The White House has nominated former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene to serve as the Department of Veterans Affairs’ next assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer. DelBene is credited with playing a key role in improving the HealthCare .gov website, a portal for citizens with health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, […]
The Department of Energy has awarded Rigetti Computing a contract to lead a three-year quantum simulation project for fusion energy. Work on the $3.1 million project will be done in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Southern California, Rigetti said Thursday. Patricia Falcone, deputy director for science and technology at LLNL, […]
The Department of Energy has awarded $199 million in funding to 25 projects that are focused on bringing more clean energy vehicles to American roads. The announcement was made in New York by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. Over $127.85 million will go to five companies that are developing fuel […]
Echodyne has secured a five-year, $20 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to widen deployments of its radar systems. Since the awarding of the contract, Echodyne has delivered 30 EchoGuard Radar Systems to CBP. EchoGuard belongs to the company’s border security radar portfolio and is designed for monitoring ground and air […]
Argonne National Laboratory has been awarded nearly $3 million in Department of Energy funding for two projects aimed at advancing artificial intelligence and machine learning technology. The projects will explore how AI can be used to manage large data sets or create better outcomes where little data is available, Argonne said Monday. One of the […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate announced that two inventors working at its National Urban Security Technology Laboratory were awarded a patent for a new device that makes a distinct and audible alarm when it detects dangerous levels of radioactivity. Electronics engineer Norman Chiu and physicist Paul Goldhagen jointly received U.S. Patent 11,140,476 […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is identifying which critical infrastructure sectors would have the most debilitating impact on the United States if hacked. Rep. John Katko, a top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, previously proposed legislation that would direct the Department of Homeland Security agency to designate “systematically important critical infrastructure,” CyberScoop […]
The Federal Deposit and Insurance Corporation‘s inspector general said the organization must address gaps in its security and information technology systems to ensure that sensitive financial information is secured. According to an IG report, FDIC has a ranking of maturity level 4 under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act maturity model, an indication that its […]
Savannah River Mission Completion, a joint venture led by BWXT Technical Services Group, has been awarded a potential $21 billion contract to conduct various operations at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. The SRMC team is made up of Amentum, Fluor Federal Services and small business subcontractors WesWorks and DBD. The single-award master […]
The newly introduced Build Back Better Act in Congress provides $1.7 trillion in funding to support priorities identified by House progressives and conservative Democrats in the Senate. Under the bill, lawmakers earmarked a 10-year, $4.75 billion funding for the Internal Revenue Service’s business systems modernization effort, with the goal of improving tax collection. Part of […]
