Paul Brubaker, the deputy chief information officer for the Account Management Office at the Department of Veterans Affairs, said at a recent media roundtable that adopting a no-fail mindset has enabled the agency to address various technological demands amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Brubaker, the agency was set on staying ahead of challenges, whether […]
The Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate is reviewing air domain awareness technologies to support the agency’s airspace protection mission along the United States’ border with Canada. The evaluation comes after an S&T-led team conducted a three-week test and demonstration activity in Limestone Hills, Montana. The technologies tested during the three-week event include […]
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology a $50 million contract to continue providing IT support to the Energy Star program. Energy Star was created to promote energy efficiency and publicize information on the energy consumption rates of products. The contract covers ongoing IT work such as software engineering, website development, infrastructure […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking to automate how its machine learning-enabled platform detects health insurance fraud. In its current supervised version, the platform is able to identify suspicious behavior on the part of insurance agents and brokers, Marc Richardson, the director of CMS’ marketplace information technology group, told attendees at the […]
An official from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said facial biometrics technology has helped the agency process over 100 million travelers since its implementation. To date, CBP uses biometric facial comparison tech to process passengers at 230 airports and eight seaports. The platform is also used to confirm passenger identities at a pilot port […]
Verizon announced that it will be modernizing all of the Department of Labor‘s legacy telecommunications and IT services after having been awarded five Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task orders with a combined worth of $887 million. Under the deal, the wireless network operator will develop a secure data and voice network at nearly 1,000 DOL offices. […]
Lumen Technologies has been awarded a task order to modernize the U.S. Postal Service‘s network services in support of more than 32,000 post offices and mail processing sites. The task order was administered through a new USPS multi-vendor, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle, Lumen said Tuesday. Zain Ahmed, senior vice president of Lumen’s public sector unit, said […]
The Department of State has published a three-year strategy to empower its workforce to make better use of data for diplomacy efforts. The enterprise data strategy highlights the department’s goal of cultivating a data-focused culture, accelerating decision making through analytics and achieving enhanced data governance, FedScoop reported. In order to actualize its vision of becoming […]
The Department of Energy has invested $27 million in advancing long-duration battery storage technology and in ensuring equitable access to energy storage. DOE earmarked $17.9 million for research and development projects aimed at expanding the manufacturing of flow battery and storage systems. Flow batteries are electrochemical batteries that use externally stored electrolytes, making them cheaper, […]
The Department of Homeland Security is launching a series of prize competitions in search of tools to combat climate change-related hazards faced by U.S. communities. A total of $195,000 will be allocated for winning technologies, which, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a 2021 Wash100 winner, hopes will increase the resilience of communities and help them address […]
