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July 15, 2024
Army Enterprise Classroom RFP, Raytheon $1.2B Patriot contract, Navy’s info warriors on subs, FedRAMP automation website, AT&T data breach
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July 15, 2024
QUICK HITS
Agencies may have had call data exposed in AT&T breach: Dozens of federal calls, text records have been potentially exposed.
FedRAMP has a new automation website: Automate.fedramp.gov will serve as a documentation hub for cloud service providers.
After a decade, the Digital Service is still training tech talent: USDS measures its impact in longevity, not just raw numbers.
Was there a massive security breach? Assassination attempt on Former-POTUS prompts calls for investigation of Secret Service.
DEFENSE & AEROSPACE
The Pentagon must make the FY26 budget one of ‘pivots.’
In this op-ed, one nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute argues that, as the Pentagon begins thinking about, planning, and formulating the FY 2026 budget, it's essential that Pentagon leadership also craft a defense program that is fit for reality. Read more
Why the Navy is experimenting with info warriors on its subs.
The Navy has been experimenting with embedding information warfare officers and sailors on submarines, starting with two pilot efforts off the East Coast; the service's IW chief said: “We have been piloting having a permanent integration of an IW officer—as well as IW sailors—on submarines." Read more
How SOCOM is addressing cyber mission force readiness challenges.
If confirmed as the first-ever assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, Michael Sulmeyer says he will consider a “range of options” to address persistent cyber mission force readiness challenges, including applying some aspects of the USSOCOM model to CYBERCOM. Read more
ICYMI:
RFP: Army seeks proposals for $125M IDIQ contract for Enterprise Classroom Program.
RFI: USAF seeks potential Group 3 drone providers for adaptive airborne enterprise.
USMC releases strategy providing framework for integrating AI.
CISA releases report on SILENTSHIELD red team activity.
Defense Contract Awards
Raytheon awarded $1.2B for Patriot defense systems for Germany.
Cognosante wins $583M GSA contract to support military OneSource program.
BAE Systems awarded $111M to provide SATURN waveform to Republic of Korea.
RTX wins Army contract for RCADE defense analysis solution.
Follow the Defense Leaders
Office of Naval Research Global names its new Technical Director.
Defense Job Openings
HQ USAF & Support Elements is looking for a Deputy Director.
Air National Guard searching for a Director of Protocol.
USAF is on the lookout for a Chief Scientist and Technology Advisor.
FUNNY
INTEL COMMUNITY
CISA, FBI urge software creators to address operating system security flaws.
CISA and FBI have released their newest Secure by Design Alert in the series, Eliminating OS Command Injection Vulnerabilities, in response to recent well-publicized threat actor campaigns that exploited OS command injection defects in network edge devices to target and compromise users. Read more
ICYMI:
RFI Update: NGA extends its commercial NEI RFI response date to July 26.
Curious about Secret Service protection for the 2024 campaign? Check out the official details here.
NGA, NSIN announce winners of global fishing forecast challenge.
Expedition Technology earns data security Phase 3 IARPA SCISRS contract.
NTT DATA lands spot on $8B FBI IT services contract vehicle.
Former HUD director assumes DCSA's Deputy Chief Information Officer role.
CIVILIAN
HHS proposes rule to improve healthcare interoperability.
HHS is seeking public comments on the HTI-2 proposed rule. It has two sets of new certification criteria designed to enable health IT for public health and health IT for payers to be certified under the ONC Health IT Certification Program. These new certification criteria focus heavily on standards-based application programming interfaces to improve end-to-end interoperability between data exchange partners. Read more
NSF is building a leadership-class computing facility at UT Austin.
The Leadership-Class Computing Facility (LCCF) will deploy the largest academic supercomputer dedicated to open-scientific research in the NSF portfolio. The supercomputer, Horizon, will provide 10x performance improvement for simulation over the current NSF Leadership-Class Computing system, Frontera. For AI applications, the leap forward will be even larger, with more than 100x improvement over Frontera. Read more
ICYMI:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, OpenAI partner to assess AI biosecurity risks.
GAO urges agile DOD software devs to comply with metrics, management tools.
NASA selects BAE Systems to research next-generation stable optical system for HWO.
Booz Allen invests in early-stage commercial space tech company Quindar.
Civilian Contracts Awards
Sentar secures $173M DHA cybersecurity support task order.
Awardees are starting to be named for the $20M Library of Congress BARD Mobile Development Services IDIQ.
Mobomo, LLC won a task for USGS Store IT Ops and Maintenance.
Follow Civilian Leaders
Vertosoft establishes advisory board and names its founding member.
Relativity Space appoints BD exec as Federal Programs VP.
Civilian Job Openings
USDA is looking for an Assistant Chief Data Officer.
Goddard Space Flight Center seeks new Chief Information Officer.
DOE searching for new Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer.
M&A CORNER
Vista Equity exploring the sale of Sonatype.
Buyout firm Vista Equity is exploring options including a sale of Sonatype in a deal that could value the cybersecurity firm at more than $1.5 billion including debt. Fulton, Maryland-based Sonatype has tapped Goldman Sachs to solicit interest from potential buyers, which could include other private equity firms. Sonatype has also worked with government departments including the USPTO and the DOE. Read more
ICYMI:
Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire Wiz for $23B.
SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿
How do shared certs work in federal recruitment?
At HHS, using shared certificates, in some instances, has cut the agency’s time-to-hire in half. In just the last couple of years, shared certificates have become an increasingly popular recruitment practice across government — the impact is hard to miss. Read more
How did DHS improve so much in the 2023 Best Places to Work rankings?
In a sit-down interview, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas explains that his department's advancement in the federal government's workplace rankings didn't just happen by accident — he believes it's because officials have been "intensely engaged" on workforce issues. Read more
How far can the new hydrogen-powered, San Francisco Bay ferry run?
The world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as part of plans to phase out diesel-powered vessels. The 70-foot (21-meter) catamaran called the MV Sea Change will transport up to 75 passengers along the waterfront between Pier 41 and the downtown San Francisco ferry terminal for free starting July 19. Sea Change can travel about 300 nautical miles and operate for 16 hours before it needs to refuel. Read more
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