Oracle has been awarded a Framework Agreement for the provision of secure cloud services to the Government of Canada, enabling the company’s Canadian federal government customers the ability to securely store, manage and process sensitive data and applications in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle reported on Thursday.
Read More »Iron Bow Names Rhett Butler VP of Systems Integrators and Partner Alliances
Iron Bow has appointed Rhett Butler as vice president of Systems Integrators (SI) and Partner Alliances to lead sales strategy and management activity, the company reported on Wednesday.
Read More »Air Force to Hold Virtual IT Conference
The U.S. Air Force is slated to hold a virtual event in an effort to build strategies and approaches that may address digital technology gaps.
Read More »House’s Draft NDAA Wants Pentagon to Address Cyber Workforce, IT Asset Management Issues
The House Armed Services Committee’s intelligence, emerging threats and capabilities subpanel has released a draft of its National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would direct the Department of Defense (DoD) to address issues concerning cyber workforce and information technology-related assets, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday.
Read More »Committee Issues Report on COVID-19 Response-Related Challenges Facing Agencies
A Pandemic Response Accountability Committee report has identified the top challenges facing federal agencies in their COVID-19 pandemic response efforts and one of those is financial management. “Key areas of concern include both the need for accurate information concerning pandemic-related spending and the significant amount of money federal agencies may lose as the result of improper payments,” the PRAC said in the report.
Read More »Spok Appoints Former Cisco Executive Brett Shockley to Board of Directors; Royce Yudkoff Quoted
Spok Holdings has added its third executive of concequence to the company's board to drive cloud-based software solutions and software. Brett Shockley, former senior leader of Cisco, will bring ample experience within emerging technologies and cloud development to the team.
Read More »ViON Corporation Secures SBA Contract Award to Support Business Loan Systems; Tom Frana Quoted
As the SBA continues to process a massive amount of loans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, ViON will modernize the agencies IT infrastrucutre to expedite the workload. Through the SBA's contract, ViON will enable the agency to meet critical capacity needs and provide assistance during the pandemic.
Read More »Akima Subsidiary Affigent Achieves Dell Technologies Titanium Tier Federal Partner; Carol Rivetti Quoted
Affigent has recently recieved recognition for its technology offerings. With Dell Technologies Tiatinum tier, the company will be able to further expand its offerings to reach both the private and public sector as well as enhance its solutions to enable faster responses at a lower cost.
Read More »Army to Organize CIO/G-6 Position Into Two New Roles
The U.S. Army will divide the Chief Information Officer/G-6 position into CIO and deputy chief of staff roles no later than Aug. 31, the service reported Thursday.
Read More »AFS Names William “Bill” Marion as Managing Director of Growth & Strategy; Vince Vlasho Quoted
Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has hired William “Bill” Marion, former U.S. Air Force deputy chief information officer (CIO), as managing director of Growth and Strategy in its Defense and Intelligence practice, the company reported on Wednesday.
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