Verizon, General Dynamics Among First In Line for FedRAMP Process

Companies that already provide cloud services to federal agencies will have their offerings vetted first under the new FedRAMP security assessment program.

Verizon Federal and General Dynamics‘ information technology business unit are among the companies who will have their cloud services reviewed under the new program according to Federal Times.

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GSA Plans Cloud Platform for Info Sharing, Program Management

The General Services Administration, the first agency to move email to the cloud, is now planning to move information sharing and program management to the cloud as well.

Laura Stanton, GSA’s director of process improvement and communications, said the move is expected to happen in early 2012, according to Federal Computer Week. GSA…

GSA Awards Sevatec Spot on $10 Billion IT Contract

Sevatec announced today it has been awarded a spot on a $10 billion information technology solutions contract by the General Services Administration.

According to Sevatec, the Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services II Government Wide Acquisition Contract is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract vehicle with a program ceiling of $10 billion for a five-year base period with a five-year…

CGI’s Gregg Mossburg Offers Cloud-Migration Tips to Federal Agencies

The recent federally mandated IT reform has many government agencies questioning which services to migrate to the cloud.

The Cloud First policy released in February requires all government agencies to “modify their IT portfolios to fully take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing in order to maximize capacity utilization, improve IT flexibility…

Autonomic Resources Teams with OnWire to Deliver Federated ID Management

Autonomic Resources, an IT and service integration firm serving the U.S. federal government, has teamed up with OnWire, a provider that delivers identity and access management solutions to the public sector.

The strategic partnership will enable Autonomic to meet the government needs for RFQs and SOWs, which are starting to be released to

GSA and DHS Approve AT&T as Cyber Provider for Government

The Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration have approved AT&T as the first government-wide cyber provider under the Networx contract.

Yesterday, AT&T announced that the company was the first holder of the Networx contract to receive authority to operate (ATO) from the GSA for implementation of Managed Trusted IP Services (MTIPS). The Networx contract allows AT&T…

GSA Awards 5 Cybersecurity Software Firms Estimated $20M Contract

GSA has approved 5 cybersecurity software firms to supply cyber defense solutions  to government agencies. GSA worked with the Department of Homeland Security on the $20 million contract, according to Lawrence Hale, director of infrastructure optimization at GSA’s Office of Integrated Technology Services.

Under the agreement federal agencies will now have the ability to buy discounted situational awareness incident response (SAIR) software tools. SAIR technology causes agencies to identify and act upon outside…