The Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate has announced the fourth course of the Hacking for Homeland Security program. H4HS is expected to start in the spring 2022 semester at Carnegie Mellon University‘s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. Students who will participate in the program will create solutions for the […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has named Karl Mathias as its new chief information officer, according to FedScoop sources. He will assume the responsibilities of George Chambers, who has been serving as HHS CIO in an acting capacity since Jan. 1, FedScoop reported Wednesday. Mathias most recently served as the CIO of the […]
The Department of Commerce has chosen CableLabs as the host laboratory for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Institute for Telecommunication Sciences 5G Challenge. Sponsored by the Department of Defense, the 5G Challenge is an effort to drive the development of open-architecture 5G technologies that can support defense missions, according to a January 2021 notice […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking information on a virtual employee training platform. According to a request for information, the Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning hub needs help in designing the Simulation Platform for Learning and Education. SIMPLE is designed to be a virtual platform that will support training activities at the Veterans […]
The Department of Commerce has appointed Oliver Wise as chief data officer. Wise will work within the agency’s Office of the Undersecretary of Economic Affairs and ensure that the department’s data strategy will support evidence-based policymaking. Wise most recently served as the director of recovery solutions at software company Tyler Technologies. He also held leadership […]
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority have entered into a memorandum of understanding to jointly advance decarbonization technologies. ORNL said that while largely focused on electricity, the partnership may also touch on other fields such as hydrogen generation. Decarbonizing the American electricity sector is a critical part of the federal government’s […]
The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it has secured commitments from over 90 companies and organizations to reduce their carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030. The pledges for cleaner air were made under the Better Climate Challenge, a national public-private partnership that calls on American organizations to set bold, portfolio-wide greenhouse gas reduction […]
The General Services Administration announced major land port modernization and construction projects funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Joe Biden in 2021. The law allocates some $3.4 billion to build and modernize land ports of entry on the country’s northern and southern borders, the GSA said Friday. In a statement, GSA Administrator […]
The Department of Energy announced that it has awarded $110 million to finance research being conducted by diverse small businesses in 27 states. Many of the 87 projects to benefit from the funding are focused on developing advanced scientific instruments for conducting climate research and developing advanced materials as well as technologies for clean energy […]
The Office of Personnel Management has appointed James Saunders as chief information security officer, effective Monday. Saunders previously served as CISO at the Small Business Administration before moving to OPM in April 2021. According to a source in federal IT, Saunders has been acting as an “unofficial” CISO since he joined the agency. His LinkedIn […]
