Data as a strategic asset at NIWC Atlantic; Front door for VA acquisition; Cyber AB and industry collaboration

On today’s episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, the Technology Modernization Fund will allocate $100 million for high-impact customer experience projects across government.

The cyber accreditation body working with the Department of Defense has a new brand. Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight LLP, discusses the progress the Cyber AB has made in communicating with industry about expectations and responsibilities to receive accreditation.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has a new website it hopes will facilitate innovation in contracting. Greg Giddens, partner at Potomac Ridge Consulting LLC and former principal executive director of the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction at the Department of Veterans Affairs, explains how this website provides a “front door” for doing business with the VA and fuses acquisition and innovation.

Justin Hodges, director & integrated product team lead for the cybersecurity service provider at Naval Information Warfare Center, Atlantic, joins Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash to discuss how NIWC Atlantic is using data as a strategic asset. This interview is part of Scoop News Group’s “Getting Ahead of the Adversaries” video campaign, underwritten by Trellix.

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