House holds vote to overturn Trump's border emergency veto

wlos | March 26, 2019

President Donald Trump is nearing a victory over Democrats as the House tries overriding his first veto, a vote that seems certain to fail and would let stand his declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border. Tuesday's vote would keep the border emergency intact, which for now would let him shift an additional $3.6 billion from military construction projects to work on a barrier along the southwest boundary. Building the wall was one of his most oft-repeated campaign promises, though he claimed the money would come from Mexico, not taxpayers.

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In this video, Illumio's federal CTO Gary Barlet, formerly CIO at the U.S. Postal Service's Office of the Inspector General, explains why federal agencies must 'stop the insanity' when it comes to relying on traditional security approaches. Modern Zero Trust Segmentation is necessary to prevent inevitable breaches from bringing down your mission.

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In this video, Illumio's federal CTO Gary Barlet, formerly CIO at the U.S. Postal Service's Office of the Inspector General, explains why federal agencies must 'stop the insanity' when it comes to relying on traditional security approaches. Modern Zero Trust Segmentation is necessary to prevent inevitable breaches from bringing down your mission.

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Accela to Assist with Butte County’s Digital Transformation Efforts

Accela | December 30, 2022

Government operations solutions provider, Accela recently announced that Butte County has engaged it to help with cloud migration and digital transformation of critical community services. The migration will enable Butte County to optimize data connectivity and information across various county functions, resulting in a better resident and staff experience. Butte County's primary goal is to speed up the process building permit applications to expedite recovery efforts following the Camp Fire, which destroyed over 18,000 structures and caused more than $16.5 billion in damages in Butte County. Accela's solutions shorten permit processing times, automate end-to-end tracking and management, and provide complete transparency to agency staff and residents. With Accela's cloud-based solutions, the county can assist residents in rebuilding their lives very quickly. "The county needed partnership and proven software that would help them recover and rebuild, fast. Accela's cloud permitting and licensing solutions uniquely help growing communities with automations and workflows that speed process times and help residents and businesses quickly navigate the permitting process.” Dennis Michalis, chief revenue officer at Accela. About Accela Governments and government agencies across the globe use Accelaunified suite of cloud solutions to advance digital transformation, deliver critical services, and strengthen communities. Accela's government software solutions benefit over 275 million citizens worldwide. Accela’s purpose-built platforms offer a consumer-like experience, share data across departments, and ensure world-class security.

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BlueAlly Announces Acquisition of n2grate, Expands Access to Federal Government

BlueAlly | February 03, 2023

On February 02, 2023, a source capital portfolio company that delivers everything from hardware and software BlueAlly, announced it has acquired n2grate Government Technology Solutions; with specialist expertise, it provides service and offers IT solutions to its customers. BlueAlly and n2grate’s combined entity will help expand BlueAlly’s access to federal customers who can now benefit from an expansive suite of managed and professional services. n2grate has a wide range of end-to-end solutions that are best for large businesses and the government. The team has specialized knowledge and is set up to provide IT solutions that meet the IT needs of regulated industries and federal clients. In addition, the n2grate team knows a lot about networking, security, and infrastructure. George Barkley, CEO of BlueAlly, said, "the acquisition of n2grate provides strategic diversification to BlueAlly's core business while accelerating our maturation as a preferred national solution provider. Several of our core vendor alliances are immediately strengthened, ultimately helping us serve our clients more comprehensively." He also said, "We are excited to welcome a team of focused professionals with deep understanding of the federal space, and I have great confidence in the success of our combined efforts." (Source: Cision) About BlueAlly Founded in 1999, BlueAlly helps clients optimize, scale, and manage IT capacity to achieve the company's business goals. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, with 700+ global engagements delivered successfully. It tops in providing Managed Services, Consulting Solutions, and Converged Infrastructure. In addition, the services of BlueAlly include Infrastructure Assessment and Advisory Services, managed services, Data Center Solutions and network and security solutions.

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EPA Deploys FedRAMP-Authorized SaaS Platform, RelativityOne Government

Relativity | February 21, 2023

Relativity and Deloitte have recently announced that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has deployed the FedRAMP-authorized SaaS platform of Relativity called RelativityOne Government, as a cloud-based solution for Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, requests. Relativity, a technological solutions provider for the legal sector, with Deloitte's litigation support and e-discovery services, helps the agency migrate to the RelativityOne Government platform. This migration will offer solutions related to flexibility, security, and extensibility of the cloud-driven data discovery product to the EPA, with the support of artificial intelligence. The EPA has to process huge volumes of FOIA requests every year. This solution would assist EPA with the volume of FOIA requests, accelerating the processing speed and flexibility. It will handle litigation and investigation of the requests' varying sizes accurately without any tension of cybersecurity. It creates a repeatable and consistent approach to the problem, offering cost-effective, secure, and efficient output in the agency's processes. Managing Director of Government Sales at Relativity, Doug Cowan, said, "Our advanced AI capabilities empower teams at the EPA to spend less time combing through mountains of data and more time collaborating and gleaning insights from analytics." He added, "The EPA is able to use the information to guide courses of action for their litigation matters or FOIA requests, which is additive to the litigation and e-discovery matters in which they were already leveraging RelativityOne Government. We look forward to seeing what the EPA will accomplish with a platform built exclusively for the cloud, and hope that it encourages other U.S. government agencies that are contemplating the use of SaaS solutions for their e-discovery work." (Source - Cision PR Newswire) About Relativity Headquartered in Chicago, Relativity, a software development company, offers solutions for legal technology, e-discovery, litigation support, software engineering and information governance. It helps users to detect and resolve problems and organize data. Its proprietary SaaS product, RelativityOne, manages massive data and recognizes key issues during internal investigations and litigation. It serves legal, financial and Government services like the U.S. Department of Justice and 198 of the Am Law 200 worldwide. Its products are RelativityOne, RelativityOne Government, Relativity Legal Hold, Relativity Patents, Text IQ, and Relativity App Hub.

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