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The Lab @ DC is a new team in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration. We are based out of the Office of the City Administrator’s Office of Performance Management (OPM), with partnerships across a wide range of agencies, universities, industry, non-profits, and other community groups. The Lab @ DC, an applied research team using the latest scientific insights and methods in order to improve policies and services for the District.

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Kaspersky | March 02, 2020

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Last week, Kaspersky’s Polys project unveiled the prototype of its blockchain-based Polys Voting Machine. The device will work alongside the Polys online election system. This is the same Kaspersky that produces antivirus software. In September 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ordered federal agencies to remove Kaspersky products from their computers. In 2017, Kaspersky launched Polys, the Ethereum based online voting system. The platform allows ballot verification and vote t...

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GIMMAL MAKES EASIER FOR GOVERNMENT CUSTOMERS TO GRANT FEDRAMP ATO FOR CLOUD DEPLOYMENT

Gimmal LLC | September 23, 2020

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Gimmal LLC, a Houston-based provider of information governance and compliance software, has now made it much easier for government customers to grant a FedRAMP ATO for a cloud deployment of Gimmal Records Management. By being deployed on Project Hosts' Federal Private Cloud (FPC) FedRAMP-authorized Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Gimmal Records Management inherits 86% of the controls required for FedRAMP compliance. Gimmal has just completed the Project Hosts' FedRAMP validation proc...

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EPHESOFT'S INTELLIGENT DOCUMENT PROCESSING PLATFORM IS NOW FEDRAMP COMPLIANT

Ephesoft | November 16, 2021

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Ephesoft Inc., a leader in intelligent document processing, automation and data enrichment solutions, today announced that its Ephesoft Transact platform is now available as a FedRAMP moderate compliant cloud service. Deployed on Project Hosts Private Cloud FedRAMP Authorized platform built on Microsoft Azure Government, Ephesoft Transact complied with all additional security controls and has a System Security Plan (SSP) in place to greatly accelerate the compliance verification and Authorizatio...

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US GOVERNMENT INVESTED $80BN IN EGYPT OVER 40 YEARS: AMB.

American Chamber of Commerce | January 29, 2020

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The United States' government provides robust support for Egypt, both bilaterally and through multilateral institutions, having invested over $80 bn in Egypt over the 40 years of the strategic partnership, US ambassador to Egypt Jonathan Cohen said during his speech at the event organised entitled 'The US-Egyptian strategic partnership and opportunities for commercial engagement," organised by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) on Tuesday. The United States Agency for Interna...

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KASPERSKY – BANNED FOR USE IN US GOVERNMENT – RELEASES PROTOTYPE OF BLOCKCHAIN VOTING MACHINE

Kaspersky | March 02, 2020

Last week, Kaspersky’s Polys project unveiled the prototype of its blockchain-based Polys Voting Machine. The device will work alongside the Polys online election system. This is the same Kaspersky that produces antivirus software. In September 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ordered federal agencies to remove Kaspersky products from their computers. In 2017, Kaspersky launched Polys, the Ethereum based online voting system. The platform allows ballot verification and vote t...

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GIMMAL MAKES EASIER FOR GOVERNMENT CUSTOMERS TO GRANT FEDRAMP ATO FOR CLOUD DEPLOYMENT

Gimmal LLC | September 23, 2020

Gimmal LLC, a Houston-based provider of information governance and compliance software, has now made it much easier for government customers to grant a FedRAMP ATO for a cloud deployment of Gimmal Records Management. By being deployed on Project Hosts' Federal Private Cloud (FPC) FedRAMP-authorized Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Gimmal Records Management inherits 86% of the controls required for FedRAMP compliance. Gimmal has just completed the Project Hosts' FedRAMP validation proc...

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EPHESOFT'S INTELLIGENT DOCUMENT PROCESSING PLATFORM IS NOW FEDRAMP COMPLIANT

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Ephesoft Inc., a leader in intelligent document processing, automation and data enrichment solutions, today announced that its Ephesoft Transact platform is now available as a FedRAMP moderate compliant cloud service. Deployed on Project Hosts Private Cloud FedRAMP Authorized platform built on Microsoft Azure Government, Ephesoft Transact complied with all additional security controls and has a System Security Plan (SSP) in place to greatly accelerate the compliance verification and Authorizatio...

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US GOVERNMENT INVESTED $80BN IN EGYPT OVER 40 YEARS: AMB.

American Chamber of Commerce | January 29, 2020

The United States' government provides robust support for Egypt, both bilaterally and through multilateral institutions, having invested over $80 bn in Egypt over the 40 years of the strategic partnership, US ambassador to Egypt Jonathan Cohen said during his speech at the event organised entitled 'The US-Egyptian strategic partnership and opportunities for commercial engagement," organised by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) on Tuesday. The United States Agency for Interna...

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