The National Archives and Records Administration’s effort to help the Department of Veterans Affairs digitize the records of veterans bore fruit during the pandemic, a VA official said. Ken Smith, assistant deputy secretary for the Veterans Benefits Administration, said the government has been digitizing the benefits claims process and VA’s databases since 2011, GovernmentCIO Media […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has entered into a public-private partnership agreement with nonprofit organization Global Health Investment Corporation to build and commercialize technologies and medical products that will help the U.S. government respond to future health security threats. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority’s venture arm has been tasked with leading […]
Jim Edman, South Dakota’s chief information security officer, is set to become one of the new statewide coordinators for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Edman will step down as the state’s CISO on June 8, wrapping up a nearly 40-year career at the state government. He will formally join CISA on June 21 and […]
Aemetis, a renewable technology company, has been granted a license to use a patented, government-funded technology designed to produce low-carbon renewable fuels from waste food feedstocks. The technology was funded by the Department of Energy and the California Energy Commission. Aemetis said it developed the technology in collaboration with Sandia National Labs and the Joint […]
Xavier Becerra, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has released a statement expressing his support for Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the newly appointed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator. Brooks-LaSure was formally sworn in by Becerra on May 27 after a bipartisan confirmation by the Senate, the HHS said. Becerra, a 2021 Wash100 […]
AT&T has been awarded $306 million in task orders to modernize the Department of Homeland Security’s telecommunications infrastructure. Under the terms of four task orders, AT&T will provide internet protocol-based networking services to the DHS headquarters, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Science and Technology Directorate. Work would be done […]
Keith Nakasone, the federal information technology procurement leader, is scheduled to leave his position at the General Services Administration on June 1. Nakasone has served as deputy assistant commissioner of acquisition management within the Office of Information Technology Category at the GSA since January 2017. He will leave the agency after spending 32 years in […]
The Department of Homeland Security plans to issue regulations for pipeline security in the wake of the Darkside ransomware attack directed at Colonial Pipeline. A report from the Washington Post suggests that the security directives could be launched within the week, requiring pipeline companies to report cyber incidents to federal authorities. A DHS spokesperson said […]
The Department of Energy’s commercialization executive has called for more public-private partnerships in quantum information science. Quantum information science is the convergence of classical information science and the principles of quantum mechanics. Rima Kasia Oueid, from DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions, said the emerging interdisciplinary field has the potential to enhance the U.S. power grid, […]
The Department of Energy announced that the G7 has launched an initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in heavy industries. Led by the United States and the United Kingdom, the G7 Industrial Decarbonization Agenda is aimed at decarbonizing the steel, cement, chemical and other similar sectors to address climate change, DOE said. The IDA will […]
