The Environmental Protection Agency says having limited resources is the reason why thousands of cybersecurity weaknesses have gone unaddressed in the Analytical Radiation Data System, which is used to detect radiological anomalies by processing monitoring data from the air, rain, soil and other materials. According to the agency’s Office of the Inspector General, such vulnerabilities […]
The Office of Special Counsel has directed Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to investigate claims of unsafe working conditions that have caused data loss and equipment damage at a research facility near Washington, D.C. Personnel at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center filed whistleblower complaints in May describing dysfunctional safety systems and general facilities such as bathrooms. […]
Five Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities have started a study to determine whether artificial intelligence can help diagnose aggressive high-risk prostate cancer, which is likely to spread to other body parts. The Predicting Metastatic Progression of High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer study aims to create an AI algorithm trained using diagnostic images, high-resolution scans of […]
The Department of Energy is moving to make its federally funded research publicly accessible as part of a Biden administration drive to improve data transparency. Under a revised public access plan, scientific papers sponsored by the agency will become immediately available for free. An August 2022 memo from the White House’s Office of Science and […]
A Department of Veterans Affairs official said its third financial management IT systems modernization effort is starting off well after it went live. According to Terry Riffel, the VA’s deputy assistant secretary for financial management business transformation, the Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System project’s finance and acquisition components went live simultaneously for the first […]
Sweden’s Minister for Education and Research Mats Persson stressed on Tuesday, during the signing of an implementation agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy, the need for collaboration to address the increasing need for clean and green energy production. The agreement signifies the commitment of both countries to advancing scientific knowledge and promoting joint science […]
The United States National Science Foundation and the National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan are set to implement six joint projects to support research collaborations on advanced semiconductor chip design and fabrication. The two organizations have entered into a partnership to invest $6 million in the efforts. Four of the six research projects are […]
The Department of Energy is accepting applications for a $25 million competitive grant program aimed at developing new weatherization technologies and methods for low-income homes. Through the Enhancement and Innovation initiative, the agency aims to demonstrate best practices that other weatherization projects can adopt. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said E&I grants will support projects […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency Integrated Public Alert Warning System to demonstrate the IPAWS Open Platform for Emergency Networks, a solution designed to deliver emergency warnings to people’s mobile devices and automobile infotainment systems. During the demo, the agencies found that unattended field sensors […]
The Department of the Treasury has cleared $195.7 million in American Rescue Plan funds to deliver affordable, fast internet to 33,000 homes in the state of Washington. The money will be sourced from the ARP’s Capital Projects Fund, an initiative aimed at spending a total of $10 billion to ensure that underserved communities have access […]
