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Section 809 Panel Recommendation Highlights Need to Update IT Acquisition, Budgeting Approaches
Some industry experts say the Section 809 panel’s recommendation to exempt the Pentagon from the Clinger-Cohen Act highlights the need to fix the budgeting approach to provide agencies the ability to facilitate the information technology acquisition process, Federal News Network reported Friday. Mark Forman, vice president and global head of public sector at Unisys, said the Section 809 report suggests that agencies have now shifted to buying IT as-a-service, instead of treating or procuring IT as a capital asset.
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Amazon Business’ Anne Rung: E-Commerce Platform Would Offer Spending Visibility for Agencies
Anne Rung, director of government sector at Amazon Business, has said adopting an e-commerce platform could help federal agencies manage spending transparency and compliance with acquisition policies, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Rung told the station in an interview that the federal government should implement an approach that begins with the identification of clients’ requirements. […] More
Forcepoint, Raytheon, GigaTrust, ICM Partner on Security Compliance Platform for DoD Suppliers
Forcepoint has formed a partnership with Raytheon’s cyber services business, GigaTrust and Internet Content Management to deliver a platform designed to help suppliers comply with a Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement that requires vendors to standardize security systems and methods to safeguard controlled unclassified information and defense data. Forcepoint said Wednesday its cybersecurity platform works […] More
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Qualys’ Cloud Platform Receives FedRAMP Authority-to-Operate From HHS
Qualys‘ cloud platform has received an authority-to-operate from the Department of Health and Human Services under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program as the company seeks to expand its footprint in federal civilian agencies. The company said Thursday the Qualys Cloud Platform provides more than 9,200 organizations an integrated suite to support asset discovery, compliance monitoring, network security, […] More
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Miles & Stockbridge Adds Ted Ebert to Washington Contracts & Compliance Advisory Team
Miles & Stockbridge has hired Ted Ebert, former assistant general counsel of Lockheed Martin‘s technical service business segment, to advise clients on contracting, mergers and acquisitions and compliance as part of its D.C. office team. Ebert will also provide advisory support on risk management and internal investigations as well as general counsel outsourcing services, Miles & Stockbridge said Wednesday. “With his […] More
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SolarWinds: Public Sector Organizations Shift to Hybrid IT
A report by SolarWinds indicates that a majority of government agencies have transitioned to hybrid information technology platforms from on-premise environments. Its annual IT Trends Report is based on a December 2015 survey of 116 IT practitioners and leaders from small, midsize and large public sector organizations in the U.S. and Canada, SolarWinds said May 24. “The […] More
Exostar Integrates Seclore’s Digital Rights Management Tech Into Collaboration Platform
Exostar has integrated Seclore‘s Enterprise Digital Rights Management system into a collaboration platform that works to provide data protection for defense contractors to support compliance with the Defense Department‘s Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement provisions. Exostar said Wednesday the collaboration platform is designed to provide document-centric protection for users of Exostar’s ForumPass cloud-based, software-as-a-service offering. The company added the newly incorporated system works to […] More
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QTS, Virtustream Enter Cloud Hosting & Compliance Services Partnership
QTS will host two Virtustream Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant cloud platforms in QTS data centers in Texas and Virginia as part of a newly formed agreement between the two companies. QTS said Thursday it will also deploy Virtustream’s Viewtrust system, which works to provide risk identification, mitigation and compliance automation as part of the former’s portfolio. Virtustream has […] More
Exostar Updates Risk Management Service to Address DoD Cybersecurity Compliance Mandate
Exostar has updated its risk management service offered to defense contractors in an effort to meet a cybersecurity compliance mandate from the Defense Department. The service now includes a questionnaire that works to guide defense contractors through more than 100 information security controls in the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s Special Publication 800-171, Exostar said Wednesday. Non-deviation from NIST […] More
CGI to Support Army AMCOM Environmental Health & Safety Efforts
CGI will provide technical support for pollution prevention, hazardous materials minimization and related service areas to the G-4 Logistics Office of Army Aviation and Missile Command under a five-year, $9.9 million contract. The company said Tuesday it will work to help AMCOM G-4 ensure the command’s compliance with environmental laws and regulations for its weapons systems and […] More
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Alion to Support Army’s Spectrum Compliance Mgmt Efforts
Alion Science and Technology will provide engineering assessments and other services to the Army Spectrum Management Office to help the U.S. Army comply with federal regulations on spectrum usage under a $25 million task order. The company said Monday the task order falls under the potential five-year, $3 billion Defense Systems Technical Area Tasks contract awarded in June 2014. […] More