The Department of Energy will provide $100 million in funding under the third iteration of the Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential program. The SCALEUP program seeks to support previous Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy awardees in commercializing their technological innovations by providing a path to market. The effort has had demonstrable […]
Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced a team of leaders that would guide the Federal Aviation Administration, starting with Polly Trottenberg, who has been named acting FAA administrator by President Joe Biden to replace Billy Nolen. Buttigieg said he is confident that the department can rely on Trottenberg during the search for a […]
The Federal Communications Commission has begun exploring how to perform spectrum sharing in the 42-gigahertz band for smaller wireless service providers and future use cases. According to a notice of proposed rulemaking, the FCC will consider 500-megahertz sharing models for the 42 to 42.5 GHz band. According to the FCC, the target spectrum is largely […]
Allegheny Science & Technology said it has secured a $49 million Department of Energy contract. Under the five-year Program Information Collection System and Support Services contract, AST will provide support to different offices under the DOE, including the Office of Nuclear Energy and the Idaho Operations Office. Support for DOE’s mission-critical research, development, demonstration and deployment […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology revealed on Tuesday the names of five individuals who will lead the CHIPS Research and Development Office within CHIPS for America, the organization tasked with implementing the CHIPS and Science Act. The CHIPS Research and Development Office leaders are Lora Weiss, who will serve as director; Eric Lin, […]
Accenture Federal Services has secured a potential 10-year, $329 million prime contract to provide cybersecurity enterprise information assurance support to the U.S. Agency for International Development. AFS will deliver risk compliance support, incident management, threat intelligence and mitigation, privacy program and cyber awareness training services to the USAID Bureau for Management’s Office of the Chief […]
The Department of Homeland Security is pushing for the establishment of a DHS Information Technology Academy to bolster the technology skills of the existing workforce, including in the areas of artificial intelligence, data science and agile development. Plans to establish the academy amid the department’s $10 billion per year IT budget constraints were discussed during […]
Sonny Hashmi, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration, said the GSA is working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to build a common set of controls for Login .gov that validate digital identities, noting the importance of the identity authentication platform to the digital transformation of federal […]
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has opened the Advanced Characterization and Evaluation Laboratory, which will support the maturation of manufacturing capabilities for materials and structures. The ACEL will serve as the LLNL’s Nondestructive Evaluation group and Nondestructive Characterization Institute. It will work with a nearby manufacturing facility that allows engineers and specialists to perform classified […]
The Government Accountability Office said the Department of Homeland Security has yet to implement all previously issued recommendations for modernizing or replacing its critical legacy systems and other tools supporting financial, biometric identity and grants management. In a new report, GAO said DHS attempted to develop a modern financial management system for the U.S. Coast […]
