Tag Archives: IT

The U.S. Navy selected five teams to proceed to the final phase of a competition that focuses on the development of methods to address the branch's sustainment planning gaps.

Charles Rettig, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said the agency needs $2.3 to $2.7 billion in additional funds over the next six years to execute its information technology modernization plan, FCW reported Thursday. He told the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday the funds would help the IRS comply with the 2017 tax reform bill, Affordable Care Act and other laws that demand IT transformation.

The General Services Administration revised a special item number on IT Schedule 70 to provide federal agencies access to information technology professional services related to cloud adoption and management. The updated Cloud SIN 132-40 includes labor categories and services associated with cloud-related work such as assessment of cloud platforms, workload refactoring, migration of legacy systems to the cloud, DevOps and development of cloud-based applications, GSA said Monday.

The U.S. Census Bureau completed self-response tests for the 2020 online census system in Providence, Rhode Island, Fedscoop reported Monday. According to the results, 52 out of 61 percent of households responded to the test online without the use of advertising campaigns. 

Rep. John Katko, R-NY, introduced a bipartisan law that will help boost U.S. cybersecurity readiness. The Cybersecurity Advisory Committee Authorization Act of 2019 will create an advisory team of cybersecurity professionals that will assist in the protection of enterprise systems from cyber attacks, Katko said Thursday.

Stuart McGuigan, former chief information officer of Johnson & Johnson, has been appointed as CIO of the State Department and head of the Bureau of Information Resource Management, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. McGuigan will replace acting CIO Karen Mummaw, who will retire in April after 31 years of service at State.

Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft Technology Corp., with his fifth Wash100 Award win on Tuesday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Abod for delivering IT platforms and expanding opportunities in the federal marketplace. We are pleased to present the most coveted award in government contracting to Abod. 

The General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Service office launched a four-phase program to solicit, fund and test ideas from federal employees seeking to improve government services through the use of technology, Nextgov reported Monday. The 10x program “is designed to find, fund, grow and sustain new technology products and services,” Nico Papafil, acting lead director of the initiative, told Nextgov.

Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta, with her first Wash100 Award on Tuesday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Gates for her efforts to increase the company’s workforce by exploring cloud-based platforms, big data and information technology. We are honored to present the most coveted award in government contracting to Tiffanny Gates of Novetta.

The General Services Administration launched a new service to help federal agencies manage software licenses. Bill Zielinski, acting assistant commissioner of GSA’s office of information technology category, wrote in a blog post published on Tuesday that the new software license management service, SLM Fast, seeks to help agency chief information officers, chief financial officers and acquisition professionals control software asset inventories.