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IT & Networks

OPM issues hiring memo to fill federal IT positions

The Office of Personnel Management has issued an excepted service appointment memo to the heads of federal agencies authorizing them to hire technical staff for up to one year to work on IT modernization initiatives.
AWS announces secret region for intelligence customers

Amazon Web Services recently unveiled their AWS Secret Region cloud, available to the U.S. intelligence community through their Commercial Cloud Services contract with AWS.
GSA awards $50 billion Alliant 2 to 61 companies

The General Services Administration the Alliant 2 contracts, a maximum $50 billion pool of contracts that provides IT services across the Federal government, were recently awarded to 61 companies.
Major federal IT modernization bill reaches final stretch

The Modernizing Government Technology Act is now only one step away from becoming law, as the bill was recently included in the House and Senate conference report of the National Defense Authorization Act on its way to the president.