The Department of Energy said it will invest up to $35 million in a new program aimed at advancing technology to reduce methane emissions in the sectors of oil, gas and coal. DOE’s funding opportunity is part of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, a Department of Defense-inspired program tasked with promoting the research and development of […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has partnered with the DefenseWerx nonprofit to advance homeland security technology. S&T’s Office of Industry Partnership entered into a partnership intermediary agreement with DWX to conduct collaborative activities with small businesses and institutions, DHS said. DHS said the partnership provides access to DWX’s network of innovation […]
President Joe Biden has named his nominees for key leadership positions at the departments of Veterans Affairs, Labor, Energy and Transportation. Biden wants to nominate Matt Quinn for under secretary for memorial affairs at the VA and Doug Parker for assistant secretary for occupational safety and health at the DOL. He is also eyeing Ali […]
The Department of Homeland Security has certified the Department of Justice’s Security Operations Center as a cybersecurity center of excellence. JSOC achieved the milestone following a cybersecurity assessment under the Cybersecurity Service Provider program, DHS announced Thursday. According to the DOJ website, JSOC supports government customers by serving as a central hub for network monitoring, […]
CACI International is among the companies that have been selected for a five-year, multi-award Department of Homeland Security blanket purchase agreement that has a total federal program value of $700 million. Under the agreement, the DHS is calling on the Arlington, Virginia-headquartered company to help conduct national security investigations. The contract will cover enterprise technology […]
The Department of Energy is offering $61.4 million in funding for biofuels research in hopes of reducing transportation emissions. The investment falls under the Bioenergy Technologies Office Scale-Up and Conversion funding opportunity. The DOE is specifically interested in research projects that could deepen the knowledge needed to produce low-cost, low-carbon biofuels. Interested parties have until […]
Mesur. io, an environmental data company, will provide analysis and reporting of outbreak-related data to the Department of Homeland Security. The Science and Technology Directorate awarded the North Carolina-based company $199,648 in funding under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program‘s Emerging Needs: COVID-19 Response & Future Mitigation solicitation, DHS said Monday. Mesur .io’s work will support […]
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, […]
