David Turk has formally assumed the role of deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. He was sworn in by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm after a bipartisan 98-2 confirmation vote in the Senate. Previously, Turk served as the deputy executive director of the Paris-based International Energy Agency, the DOE said Thursday. During his four-year stint […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is creating a digital platform to modernize the way it administers education benefits under the GI Bill. The VA awarded a contract to Accenture Federal Services to build the Digital GI Bill platform under a 10-year, $453 million task order. Since being enacted into law in 1944, the GI Bill […]
The Department of Energy has awarded 16 teams with contracts amounting to a total of $27.5 million to work on water infrastructure projects aimed at decarbonizing water infrastructure by reducing energy use. Teams from water utilities, universities, manufacturers, national laboratories as well as small- and minority-owned businesses are tasked with using modern technology that could […]
The University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory will help the Department of Homeland Security develop testing criteria for digital contact tracing applications. UW-APL will also help the directorate explore policy considerations for the use of DCT apps, some of which pose privacy and civil liberty concerns, according to DHS. Work will be done under the […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to postpone future rollouts of its new electronic health records system to make way for a strategic review of persisting issues. The modernized EHR system, which the agency created in collaboration with Cerner, is intended to serve as a single records management system for veterans. It is also […]
The Department of Defense has earmarked up to $34.5 million for two new funding opportunities focused on clean energy and climate solutions technologies. The efforts will fund data science methods and artificial intelligence technologies for use in clean energy, energy efficiency and extreme weather predictions, the Department of Energy said. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm […]
Kevin Duvall, the acting chief data officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, said on March 18 that the organization’s process of COVID-19 data collection and sharing has changed as the pandemic continues to affect people’s lives. He explained that the evolution of data collection and sharing allows the HHS to meet the […]
The Department of Energy has committed $30 million for quantum information science research to help scientists understand nature at the nanoscopic scale. The funding will go to five Nanoscale Science Research Centers, which are interdisciplinary research centers that work on new tools and computing capabilities, the Department of Energy said. “Quantum computing and devices are […]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers has raised concerns about patient care issues in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ modernized electronic health record system. In a letter sent to VA Secretary Denis McDonough, McMorris Rodgers said veterans are facing dangerous and unacceptable delays in medical services, with some struggling to fill their prescriptions with the new EHR […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has appointed Kevin Duvall to serve as its new acting chief data officer. According to his LinkedIn profile, Duvall has been serving in the interim role since February. He assumed the position from Perryn Ashmore, who had worked as both CDO and chief information officer for the health […]
