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Government Insurance

Unison | July 25, 2022

Unison, the leading provider of acquisition management software and insight to government agencies, program offices, and contractors, announces that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has completed modernization of their FAMS (FDIC Acquisition Management System) with the successful roll-out of Unison's PRISM SaaS solution. Through this implementation, FDIC has fully replaced four different legacy systems that were only loosely joined together, and measurably impr...

HWC | September 25, 2020

HWC announced today that the United States Department of Commerce’s National Technical Information Service (NTIS) has named HWC a Joint Venture Partner, bringing the firm’s innovation and expertise to solving complex data challenges across the federal government. As an NTIS Joint Venture Partner, HWC joins a select group of 32 leading organizations, including private-sector companies, academic institutions, and non-profits, who provide innovative data services to federal agencies to ...

White House | February 12, 2020

Plans to increase the AI and quantum computing budget shows that the Pentagon will no longer be a backseat driver in the development of cutting-edge military tech. Expect US capabilities to grow rapidly and in greater secrecy. The announcement last week that more money of the Trump administration’s proposed $4.8 trillion budget would be earmarked for the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation is a significant step in the ongoing Artificial Intelligence arms race. Fearful...

Cybersecurity

Akima | June 02, 2022

Akima announced that its subsidiary, Compass Point, is one of four companies awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide program support to the Cyber Capability Development Integration Directorate (CDID) at Fort Gordon, GA. The estimated value of the contract to all awardees is $201.8 million over five years if all options are exercised. The work of the Capability Development Integration Directorate is critical to ensuring and improving the U.S. Army's...