The Department of Veterans Affairs will stick with the Cerner Millennium platform for its $16 billion electronic health record modernization effort, a top official announced. VA Secretary Denis McDonough said it will likely take two more weeks for the department to determine whether additional changes to the program should be made, FedScoop reported Wednesday. Cerner […]
The Department of Homeland Security has added nearly 300 new cybersecurity professionals to its ranks, with 500 tentative jobs still up for grabs. The massive hiring campaign was launched in early May as part of the agency’s 60-day cybersecurity workforce sprint. Initially, the plan was to hire 200 new cyber employees by July 1. Given […]
The Department of Energy is providing $93 million in funding to support 71 research projects that seek to explore high energy physics. The projects will study the basics of energy science that could lead to technological advancements in various fields such as national security, energy technologies, computing and medicine, the DOE said Monday. The High […]
Catalyst Communications Technologies has received government funding to develop interoperable communication systems for public safety. The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded the company $2.99 million under a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research award. Catalyst began work on its interoperable communications solution under Phase I and Phase II contracts awarded by the Department […]
The Government Accountability Office found that poor coordination hampered the Department of Health and Human Services’ ability to routinely share cyber threat information with private sector partners. In its report, GAO attributed the problem to a disconnect between the Healthcare Threat Operations Center, a federal interagency program co-led by HHS that provides descriptive and actionable […]
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has awarded $2 million for the development of non-contact, inexpensive machine learning and classification technologies. Physical Sciences Inc. and Alakai Defense Systems each received about $1 million in Small Business Innovation Research Phase II funding, DHS said. Following a successful Phase I technology demonstration, the two […]
Clean energy plant developer Oklo has received a contract from the Department of Energy under the Technology Commercialization Fund. Under the $2 million cost-share award, Oklo will match $1 million in funds and partner with the DOE and Argonne National Laboratory to help commercialize advanced fuel recycling capabilities. The TCF project will focus on using […]
A newly introduced bill in the Senate proposes the establishment of cyber workforce apprenticeship programs within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Upon the enactment of the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Expansion Act, CISA would have two years to set up a federally-funded training program to create a talent pipeline […]
Curtiss-Wright, an arms component manufacturer and service provider, is slated to help the Department of Energy develop digital twin technology for advanced nuclear reactors. Digital twins are digital representations of real-world objects and are commonly used in modern digital engineering. “Curtiss-Wright is uniquely positioned to participate in the next generation of advanced nuclear reactors and […]
Fifty-nine jurisdictions will share the initial $200 million funding issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen the country’s disease intervention specialist workforce. The DIS workforce development funding will be rolled out annually through 2025 for a $1 billion total. It is being awarded […]
