Oklo Inc., a designer of modern nuclear reactors, has been awarded a $5 million cost-share project in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory and Deep Isolation. The funding was awarded through the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, which has launched its Optimizing Nuclear Waste and Advanced Reactor Disposal Systems program, Oklo […]
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy announced $36 million in funding would be provided for 11 projects seeking new ways to use nuclear power as a reliable source of clean energy while limiting the amount of waste produced from advanced nuclear reactors. Approximately 50 percent of America’s carbon-free electricity is produced by nuclear […]
Brandon Wales, executive director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said small- and medium-sized organizations must prepare for ransomware attacks as cyber actors continue their operations. Speaking at an event hosted by the Aspen Institute, Wales said there is a potential for Russia to escalate its destabilizing actions in Ukraine and impact organization outside […]
Keysight Technologies, a maker of electronics testing equipment, said it has been cleared to develop 6G technologies using frequency bands between 95 GHz and 3 THz. The company said it was granted the first Federal Communications Commission Spectrum Horizons experimental license for sub-THz 6G. The license will accelerate the development of technologies used in data-intensive […]
Virginia-headquartered American Systems announced that it has been awarded a $118 million task order under the General Services Administration’s Alliant 2 contract to support the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection. The single-award task calls for the performance of independent verification and validation services on all products and systems acquired for border control […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has committed to sharing cyber incident reports with the FBI and Department of Justice in a timely manner. The statement came after the Senate unanimously voted to pass a bill requiring critical infrastructure organizations to immediately report breaches to CISA but not to the FBI and DOJ, ZDNet reported. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate is seeking sources of technologies that may be useful for first responders. S&T issued a request for information ahead of the scheduled Urban Operational Experimentation 2022 in New York City in the summer, where first responders may experiment with emerging technologies that can improve their effectiveness […]
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 […]
