Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers worked with NASA to demonstrate how additive manufacturing can support space technology production. The researchers 3D-printed a wheel based on the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, which NASA plans to send to the moon in 2024 to look for resources in the lunar south pole. The wheel, made using a […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs and 13 medical providers have agreed to increase data sharing to improve health care for former warfighters. The pledge allows private-sector clinicians to access VA data to ascertain whether a patient is a veteran and inform them about benefits they are eligible for, Federal News Network reported Friday. Health care […]
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the French National Research Agency have entered into an international collaboration agreement to enhance partnerships between American and French research institutions. The agreement’s collaborative framework is provided in a memorandum of understanding that the two agencies signed on Sept. 26. Under the MOU, research project proponents from both countries […]
Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday that over 500 companies from 42 states have sent to the department statements of interest on potential incentives for industry support on the National Semiconductor Technology Center. The NSTC is a public-private consortium announced in April by the Commerce Department as a […]
The Department of Energy has granted $10 million in funding to three projects focused on superconducting tape technology manufacturing. The funding will be distributed through the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy under the Novel Superconducting Technologies for Conductors Exploratory Topic. The recipients are working on low-cost, high-temperature superconducting tapes, which could be used in nuclear fusion […]
The Department of Commerce has updated the International Trade Administration’s Semiconductor Alert Mechanism, a system to support the government’s understanding of supply chain interruptions. The Semiconductor Alert Mechanism allows microelectronics makers to share information on ongoing disruptions to improve government efforts to mitigate delays, Nextgov/FCW reported. Heather Evans, the department’s deputy assistant secretary for manufacturing, […]
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has announced six contracts worth up to $50 million in total to develop new health data security solutions. The contracts were awarded through APRA-H’s Digital Health Security project and will go to initiatives focused on automated patching, ransomware intervention, cognitive health assistance, cyber reasoning techniques and electronic health […]
The Government Accountability Office has urged government agencies to ensure their contractors use the E-Verify program to confirm their employees’ eligibility to work in the United States. E-Verify is a web-based system allowing enrolled employers to perform remote document examinations. Under the Office of Management and Budget’s Federal Acquisition Regulation, agencies are required to include […]
The Login.gov platform is now being used in all Cabinet agencies to support identity authentication for at least one program or application. Government agencies use Login.gov under agreements with the General Services Administration for the public to securely sign in to various government applications using a single account and password. The Department of Homeland Security […]
Congress has extended a moratorium on the Federal Aviation Administration’s ability to regulate commercial spaceflight safety from Oct. 1 to Jan. 1, 2024. The extension is part of a continuing resolution lawmakers passed on Saturday that also includes a three-month reauthorization of the FAA, SpaceNews reported. Lawmakers are deliberating on a longer reauthorization for the […]
