The Department of Energy has issued a contract to BWXT Technologies for continued environmental management work at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio. The contract extension amounts to a total of $690 million, including all options. The agreement with the DOD took effect on March 29. The contract has a one-year option and includes […]
President Joe Biden has named Robin Carnahan as his pick for administrator of the General Services Administration. Carnahan has four years of experience serving as director of the state and local government practice at 18F, a tech consultancy within GSA. During her four-year tenure, she helped federal, state and local government agencies deliver improved customer […]
Petrolern, a green energy technology company, has received a $1.15 million grant from the Department of Energy to advance earth stress estimation technology. Failure to create reasonable accurate earth stress models can lead to wellbore failure, poor performance of reservoirs, induced siesmicity, cap-rock integrity issues, the inability to monitor fluid movement and inappropriate well placement, […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Transportation Security Administration are taking a “federated approach” when moving data to the cloud, according to the agencies’ respective chief data officers. ICE CDO Ken Clark said his agency accounts for all aspects of policy issues, technology and security management across all product lines when working with cloud-bound data, […]
Reps. Nancy Mace and Mike Bost have introduced a new bill that would instruct the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs to steer a communications campaign aimed at educating former military members on the modern digital dangers they could face. The Veterans’ Cyber Risk Awareness Act states that disinformation, identify theft, fraud and scams, […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been able to provide enhanced health care nationwide owing to improvements in telehealth and digital services that it invested in during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at an AFCEA Bethesda virtual event, Dr. Kevin Galpin, executive director for telehealth services at VA’s Office of Connected Care, said […]
The Department of Homeland Security is asking industry to submit proposals for collaborative projects aimed at developing advanced security technologies. On March 30, DHS announced the 2021 call for proposals for the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Homeland Security program. The call for proposals seeks to stimulate, promote and support industrial research and development […]
Accenture Federal Services has won a $453 million prime contract to support the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Digital GI Bill delivery program. The contract calls for IT improvements to the process of claiming education-related benefits for veterans and their dependents, AFS said Monday. Shawn Roman, the company’s client account lead for VA, said the Digital […]
The Department of Energy is offering $43 billion through its Loan Programs Office to provide support for electric vehicle and energy projects. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm revived the LPO after years of dormancy under the Trump administration, starting with the appointment of Jigar Shah as office director. LPO finances U.S.-based projects through its three lending […]
President Joe Biden said he plans to nominate Maryanne Donaghy to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection. Donaghy currently serves as an attorney general and senior adviser at the University of Delaware’s Biden Institute. She is credited with establishing an inspector general’s office for Philadelphia’s school district, Federal News […]
