The Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office has awarded a K2 Construction Consultants-led team a potential five-year, $253 million contract for anti-WMD detection support. Under the contract, K2, Parsons and Culmen International will deploy radiation portal monitors for the Radiation Portal Monitor Program, which supports first responders’ ability to detect and […]
The Environmental Protection Agency has scrapped a March memorandum requiring cybersecurity audits of water utilities using sanitary surveys, citing legal challenges by some states and industry groups. Experts had questioned whether sanitary surveys were appropriate given that some auditors were not qualified to assess industrial system cybersecurity, FedScoop reported Thursday. Arkansas, Iowa and Missouri blocked […]
The National Science Foundation has awarded GuardianSat a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer grant to accelerate the development of a sensor system designed for satellites to autonomously detect objects and avoid space debris. GuardianSat will work on its Autonomous Satellite Orbital Debris Avoidance System in partnership with The Aerospace Corporation under a Phase I […]
The National Science Foundation’s effort to push research on an artificial intelligence-driven Safe Learning-Enabled Systems program has gained traction, with an NSF official saying that they have received “what appear to be some really fantastic proposals.” Michael Littman, NSF Division of Information and Intelligent Systems director, said the SLES research challenge is to develop a […]
Canada-based cybersecurity company BlackBerry has secured a seven-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Department of Homeland Security to build and sustain the Super Enterprise for Personnel Emergency Notification System. American Systems and Four Points Technology will contribute to the software and services delivery, Blackberry said Wednesday. BlackBerry said its AtHoc critical incident management solution will serve […]
A committee assembled by the Department of Commerce has named seven individuals to lead the nonprofit responsible for the National Semiconductor Technology Center, the CHIPS for America program’s research and development arm. The NSTC will facilitate collaboration and innovation within the semiconductor industry while reducing the cost and time needed to commercialize new technology, the […]
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced that it will oversee three new DOE-funded fusion energy research projects on ways to accelerate the technology’s adoption into the power grid. According to Phil Snyder, interim director of ORNL’s Fusion Energy Division, the projects mainly seek to combine fusion science and technology for cost-effective […]
The National Archives and Records Administration published a bulletin in late September about collaboration platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Laurence Brewer, NARA’s chief records officer, said the directive will guide agencies managing records involving such applications, Federal News Network reported. In an interview with Federal News Network at the recent 930 Gov conference, […]
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has exercised a five-year option period in a contract awarded to Fluor Marine Propulsion to support the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. With the extension, the Fluor-owned special purpose entity will continue managing and operating the Naval Nuclear Laboratory’s primary sites in New York, Pennsylvania and Idaho through […]
Leaders from over 30 government agencies, user research facilities and manufacturing institutes have participated in the inaugural Nanotechnology Infrastructure Leaders Summit at the White House. The summit was designed to encourage collaboration between researchers, entrepreneurs and industry on the development of innovative products and materials that begin at the nanoscale, such as electronic devices, sensors, […]
