In response to a recent surge in scams, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it will allocate $240 million in grants to states to bolster fraud detection and prevention efforts. The funding includes $100 million in leftover CARES Act funding and $140 million from the American Rescue Plan. Fraudsters and other scam artists have […]
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has posted a request for information for technologies that can help law enforcement analyze crowds and their sizes. The technology solution should not rely on facial recognition capabilities. DHS said the RFI will inform the market research being conducted by S&T’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has selected DLH Holdings to provide data management and analysis, health informatics and research support for the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. Under a potential $35 million contract, DLH will support the CDC by conducting public health data management services for qualitative and quantitative scientific and non-scientific data. The […]
The Department of Energy has earmarked $61 million in funding for the development of new quantum devices and a quantum internet. DOE said breakthroughs in quantum information science can lead to new forms of computing, simulation, communication and sensing, allowing researchers to take on bigger problems. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said DOE’s national laboratories are […]
Echodyne has secured $454,099 in funding from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to explore new use cases for its Metamaterials Electronically Scanning Array radar. The Phase 5 Other Transaction Agreement funding was awarded under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program, which aims to leverage commercial technologies for homeland security use cases, DHS […]
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation have extended the deadline of a request for information related to providing artificial intelligence researchers more computing resources. On July 23, OSTP and NSF requested comments to inform the work of the National AI Research Resource Task Force. Congress put the […]
The Internal Revenue Service wants to procure augmented reality solutions to improve the user experience of taxpayers accessing its digital services. According to a draft request for proposals posted on SAM .gov, the IRS intends to utilize AR to overlay contextual information on existing public-facing tax forms, especially those accessed through mobile devices, FCW reported […]
The Department of Energy has announced new funding in support of nine research projects that will explore and develop new methods for capturing and storing carbon from the air. The funding amounts to $24 million and supports direct air capture, an expanding decarbonization field and a key element in the Biden administration’s plan to achieve […]
Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created modeling software designed to plot the energy profiles of about 129 buildings in the United States. ORNL said the Automatic Building Energy Modeling software suite uses publicly available data to create visualizations of energy consumption, informing efforts related to retrofitting and carbon emissions. Backed by the […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ new product-oriented approach to software development has improved customer experience and developer accountability, an official said. Daniel McCune, acting associate deputy assistant secretary of VA’s Enterprise Program Management Office, explained that the department previously passed products from one team to another, leading to a disconnect between the product and its […]
