Siemens, Haugland Energy Partner to Supply Power Infrastructure at NY COVID-19 Facility
Siemens has collaborated with Haugland Energy Group to power a temporary COVID-19 care facility at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, N.Y.
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IT Orgs Ask Gov’t to Fund COVID-19 IT Modernization
A group of information technology organizations has written to Congress to request for IT modernization funds in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AWS Puts up AI-Driven Search Site to Support COVID-19 Studies
Amazon Web Services has launched a new website that uses artificial intelligence to facilitate searches across a large pool of COVID-19 research.
SAIC’s Mark Forman: CIOs Should Help Agency Leaders Recognize Need for Digital Tools
Mark Forman, vice president of digital government strategy at Science Applications International Corp., wrote in a commentary published Monday on FCW that government chief information officers should help agency leaders understand the importance of adopting cloud, artificial intelligence, big data analytics and other digital government tools as they transition from response to the recovery phase during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Medtech Consortium Issues Solicitation for Health Info Mgmt Network
The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium has posted a request for proposals for the rapid development and deployment of a cloud-based health information management system designed to create and coordinate ‘virtual care wards.’
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Pentagon Extends Military Travel Ban Until June 30 Due to COVID-19; Matthew Donovan, Mark Esper Quoted
The Pentagon announced an extension of its ban on most military and domestic travel, including permanent change of station moves from May 11 to June 30 as COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the nation, the Pentagon reported on Saturday. The order will take effect on April 20.
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Boeing to Restart Military Aircraft Production at Philadelphia Facility
Boeing is reopening an aircraft manufacturing hub in Ridley Park, Pa., this week and implementing additional health precautions for its employees amid concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, Defense News reported Saturday.
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L3Harris to Fund COVID-19 Response Efforts; William Brown Quoted
L3Harris Technologies has earmarked $2M in funds to support COVID-19 relief and recovery initiatives worldwide.
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PSC’s David Berteau on Impact of COVID-19 on Contractors, Lessons From Current Situation
David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council and a two-time Wash100 awardee, told Government Matters in an interview posted Thursday about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on contractors. "The numbers that you see in contract obligations, while it’s not everything the government does, we think it’s reflective of a dampening effect elsewhere and we really need to counter that,†Berteau said. “The priority is on keeping people working, the priority is on keeping the government operating and in order to do that, you have to obligate the available appropriations at a normal pace.â€