The Federal Aviation Administration has clarified that it does not use ChatGPT after a Department of Transportation document indicated that air traffic personnel were employing the tool to support code writing. Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT is a chatbot whose underlying neural network is capable of processing and producing human-like text. It is utilized to answer […]
The National Institutes of Health has selected ASRC Federal Data Solutions to collect and analyze environmental health data under a five-year, $90 million contract for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Division of Translational Toxicology. The company will develop automated data management pipelines to speed up data collection, curation and reporting. Contract work will […]
Ball Aerospace has been chosen to design the radio frequency front-end system for the National Center of Atmospheric Research’s Airborne Phased Array Radar program. The company and NCAR partnered in years of studies on the system. The two will now collaborate on its final proof of concept. Designed as NCAR’s next-generation tool for critical weather […]
Solution Technology Systems, doing business as Pluribus Digital, has received a $135 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Pluribus Digital, a woman-owned small business, will provide the DHS with biometrics information management services, IT operations and maintenance and development solutions for the agency’s customer profile management systems and […]
Jay Lewis, formerly a partner at Microsoft’s Silicon Projects, has joined the CHIPS Research and Development Office, where he will oversee programmatic and functional areas supporting the National Semiconductor Technology Center. The Department of Commerce expects that a new independent, nonprofit entity would begin operating the NSTC, which supports the development of innovative semiconductor technology […]
The Department of Justice is merging the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section to go after ransomware actors targeting digital assets. According to Nicole Argentieri, principal deputy attorney general at DOJ, ransomware deterrence is a key priority for the department, and combining the two investigation units would double the […]
Brookhaven National Laboratory has selected John Hill as its new deputy director for science and technology, replacing Robert Tribble, who held the role for eight years. Hill has served the Department of Energy-supported laboratory since 1992 in various capacities, most recently as the director of the National Synchrotron Light Source II, a DOE Office of […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a five-year, $60 million contract to PlanetiQ to supply the agency with operational radio occultation data for numerical weather models. The contract is the company’s first from NOAA, although other government agencies have previously tapped PlanetiQ’s weather data for evaluation and testing. Ira Scharf, PlanetiQ chief executive, […]
The National Science Foundation, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office have agreed to extend public access to digital elevation models generated using commercially obtained imagery. Under the agreement, NRO modified its contract with Maxar Technologies, thereby providing the U.S. government long-term access to imagery collected over the Arctic and Antarctic. The imagery […]
Castillo Technologies, doing business as Cloud Computing Technologies, has received a Multiple Award Schedule contract from the General Services Administration, under which it will offer a range of cloud computing and IT professional services. These services include deep learning, DevSecOps and AI with data security governance, CCT said. The contract is part of the GSA […]
