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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Security Agency and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have issued a factsheet on quantum capabilities and are encouraging organizations to start developing readiness strategies ahead of a transition to post-quantum cryptography. CISA Director Jen Easterly, a 2023 Wash100 awardee, emphasized that critical infrastructure organizations in […]

The Department of Homeland Security recently added items to its AI use cases inventory while removing others on the publicly available list required under Executive Order 13960 issued in 2020. The AI technologies added to the list include a facial recognition system that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses and the Customs and Border Protection’s […]

The National Science Foundation will invest $29 million in 18 research teams exploring quantum sensor technologies and their potential applications, including in health care and geological surveying and mapping. The teams, comprising researchers from various U.S. universities, will receive up to $2 million in funding over four years under the Quantum Sensing Challenges for Transformational […]

Sandia National Laboratories has produced its first set of ion traps that will be used on certain quantum computers. The devices, called Enchilada Traps, are microchips that can store up to 200 qubits using a network of five trapping zones. Daniel Stick, a scientist and the lead researcher with SNL’s Quantum Systems Accelerator, said a […]

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is soliciting technology proposals for its newly launched Digital Health Security project seeking to protect the U.S. healthcare system’s digital infrastructure. The agency, a unit of the Department of Health and Human Services, seeks proven technologies designed for national security and applicable to civilian health systems, clinical care […]

The General Services Administration is seeking up to 4,000 individuals to join a study on five remote identity-proofing systems as the agency aims to achieve identity assurance level 2 certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Eligible participants are those who have a camera phone, a valid government ID and a Social Security […]

The Department of Energy and the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute, a public-private partnership led by the University of Texas at San Antonio, are soliciting research proposals with the aim of enhancing the cybersecurity of manufacturing in the United States. A request for proposals issued by the organizations says that projects must fall within three industry […]

Sean Jones has joined the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory as deputy laboratory director for science and technology. Beginning on Oct. 9, he will assume responsibilities as chief research officer, senior science strategist and adviser. In a press release, Jones said he would support improvements to Argonne’s facilities and research programs and build a […]

HII has secured an order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to build two Remus 620 medium unmanned underwater vehicles. HII Mission Technologies will work with W.S. Darley & Co. to build the Remus 620s, which will be delivered to NOAA by 2024. The UUVs will be fitted with a synthetic aperture sonar module, […]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ artificial intelligence use case inventory more than tripled during fiscal year 2023 to 163 instances from 50 use cases previously. The increase indicates that the department is committed to leveraging trustworthy AI as a critical enabler of its objectives, HHS Chief Information Officer Karl Mathias told FedScoop. The […]