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  • White House Science Office Seeks Input on Increased Data Portability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    White House Science Office Seeks Input on Increased Data Portability

    The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a request for information in search of ideas on how it can understand potential advantages and disadvantages of data portability. Alexander Macgillivray, OSTP’s deputy chief technology officer, and Council of Economic Advisers member Jay Shambaugh wrote in a blog post published Friday that the move aims to […] More

  • Former Sierra Nevada VP John Olson Joins Polaris Industries to Head Defense Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Sierra Nevada VP John Olson Joins Polaris Industries to Head Defense Division

    John Olson, formerly vice president of Sierra Nevada‘s space systems group, has joined Polaris Industries as vice president and general manager of the defense division at the Minnesota-based motorized products manufacturing company. The 28-year public and private sector veteran will oversee the division’s profit-and-loss functions as well as help develop the company’s long-term growth strategy in defense market, Polaris said […] More

  • Oracle to Support White House's Wireless Networking Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle to Support White House’s Wireless Networking Research Project

    Oracle has joined a public-private research project introduced by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy that seeks to examine the advantages and challenges of wireless networking. The company said Monday it will provide engineering and technology expertise as well as core network control, analytics and network orchestration tools to the Platforms Enabling Advanced Wireless Program. PAWR, led by the National Science Foundation, […] More

  • White House Sci-Tech Policy Office Seeks Information on AI Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    White House Sci-Tech Policy Office Seeks Information on AI Technologies

    The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy has asked for information on artificial intelligence technologies that could support OSTP’s efforts to recommend research directions and determine challenges and opportunities. In a Federal Register notice posted Monday, OSTP said it seeks feedback from academic and industry researchers, consumers, private companies and charitable foundations to inform the office’s view on AI research, tools, technologies and […] More

  • CompTIA's Foundation Submits Report on Tech Convergence's Impact on Gov't; Kay Kapoor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CompTIA’s Foundation Submits Report on Tech Convergence’s Impact on Gov’t; Kay Kapoor Comments

    A new report by the Creating IT Futures Foundation discusses how developments in social media, mobility, data analytics and cloud technologies contribute to technology convergence and shape the transformation of government. The foundation said Tuesday the “Federal Technology Convergence Commission Report” to the Office of Science and Technology Policy states that the interconnectivity of technologies continues to change the federal IT […] More

  • Cristin Dorgelo: Gov't Agencies Increasingly Use Prizes to Spur Tech R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cristin Dorgelo: Gov’t Agencies Increasingly Use Prizes to Spur Tech R&D

    Data from the Office of Science and Technology Policy shows that federal agencies hosted 87 technology-related prize competitions during fiscal 2013, an 85 percent increase over the prior fiscal year.. Cristin Dorgelo, assistant director for grand challenges at OSTP, wrote in a blog post that the White House has been urging agencies to use prize programs to […] More