The White House’s Office of Personnel Management is looking to upgrade its personnel system to better compete with other agencies in terms of hiring cybersecurity talent. OPM Director Kiran Ahuja acknowledged the government-wide demand for cybersecurity talent during a Dec. 3 webinar hosted by the National Academy of Public Administration. The Department of Homeland Security, […]
The Department of Energy announced that it has invested $35 million in the development of technologies for reducing methane gas emissions in the oil, gas and coal industries. DOE said the funding will go to 12 projects selected under its Reducing Emissions of Methane Every Day of the Year program. The awardees will focus on […]
The General Services Administration has delayed the publication of the final request for proposals for the $15 billion Polaris contract vehicle until early January. According to a federal contracting source, the delays would give small information technology providers more time to prepare their bids. A government contracting official posted in GSA Interact that the small […]
Noblis, a provider of science services to the government, has won a prime spot on the potential $200 million U.S. Department of Transportation contract vehicle for technical services. The five-year Technical Support Services Contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity deal managed by DOT’s Federal Highway Administration, Noblis said Wednesday. The company said it will provide technical services […]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced that it has been selected to build a new supercomputer for the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL is a national laboratory focused on solving challenges in energy efficiency and developing renewable energy technologies. High-performance computers are a class of systems designed to allow researchers to tackle large-scale data […]
Verizon’s public sector business has secured two Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task orders from the Department of Energy with a combined value of $34.6 million. The first task calls for the provision of voice technologies and services. The goal is to help the DOE address next-generation voice requirements such as its planned transition from a time […]
The Department of Labor launched a multi-phase information technology modernization effort aimed at improving the unemployment insurance claims process. Michele Evermore, deputy director of policy in the Office of Unemployment Insurance Modernization at the Labor Department, said in an interview with Federal News Network that agency officials saw a need to modernize systems even though […]
Nuclear Production One, a joint venture between Amentum and Fluor, has been awarded a potential $28 billion contract to manage two nuclear weapon production facilities for the National Nuclear Security Administration. NPOne will perform operational and management functions at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and at the Pantex Plant in Carson […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is accelerating its adoption of artificial intelligence with its enterprise-wide AI strategy. The strategy, released in September, outlines workforce improvement initiatives to help address a growing demand for AI expertise. It ensures that VA personnel are equipped with the knowledge and skills to take on various AI-related tasks, including acquisitions, […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has warned the health care sector about zero-day cyberattacks, which exploit system vulnerabilities that have not yet been discovered by the developer. HHS said that zero-day attacks can endanger patients and their data, as well as force health care organizations to heavily invest in patching vulnerabilities, Fierce Healthcare […]
