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Association for Computing Machinery | July 01, 2020

An Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) tech policy group today urged lawmakers to immediately suspend use of facial recognition by businesses and governments, citing documented ethnic, racial, and gender bias. In a letter (PDF) released today by the U.S. Technology Policy Committee (USTPC), the group acknowledges the tech is expected to improve in the future but is not yet “sufficiently mature” and is therefore a threat to people’s human and legal rights. “The conse...

Emerging Technology, Government Business

PR Newswire | May 26, 2023

For Memorial Day 2023, GovCIO partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration (NCA) to add to its Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) website more than 300,000 service members and Veterans interred in 27 Department of Defense-managed military cemeteries, including Arlington National Cemetery. VLM, a publicly available interactive online memorialization platform, honors the service and sacrifice of millions interred at these military cemeteries; at V...

Government Finance

BigBear.ai | November 23, 2021

BigBear.ai , a leading provider of artificial intelligence ("AI"), machine learning, cloud-based big data analytics, and cyber engineering solutions, today announced that it has been awarded two new government contracts. The United States Army has awarded the Company one of two Global Force Management (“GFIM”) Phase 1 Prototype contracts. GFIM, part of PEO EIS's Army Data and Analytics Platforms (“ARDAP”) portfolio, collaborates with the Army G-3/5/7 to mana...

BlackBerry Limited | March 04, 2020

BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced new enhancements and feature updates to SecuSUITE® for Government and BlackBerry® AtHoc® that enable government agencies to securely communicate and safeguard sensitive data, whether it's engaging in highly confidential mobile conversations or delivering real-time critical information during times of crisis. SecuSUITE for Government 4.0 was recently awarded updated NIAP Certification and listed as a Commercial Solutions for C...