The Department of Veterans Affairs has filled five leadership posts, including the role of chief of staff within the Office of the Secretary. Tanya Bradsher, who most recently served as special assistant to the president and senior director for partnerships and global engagements at the National Security Council, has been named chief of staff. Bradsher’s […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded AirBoss Defense Group a potential $576 million contract for the procurement of nitrile rubber gloves. The purpose of the contract is to increase the nitrile glove supply of HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. The gloves will be used for nonsurgical purposes […]
The Department of Energy has earmarked $4 million in funding for clean energy technologies as part of a partnership with Israel. The funding is from the Binational Industrial Research and Development Energy, an effort to promote U.S.-Israeli partnerships in commercializing renewable and energy efficiency technologies, the Department of Energy said Monday. “The more we share […]
The Department of Energy has appointed Tracey LeBeau as interim administrator and chief executive officer of the Western Area Power Administration. In her new role, LeBeau will lead one of four power marketing administrations within the DOE tasked with transmitting wholesale electricity from multi-use water projects. WAPA serves customers across 15 states, including Montana, North […]
The Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health has been selected to evaluate the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s Blue Campaign. Blue Campaign is a national public awareness campaign aimed at educating the public on the indicators of human trafficking and on how to respond to possible cases, DHS said. Harvard […]
The Technology Modernization Fund Board has awarded the Department of Labor $9.6 million in funding to support the modernization of its enterprise data platform. A portion of the funding will be used to make DOL data more accessible to other agencies, developers and researchers. The department also intends to use the funds to enhance evidence-based […]
The Department of Energy is set to begin the design and construction of the Grid Storage Launchpad at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The $75 million GSL facility will serve as a research hub for boosting clean energy adaptation and grid resilience. Its primary focus is on accelerating the development and deployment of grid energy […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has set up a new commission that will be tasked with recommending the next VA undersecretary for health. Members of the commission will select the new leader of the Veterans Health Administration, the country’s largest healthcare system with an approximate annual budget of $61 billion. VA said in a statement […]
Envistacom has secured a prime position under the $2 billion Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business Government-Wide Acquisition Contract. The two-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity CIO-SP3 contract supports federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services. Task orders under the $2 billion deal will support […]
The Department of Homeland Security has announced two awards under the Secure and Resilient Mobile Network Infrastructure project, a joint effort between the DHS Science and Technology Directorate and the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency. SRMNI is aimed at helping CISA secure the information and communications technology supply chain as well as critical mobile network infrastructure. […]
