Allegheny Science & Technology said it has secured a $49 million Department of Energy contract. Under the five-year Program Information Collection System and Support Services contract, AST will provide support to different offices under the DOE, including the Office of Nuclear Energy and the Idaho Operations Office. Support for DOE’s mission-critical research, development, demonstration and deployment […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology revealed on Tuesday the names of five individuals who will lead the CHIPS Research and Development Office within CHIPS for America, the organization tasked with implementing the CHIPS and Science Act. The CHIPS Research and Development Office leaders are Lora Weiss, who will serve as director; Eric Lin, […]
The Department of Homeland Security is pushing for the establishment of a DHS Information Technology Academy to bolster the technology skills of the existing workforce, including in the areas of artificial intelligence, data science and agile development. Plans to establish the academy amid the department’s $10 billion per year IT budget constraints were discussed during […]
Sonny Hashmi, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration, said the GSA is working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to build a common set of controls for Login .gov that validate digital identities, noting the importance of the identity authentication platform to the digital transformation of federal […]
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has opened the Advanced Characterization and Evaluation Laboratory, which will support the maturation of manufacturing capabilities for materials and structures. The ACEL will serve as the LLNL’s Nondestructive Evaluation group and Nondestructive Characterization Institute. It will work with a nearby manufacturing facility that allows engineers and specialists to perform classified […]
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research has secured $91.8 million in funding from the National Science Foundation to create a phased array radar that would help improve weather predictions and climate projections. The UCAR will create the Airborne Phased Array Radar, which will be installed on an aircraft and flown above oceans and landmasses to […]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories have selected seven recipients of a combined $3.5 million for one to three-year projects relating to heliostats, sun-tracking mirrors that direct light to receivers for energy storage and potential power generation. NREL and SNL are the leading organizations behind the Heliostat Consortium, […]
The Government Accountability Office said the Department of Homeland Security has yet to implement all previously issued recommendations for modernizing or replacing its critical legacy systems and other tools supporting financial, biometric identity and grants management. In a new report, GAO said DHS attempted to develop a modern financial management system for the U.S. Coast […]
The Department of Labor will provide states with up to $653 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to modernize unemployment insurance information technology systems. The IT upgrades are intended to improve performance, institute proactive anti-fraud measures and streamline claims processing. According to a press release, $600 million will be used to finance enhancements to […]
Fairfax, Virginia-based technology services provider ECS has secured a seven-year, $138 million contract to support the U.S. Postal Service’s Addressing and Geospatial Technologies Professional Support Services program. The contractor will provide enterprise applications and IT support for the AGT program’s application development, geospatial analytics, database management, helpdesk and project management offices. The company will also […]
