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Appian | July 09, 2020

Appian today announced the Appian Requirements Management Solution (RM) which allows government organizations to more effectively manage the acquisition process to drive better outcomes. With Appian's latest solution, government agencies can more quickly address their specific needs, leading to more on-time delivery of their acquisition requirements and saving millions of dollars in the process. "The acquisitions process is fundamental for every government organization and there is a ne...

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Knowesis Inc. | November 17, 2021

Knowesis Inc. was awarded two direct awards from the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to add products and services to a current contract. These additions will provide integrated and optimized software for the existing OIG environment, as well as expertise to ensure the software is properly supported. The goal of the OIG's Data Analytics Program is to increase the ability to identify and focus investigative resources on high-risk areas such as healt...

Huawei | January 27, 2020

The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a controversial rule designed to reduce sales to China's Huawei Technologies. The Commerce Department in May placed Huawei on a trade blacklist, citing national security concerns. That allowed the U.S. government to restrict sales of American made goods to the company and a small number of items made abroad that contain U.S. technology. That ruling now appears to have been reversed. President Donald Trump's administration plans a cabinet-level m...

Money Control | January 30, 2020

The United States government is reviving its push to convince companies to build backdoors into smartphones, which it claims would give law enforcement agencies easy access to the data, and help them to prevent terrorist plots and mass shootings in the country. However, companies like Apple have refused to cooperate. At the same time, critics have also spoken out against the government having easy access to private data as it defeats the purpose of encryption....