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in Contract Awards, NewsACT-IAC Study: $7.4B Worth of Task Orders Awarded Through EIS Telecom Contract
A case study of the General Services Administration“™s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract conducted by the American Council for Technology – Industry Advisory Council shows that federal agencies have awarded 37 task orders worth over $7.4B combined under EIS in just over a year.
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in Executive Moves, NewsQuantum Spatial Exec Mark Meade to Serve on Gov't Geospatial Advisory Committee
Mark Meade, senior vice president at Quantum Spatial, has been named to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee where he will contribute advisory work for three years.
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Cray Adds Geospatial, Deep Learning Features to Data Analytics Software Products
Cray has updated its suite of artificial intelligence and analytics platforms in a push to help organizations gain insight from geospatial data for government and industrial applications. The company said Monday it added a geospatial reference configuration and a deep learning plugin to the Urika CS and XC software offerings to manage AI training for deep neural network models.
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in Government Cloud, News
Interior Dept. Issues FedRAMP ATO to Esri’s Cloud-Based Spatial Analytics Platform
Esri has received authority-to-operate certification from the Interior Department to provide cloud-based spatial analytics support to U.S. federal clients. The company said Monday its ArcGIS Online service offering obtained ATO under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for availability on the FedRAMP Marketplace and deployment in Amazon Web Services‘ and Microsoft‘s cloud environments. Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Esri, said […] More
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in Government Cloud, News
AWS Cloud-Based Platform Helps Agencies Exchange Geospatial Data
Amazon Web Services has reported that a cloud-based online platform works to help government agencies access geospatial data, services and applications. DOI launched the GeoPlatform site in 2015 for agencies to use, analyze and exchange geospatial information, according to an AWS blog post published Thursday. The department works with Zivaro, formerly known as Global Technology Resources Inc., to manage the web-based […] More
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Huntington Ingalls Division Authenticates Keel of 21st Navy Virginia-Class Submarine
A Huntington Ingalls Industries division held a keel-authentication ceremony on Wednesday for the 21st Virginia-class submarine of the U.S. Navy. The ceremony for the SSN 794, which will be named after the state of Montana, featured former Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell, the sponsor of the ship, chalking her initials on a steel plate traced by […] More
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in Government Cloud, News
Koniag Subsidiary Gets DOI Contract for IT Review, Cloud Migration Planning Support
A Koniag subsidiary has received a contract from the Interior Department to help DOI’s Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians develop a blueprint to migrate information technology systems to a cloud platform. Eagle Harbor Solutions will evaluate the office’s IT assets, network architecture and systems as part of cloud migration planning efforts, Koniag said Monday. The […] More
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in Government Cloud, News
Unisys to Help Migrate NRC Computing Operations to Cloud
Unisys has secured a task order of an undisclosed value to support the migration of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission‘s computing operations and applications to a cloud infrastructure. The company said Monday it will implement a system to transition NRC workloads to the cloud and help operate and maintain the agency’s cloud-based computing environment. The task […] More
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in Government Cloud, News
FireEye Gets FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Email Security Service
FireEye has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer a cloud-based email security service offering to federal agencies. The FedRAMP moderate-impact level authorization seeks to facilitate the adoption of FireEye Government Email Threat Prevention by federal agencies to protect against email-based attacks as they move to cloud environments, the company said Tuesday. FireEye […] More
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Hexagon US Federal Secures DOI Geospatial Tech BPA
Hexagon US Federal, an independent subsidiary of Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure‘s U.S. federal business, has received a five-year blanket purchase agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey to provide a range of geospatial products and services to the Interior Department. The contract covers Hexagon software and associated software maintenance, including products that support spatial modeling, point cloud extraction, image classification, photogrammetry and radar […] More
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Parsons Gets APA Award for Nat’l Recreation Area Environmental Assessment; Carey Smith Comments
Parsons has received an award from the American Planning Association in recognition of its West Pond environmental review efforts for a national recreation area in New York. The company said Monday it accepted the Honor Award for Outstanding Environmental Planning Project from APA“™s federal planning division following the conclusion of its environmental assessment work at the Gateway […] More