The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Commerce have increased the capacity of the Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System by 20 percent, improving forecast model guidance and enabling advancements in weather prediction. According to NOAA, WCOSS improvements allow the twin supercomputers to operate at 14.5 petaflops each and generate 29 quadrillion […]
The White House is seeking public input on securing open-source software development. In a request for information posted on Thursday, the Office of the National Cyber Director and other agencies asked what areas the federal government should prioritize and what policy and technical barriers should be considered. They also asked how to support efforts to […]
The U.S. Digital Service will establish stronger partnerships with government tech organizations, including the Technology Transformation Services, the Technology Modernization Fund and the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer, to help with resource allocation and achieve objectives under its 2024 strategic plan. USDS Administrator Mina Hsiang said the agency will pilot new types of […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking feedback on a draft of the Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, the successor to a 2014 document meant to help organizations understand, address and communicate about cyber risks. NIST intends for the new version to reflect changes in the field and simplify implementation. Cherilyn Pascoe, the CSF 2.0’s […]
Researchers from four national laboratories have explored the potential of an exascale supercomputer to help grid operators predict and prevent power disruption events caused by different weather events. The study used Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Frontier supercomputer to run the HiOp high-performance computing software from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, enabling simulations that helped identify over […]
Projects at Northeastern University, New York University and DeepSig Inc. will receive the first round of awards under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund amounting to $5.48 million. The fund from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration totals $1.5 billion to support developers of open-architecture approaches to communications networks. The CHIPS […]
Ninety-three scientists and researchers have been selected to receive $135 million combined funding from the Department of Energy to perform research on various topics, including artificial intelligence, astrophysics and fusion energy. Research work will be conducted within a five-year period under the Office of Science’s Early Career Research Program. The selected individuals are from universities […]
The top officials of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Communications Commission said in a blog post that both agencies are working to address shortages in Border Gateway Protocol cybersecurity measures. BGP is the protocol that manages how data packets get distributed across worldwide networks through routing and information exchange. It provides […]
The Federal Communications Commission has started an investigation to better understand non-federal radio spectrum usage and how its management can be improved by new data sources and technology such as artificial intelligence. In a notice of inquiry posted on Friday, the FCC said that AI could streamline spectrum use and lead to new spectrum-sharing techniques […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded woman-owned small business Dignari a one-year, $4.9 million task order for technical support to the Integrated Multi-Domain Enterprise Capability Analysis, Development and Integration Support program. The task order is part of a larger $15 million contract with a potential two-year period of performance. IMDE is a public-private information-sharing […]
