The Department of Veterans Affairs will push ahead with the deployment of its Cerner electronic health record software at Veterans Health Administration facilities in Washington state and Ohio despite issues highlighted by the VA inspector general. According to three reports issued by the IG office, the VA’s $21 billion EHR modernization effort has flaws in […]
The Department of Energy has announced that Christopher Davis, currently a senior adviser to the energy secretary, will succeed Tarak Shah as chief of staff. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said that Davis has been advising her since she took office and has demonstrated his drive to solve the climate crisis. Davis served throughout the […]
Virginia-headquartered VMD Corporation announced that it has been awarded a prime, five-year task under the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 contract to provide the Department of State’s Bureau of Information Resource Management with information technology security services. This deal represents the second prime contract received from the State Department since 2020, VMD said Friday. […]
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate is seeking technology solutions to help mitigate threats to soft targets and crowded places. DHS defines soft targets and crowded places as locations that are easily accessible to large numbers of people and have limited security measures. Such locations include schools, sports venues, transportation systems, shopping […]
The National Science Foundation, an independent research and education federal agency, has established a new directorate focused on driving innovation in science and engineering. NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan said the new Technology, Innovation and Partnerships Directorate will accelerate efforts to commercialize technologies with the potential to address societal and economic challenges. “TIP will be a […]
The General Services Administration is urging organizations working with the federal government to prepare for the move to the new identification system that will replace the current Data Universal Numbering System from Dun & Bradstreet. According to the GSA, it will switch to the non-proprietary unique entity identifier system on April 4, wrapping up the […]
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Melax Technologies a $300,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract to develop and enhance user-focused informatics tools that will be used for infectious, immune and allergic disease research. Melax Tech will work with the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of Californa San Diego to develop […]
The Department of Energy announced that it will provide $32 million in funding to over 30 next-generation building retrofit projects that will dramatically improve affordable housing technologies. Seven organizations were selected to test renovation techniques that reduce disruption to tenants while upgrading the energy and environmental performance of buildings more quickly, affordably and effectively, the […]
The Senate has voted 61-31 to confirm Shalanda Young as the permanent director of the Office of Management and Budget. OMB is responsible for overseeing policy, budget, management and regulatory functions across the executive branch. Young has been serving for nearly a year as deputy budget director and as acting OMB director, The Hill reported […]
The Department of Energy has allocated $35 million in Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer funds to support science and technology product and service development. Each project will receive around $200,000, which will last between six months and one year. As part of the funding round, researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory […]
