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Two new faces are joining the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. IBM earned FedRAMP approval for its SmartCloud for Government service, the General Services Administration says it's a multi-tenant Infrastructure as a Service cloud computing system. The SmartCloud service earned the approval from Veris Group, one of FedRAMP's third party assessment organizations. Microsoft's Global Foundation Services and Windows Azure service also earned a provisional authority to operate from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board. The GSA says Microsoft won the authority to operate after working with the FedRAMP program management office and Secure Info, another third party assessment organization. The GSA says the authorization relied on FedRAMP baseline controls and FedRAMP templates.
November 12, 2013 -
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The Army awards new contracts to bring commercial cloud services to about 100 thousand Army network users. The one-year, blanket purchase agreements will go to Microsoft and Google and will have four one-year option periods. Each company will offer 50 thousand subscriptions to their respective cloud services. The cloud networks will supplement the enterprise email and collaboration services offered by the Defense Information Systems Agency, which already serves more than 1 point 4 million Army users. The Army expects about 10 actual thousand Army users to qualify for the services already. The Army's acting chief information officer, Mike Krieger, says the contracts will not compete with DISA's enterprise system. Google says its new users can now attend classes and complete assignments using a tablet or smartphone.
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Gwynne Kostin Director, of the Digital Services Innovation Center Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies U.S. General Services Administration Gwynne Kostin is Director, of the Digital Services Innovation Center in the Office of Citizen…
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Workforce furloughs and budget cuts have caused a Google email pilot program at the Defense Information Systems Agency to be extended through November, Government Computer News reports.
November 12, 2013 -
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FedRAMP's Joint Authorization Board is celebrating a milestone. The Board awarded its first joint infrastructure and platform cloud solution a Provisional Authority to Operate. The P-ATO is going to Microsoft's cloud infrastructure and the Windows Azure public cloud solution. FedRAMP's Joint Authorization Board includes cloud representatives from the Defense Department, the Homeland Security Department, and the General Services Administration. With the P-ATO, the Microsoft cloud options are pre-certified to meet federal security requirements and helps speed up the contracting process.
November 12, 2013 -
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The technical problems plaguing the rollout of healthcare.gov are now under the radar of a tech surge orchestrated by Health and Human Services Department. Former acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Jeff Zeintz will be part the tech surge, HHS says his public sector experience combined with his private sector background in management firms will help direct the effort. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says a team of Presidential Innovation Fellows will also join the surge. The top contractor behind the rollout, CGI Federal, says it shares responsibility for the technical issues, but another contractor was in charge of building the technology for creating new accounts that eventually caused access problems to the site.
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If you can't get past the technical problems affecting health care dot gov, the Health and Human Services Department can still help you find a health care plan. Its Data Services Hub can helps find coverage options and any available financial assistance. HHS says the Hub is NOT a database, so it doesn't retain any information applicants submit to find health care options. Right now the agency has a November 30th deadline to fix the technical issues with healthcare dot gov. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator, Marilyn Tavenner, says a three-page application process was overwhelmed by the volume of traffic to the site and is causing the delays. Tavenner says a new contractor will oversee the fixes to the enrollment system.
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The bar to enroll people in health insurance exchanges for the month of October is set at half a million people. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has monthly goals set until the end of March 20-14...that's when the open enrollment period is over. But computer and access problems with the exchange websites might undermine the hopes of reaching that initial goal of half a million mark. Despite the problems, the H-H-S still expects to sign up 496 thousand people by the end of October...that's four thousand people short of the goal. The agency expects more than three million people to be connected with the exchanges by the end of 20-13. By the end of March, H-H-S expects total enrollment to grow beyond seven million people.
November 12, 2013 -
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The Federal Marketing Insight is a weekly feature highlighting a topical federal marketing subject. It's meant to be an insightful and a quick read.
November 08, 2013 -
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A group of tech-minded teens met with Defense Information Systems Agency Director, Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins on Nov. 6. The group of 11 has been participating in "DISA's Interactive Student Career Opportunity and Volunteer Experience Resource Program"-- the DISCOVER program.
November 08, 2013 -
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On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts will examine NIST's preliminary cybersecurity framework, and Google's lobbying efforts. November 7, 2013
November 07, 2013 -
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Ron Woody is a Senior Solution Architect at Xerox who delivers cutting -edge solutions stemming from his greater than 25 years of delivering a holistic approach to constituent servicing. His success in delivering excellence to…
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What is shared services and its benefits? How does HHS's Program Support Center manage the business of government? How is PSC using technology to streamline operations, increase efficiencies, and reduce costs? Join host Michael Keegan and he explores these questions and so much more with Paul Bartley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program Support at U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and director of its Program Support Center. Paul Bartley Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program Support & Director Program Support Center (PSC) Department of Health and Human Services
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In part two of our Agency of the Month interview with Peter Spencer, deputy commissioner for Budget, Finance, Quality and Management at the Social Security Administration, Spencer says lessons learned in 2013 will help the agency moving forward in 2014 and beyond.
November 07, 2013
