The Department of Energy has announced the first 22 communities that will participate in its Communities Local Energy Action Program. Communities LEAP seeks to help energy-rich communities create locally tailored action plans toward a clean energy future, DOE said Tuesday. The department said it expects the investments to result in new efforts to reduce local […]
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has demonstrated mature detect and avoid technology for unmanned aircraft systems to the Federal Aviation Administration. The demo flights were performed on Jan. 24 and 25 in partnership with the Northern Plains UAS Test Site. The company deployed its SkyGuardian UAS equipped with an airborne DAA system developed jointly by […]
The Department of Energy has earmarked $10 million for projects seeking to use artificial intelligence to improve the understanding of fundamental particles and their interactions. DOE’s Office of Science said that the investment is the first funding opportunity announcement dedicated to AI research for high energy physics, which is the study of how the world […]
The Department of Energy said it will provide $84 million in funding for new observational, modeling and simulation studies to improve the accuracy of community-scale climate research and facilitate the development of solutions to minimize adverse impacts caused by climate change. The funding opportunity, which is being issued by the Office of Biological and Environmental […]
The Federal Aviation Administration has appointed Billy Nolen to the role of acting administrator. Nolen will assume the responsibilities of Administrator Steve Dickinson, who will step down from his role by the end of March. Dickinson has been leading the agency for more than two and a half years. Nolen is a seasoned aviation safety […]
The General Services Administration has raised the number of contract awards that it intends to set aside for small disadvantaged businesses. GSA said that its goal for fiscal year 2022 is to allocate 21 percent of its prime contracts to small disadvantaged businesses, a significant increase compared to the 5 percent required by law in […]
The Department of Homeland Security wants to use artificial intelligence to automate video surveillance systems watching over soft targets, according to an expert from the American Civil Liberties Union. Jay Stanley, an ACLU senior policy analyst, said that DHS has already forayed into the use of AI to detect suspicious individuals, FedScoop reported Wednesday. But […]
The Department of Homeland Security has released a solicitation for capabilities that can improve its preparedness for and ability to respond to floods. The DHS Science and Technology Directorate is seeking real-time flood data in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration. FIMA is responsible for managing the agency’s National […]
The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded technical and engineering services provider GRSi a four-year contract for program management, end-user information technology support services and business intelligence and reporting development services. GRSi will deploy subject matter experts who will enhance NIMH’s customer experience and IT service delivery. The experts will also support the agency’s […]
Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services announced that it has been awarded a five-year, $118 million contract by the Department of State to deliver data management support for the Bureau of Consular Affairs. The deal calls for supporting the bureau with fraud reduction and data replication services associated with passports and visas, AFS said Monday. In a […]
