Posts from GovConDaily for 05/25/2016

Brian Clark: NCI Gets Extension on IRS Data Tech Services Contract

Reston, Virginia-based information technology services provider NCI has received a one-year, $4.9 million task order to continue its support for the Internal Revenue Service‘s efforts to implement big data analytics tools and practices…

Fedscoop: DHS to Release Online App for Citizenship Application Process

Eric Hysen, Department of Homeland Security executive director for digital services, has said DHS plans to unveil an online tool that will work to automate the application process for U.S. citizenship, Fedscoop reported Tuesday…

Frank Kendall: F-35’s Final Operational Test Likely to Occur in 2018

Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall has said the F-35 fighter aircraft will likely be ready for a final operational test and evaluation in 2018 at the earliest, Defense News reported Wednesday…

IBM’s Gina Loften: Cognitive Platforms Could Help Address Mental Health Problems Among Veterans

IBM’s Gina Loften has said government agencies and the private sector should work together to leverage the “power of data” through cognitive platforms in order to help treat traumatic brain injury and other mental health conditions among military veterans…

Exostar Unveils Source-to-Pay Sourcing & Procurement Mgmt Platform

Exostar has launched a new source-to-pay system that works to combine the functions of a management platform for sourcing, contracts, procurement, payments and invoicing work with information security features…

C4ISR & Networks: Army to Test Software System for Cyber Threat Responses

The U.S. Army will test a new software system designed to help field commanders handle issues such as centralized control over security in battlefield applications, C4ISR & Networks reported Tuesday…

Ashton Carter: US, Vietnam Eye Closer Security Ties After Removal of Arms Trade Restrictions

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter supports President Barack Obama’s decision to fully lift a weapon sales ban the U.S. government had previously imposed on Vietnam, DoD News reported Tuesday. “Bilaterally, this allows us to make yet further advances in what really is an historic military-to-military relationship with Vietnam,” Carter was quoted as saying…

House Appropriations Committee’s FY 2017 Spending Bill Lacks Funds for NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission

A draft report by the House Appropriations Committee says an appropriations bill that would authorize $19.5 billion in total budget for NASA for fiscal year 2017 would not allocate any funds for the Asteroid Redirect Mission, Space News reported Monday…

US, Vietnam Ink Administrative Agreement to Build on Civil Nuclear Field Cooperation

The governments of the U.S. and Vietnam have signed an administrative pact under a peaceful uses of nuclear energy deal known as the 123 Agreement to support both countries’ clean energy cooperation in the civil nuclear field…