The Alliance for Digital Innovation, a technology trade group, has asked Congress appropriators to boost the Technology Modernization Fund as part of fiscal year 2023 budget. TMF is a government-wide funding vehicle managed by the General Services Administration. Congress authorized it in 2017 to give agencies ways to finance their modernization efforts, according to GSA’s […]
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced that one of its distinguished scientists, Jagjit Nanda, has become a fellow of the Materials Research Society. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, MRS is a global organization made up of professionals in fields such as chemistry, biology, physics and engineering, its website says. Nanda’s fellowship shows that his work in materials […]
The National Spectrum Consortium and the Department of Defense are seeking white papers on 5G open radio access network technologies. The consortium is a 408-member organization dedicated to promoting stakeholder engagement in spectrum-related capabilities and policy, its website says. According to the DOD, a shift to an open ecosystem of RAN vendors would accelerate U.S. […]
An auditor has found data reporting shortcomings at the Mann-Grandstaff Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, where the Department of Veterans Affairs first rolled out its new electronic health record system. One Veterans Health Administration performance measurement official said that Mann-Grandstaff is lacking in 17 metrics needed for accreditation by The Joint Commission. Another VHA official […]
The Food and Drug Administration has advised users of Illumina’s newer DNA sequencing devices to urgently patch their systems to address a cybersecurity vulnerability. According to the FDA, the software flaw could allow unauthorized users to remotely control the device, alter its settings and that of the user’s network or manipulate patient test results. The […]
The General Services Administration is seeking feedback on the draft performance work statement attached to its commercial cloud-related request for information. GSA posted the RFI in 2021, announcing its intent to create a multi-award blanket purchase agreement for cloud and information technology professional services. The BPA, known as Ascend, will be rolled out in a […]
The Department of Defense’s new Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has met its deadline of achieving full operating capability by June 1. According to a CDAO spokesperson, the office has also finished merging the organizations of the DOD chief information officer, Defense Digital Service, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and the Advana big data platform, […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has chosen Corner Alliance, a small business based in Washington, D.C., to develop vehicle alerting technology for first responders. Corner Alliance received $100,000 to create a model that would allow authorities to display emergency information on the “infotainment” screens of vehicles, S&T said Thursday. The directorate […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working with a group of companies leading the development of advanced active electronically scanned array technologies. According to DARPA, the development of AESAs is a top priority in ensuring that the U.S. military maintains an advantage in electronic warfare. In a previous release about the program, the agency […]
U.S. security agencies have issued a joint cybersecurity alert on the Karakurt data extortion gang, a ransomware group that has caused “significant challenges for defense and mitigation.” The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of the Treasury and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said the group has demanded as much as $13 million in bitcoin […]
