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A Zipline drone delivering a supply of blood. (Zipline photo)

Experts say US rules for testing commercial drone technology aren’t permissive enough

UAS experts warn that the U.S.'s regulatory regime could be stifling innovation.

Mar 31, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

River entrance of the U.S. Department of Defense. (Getty Images)

Pentagon awards AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle spots on Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability solicitation

JWCC is designed to replace the troubled Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure and serve as the Pentagon's enterprise cloud capability.

Dec 7, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

OCT 20, Washington D.C. — Google Cloud Senior Director of Global Risk and Compliance Jeanette Manfra speaks at CyberTalks, presented by CyberScoop. (Image credit: Pixelme Studio).

Google to offer Workspace as backup solution for govt entities in case they get hacked

The new solution is intended to support agencies that are hit with a cyber breach while using a competing tech company's products.

Nov 15, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

New Google Public Sector CEO Karen Dahut shares vision of ‘choice’ in the cloud

In an exclusive interview with FedScoop, Google Public Sector CEO Karen Dahut explains her vision for delivering more choice in the federal cloud marketplace.

Nov 14, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Google Public Sector brings in new CEO Karen Dahut from Booz Allen Hamilton

The executive is tasked with expanding Google Public Sector's presence in the the federal, state and local government markets and growing its education sector portfolio.

Sep 22, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

Google Public Sector CEO: open-source chips likely to be ‘hundreds of times’ cheaper for researchers

Will Grannis tells FedScoop that projects like a recent agreement between Google and NIST to produce open-source chips will improve cybersecurity by encouraging researchers to become more…

Sep 17, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

Aerial photograph of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on 14 November 2013. (Image credit: Trevor Paglen / Wikimedia Commons).

Microsoft challenges $1B task order award to AWS as part of C2E cloud solicitation

The Government Accountability Office is expected to make a decision about the disputed National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency award by Dec. 5.

Sep 1, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

A bicyclist rides along a path at Googles Bay View campus in Mountain View, California on June 27, 2022. (Photo by NOAH BERGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Google to create standalone public sector cloud services division

Google Public Sector will be a separate legal entity from Google Cloud operating as its own independent company with a board of advisers.

Jun 28, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Google poll targets Microsoft’s stronghold on government

Google claims there's a growing "monoculture" of Microsoft software used in government that makes federal agencies more vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Mar 31, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

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Industry seeks consensus on government’s secure software compliance process

Companies want clarification from government over what specific artifacts and metadata it wants to assess.

Mar 24, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir