Tag Archives: SaaS

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is conducting a pilot of a new portal in the FastLane system that allows startups and small businesses to pitch their project concepts and receive responses within three weeks, FedScoop reported Monday. Kelly Monterroso, a communications specialist at NSF, said the Project Pitch platform allows NSF to streamline the scientific research grant application process for startups and entrepreneurs.

Maria Roat, chief information officer at the Small Business Administration (SBA) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said SBA’s security operations team is implementing SBA Connect authentication for new capabilities and performing penetration testing to address data security issues during the coronavirus pandemic, FedScoop reported Thursday.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Amazon AppFlow, a fully managed service that provides an easy, secure way for customers to create and automate bidirectional data flows between AWS and SaaS applications without writing custom integration code, the company announced on Thursday. 

The General Services Administration has issued a solicitation for a commercial artificial intelligence platform that can support regulatory streamlining efforts. GSA is using the commercial solutions opening method for the procurement action in compliance with the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act and has partnered with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to look for a software-as-a-service platform.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking for input on its draft guidance for managing user access to cloud infrastructure including commercial “as a service” models.

Zscaler has announced its intent to acquire Cloudneeti, a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) company to provide its customers industry-leading data protection coverage in the Zscaler Cloud Security Platform, Zscaler reported on Thursday. 

Spok Holdings has appointed Christine Cournoyer to its Board of Directors, former chairperson and CEO of N-of-One, effective immediately, the company announced on Friday. 

Sean Connelly, Trusted Internet Connection program manager, said his office plans to have the final guidance for the TIC 3.0 policy and the first two use cases ready by spring, Nextgov reported Tuesday.

The Department of Interior intends to purchase a new cloud-based system for the management of electronic records. DOI said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice it plans to procure this system from a commercial company on a software-as-a-service basis.

Nagesh Rao, business technology solutions director under the Small Business Administration's chief information officer, said that the agency has been pushing for commercial cloud implementation over the past few years, Federal News Network reported Tuesday.