The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will reduce its number of deputy commissioners from two to one and establish four new chief roles to lead information technology, operations, tax compliance and taxpayer service. Doug O’Donnell, the current deputy commissioner for services and enforcement, will serve as the new single deputy commissioner, the IRS […]
The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will deploy artificial intelligence in its daily operations through its newly created Center for AI @PNNL, which is tasked to coordinate scientific research on science, security and energy resilience. According to PNNL, the center’s focus areas include AI use in autonomous experimentation, enabling robotic activity in analyzing […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has released its data strategy with a focus on innovation and improved outcomes. According to the HHS, the data strategy has five main priorities: data talent cultivation, data sharing, data integration, human services data connectivity and artificial intelligence usage. The strategy also expands the Office of the National […]
The Department of Commerce is helping upgrade a New Hampshire microelectronics facility through the CHIPS and Science Act to strengthen the American semiconductor sector. To support the objective, the Commerce Department has awarded $35 million in funding to BAE Systems to modernize the Microelectronics Center in Nashua, New Hampshire. The funds will be used to […]
Gina Raimondo, secretary of commerce, said her department is talking with chipmaker Nvidia to prevent it from selling advanced semiconductors to Chinese companies. In an interview with Reuters, she explained that the Department of Commerce cannot allow China to access high-performance chips for training frontier artificial intelligence models, Yahoo Finance reported. Raimondo clarified that Nvidia […]
The Department of Energy has launched a new office that would oversee investments in advanced and emerging technologies. The Office of Critical and Emerging Technology would oversee investments in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors and other technologies, ensuring that acquisitions would help solve science, energy and security challenges while minimizing risks. It will also work […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced the signing of a memorandum of agreement with the Department of the Air Force, the National Science Foundation and NASA to support interagency collaboration on space weather research and operations. The agreement provides a framework to coordinate space weather efforts, including efforts to transition modeling, observation, forecasting […]
The Department of Commerce is drafting an enterprise data strategy that seeks to improve its inter-agency data sharing and boost U.S. competitiveness in emerging technologies, according to Oliver Wise, the department’s chief data officer. Expected for release in fall 2024, the strategy also aims at strengthening the semiconductor industry’s supply chain under the CHIPS and […]
The Government Accountability Office said the Federal Aviation Administration needs to improve its rocket launch mishaps investigation process. According to a GAO report released on Dec. 7, the FAA decides on a case-by-case basis whether it should investigate mishaps or let the launch provider perform the procedure with the agency’s oversight. One issue the oversight […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has chosen Altana to provide an artificial intelligence-based supply chain mapping tool to support the agency’s anti-drug trafficking operations. CBP will use Altana’s Atlas intelligent map to monitor chemical manufacturing and chemical equipment industries worldwide and identify which entities are likely linked to fentanyl production and distribution. The Atlas uses […]
