The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has announced its founding sponsorship of the first-ever U.S. Cyber Games team that will compete in the inaugural International Cybersecurity Challenge to be held in Greece in June. Founded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the U.S. Cyber Games is a talent recruitment and development program inspired […]
The General Services Administration and the Department of Defense are jointly requesting market information from suppliers of carbon pollution-free electricity. GSA and the Defense Logistics Agency Energy want to learn whether the industry can support the electricity requirements of President Joe Biden’s December 2021 executive order on driving federal sustainability, according to a request for […]
Officials from the General Services Administration said a customer experience executive order will help create a greater impact on federal agencies’ services. Dave Zvenyach, director of the Technology Transformation Services branch at GSA, said the executive order put a focus on shared services across the government. According to Zvenyach, the EO is calling for government […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s science advisory branch is asking developers of chemical and biological agent detectors to offer technologies for a new testbed in the New York City subway system. In partnership with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, DHS’ Science and Technology Directorate will test and evaluate the submitted technologies as part of the Chemical […]
CGI Incorporated, a Canadian information technology company, announced that it has received from the U.S. Department of Justice a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with a $250 million ceiling value along with an initial task order with a potential value of $133.9 million over five years to operate, manage and maintain systems supporting business processes. The […]
Keith Bluestein has taken a leave of absence from his role as chief information officer of the Small Business Administration. Bluestein joined SBA in June 2020 after spending time at NASA as associate CIO for enterprise services and integration. He served as SBA’s acting CIO prior to his stint at the space agency. His SBA […]
The Federal Aviation Administration awarded The MITRE Corp. a nine-year contract renewal to operate the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development. CAASD is a federally funded research and development center that provides advice and technical expertise to the FAA. It focuses on improving the safety, security and efficiency of the National Airspace System and also […]
Spokespersons for the Department of State announced that a worldwide IT services outage was resolved shortly after midnight on Friday morning. The problem was traced to a defect in a recently deployed operating system patch that disrupted applications including unclassified email, which affected multiple users around the department on Thursday, FedScoop reported Friday. Deputy Spokesperson Jalina […]
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced plans to build a new research facility dedicated to quantum information science. Slated to be completed in late 2022, the Translational Research Capability building will triple the laboratory space that ORNL reserves for research in the emerging field. The TRC will provide capabilities in atomic […]
The Department of Energy is seeking information about opportunities and challenges regarding U.S. industrial sector decarbonization. According to a request for information, the DOE wants to know about technologies and practices that would allow American manufacturers to reduce emissions while increasing competitiveness globally. The key technology pathways for decarbonization are energy efficiency; electrification; low-carbon fuels […]
