Government Cloud

Unisys has received a five-year, $20 million contract from Washington state’s Department of Social and Health Services to host the operations of the department’s divisions through a private cloud system. The company said Wednesday the required services primarily involve its ClearPath Forward cloud-based operations management platform, which will support DSHS operations from Unisys data centers in Eagan, Minnesota, and Salt Lake City, […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information on potential industry sources of enterprise cloud broker services in support of the agency’s efforts to update its information technology infrastructure. VA said in a FedBizOpps notice published April 4 it is in search of a broker that will oversee a portfolio of enterprise […] More

A VMware subsidiary has completed an application for the in-process stage of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program in an effort to achieve full FedRAMP-compliant status for its enterprise mobility management system. VMware AirWatch said Thursday it is working with the FedRAMP program office and the U.S. Census Bureau to receive an “Authority to Operate,” which would facilitate the deployment of the […] More

Summit Consulting has been awarded a five-year, $19.5 million contract to perform risk-management analytics work for the Federal Housing Administration’s single-family mortgage insurance programs. The company will use cloud-based modeling and reporting platforms to help FHA monitor its single-family mortgage portfolio, Summit Consulting said Wednesday. Edward Seiler, director of mortgage finance at Summit Consulting, said […] More

Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and CSRA are in the process of securing high baseline certifications for their cloud platforms under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Federal Times reported March 21. Aaron Boyd writes the cloud service providers are scheduled to receive their authorizations in April following their involvement in a pilot program that seeks […] More

The General Services Administration has selected a Unisys-built government cloud offering to participate in a pilot program that aims to expedite the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification process. The FedRAMP Accelerated pilot initiative seeks to shorten the FedRAMP approval process to less than six months from the current time frame of six to 18 […] More

Acquia has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authority-to-operate designation from the Treasury Department to offer two of the company’s cloud services in the public sector. Boston-based Acquia company said Monday it will provide its Acquia Cloud Enterprise and Acquia Cloud Site Factory to agencies in a suite of cloud services designed to feature layers of firewall, multi-factor authentication, vulnerability management, security incident response, […] More

The U.S. General Services Administration is searching for industry and government partners to provide input and feedback for a cloud computing products and services contract under development for defense and civilian agencies. GSA’s Cloud Computing Services Program Management Office has started to develop a multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract called Cloud Contract Fostering Innovation in Government, the agency said Monday. The […] More

Vasco Data Security International has teamed up with Project Hosts to use the former company’s ‘s electronic signature service in a cloud network that is certified under the U.S. General Services Administration‘s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for cloud computing services. ESignLive will work to help GSA, U.S. Army and Agriculture Department to sign documents through a secure cloud electronically with the use of a personal […] More

GovDelivery has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer a cloud-based digital communications technology across the government. The company said Monday its Communications Cloud Platform passed moderate security-level requirements of the program’s joint authorization board. “We’re proud to be FedRAMP compliant so that our digital communications platform can help public sector organizations connect even […] More

eGlobalTech has secured a five-year contract from the Interior Department to help implement a cloud-based Drupal platform that will work to support the agency’s website management consolidation effort. The project will employ the government-targeted content management system OpenPublic to help DOI’s existing websites transition onto a consolidated web content management platform, eGlobalTech said Tuesday. DOI seeks to optimize user engagement of its […] More

Elbit Systems of America has launched WideBridge Cloud applications suite, a system of cloud-based public safety broadband communications services. The Elbit Systems subsidiary said Friday the suite is designed to give first responders access to broadband communication tools that allow real-time voice, video and data services through P25 Land Mobile Radio and LTE devices. The company added WideBridge […] More