The Department of Energy will provide Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II funding worth over $68 million to 53 small businesses working on projects focused on advanced scientific computing research, basic energy sciences, biological and environmental research and nuclear physics. Some of the projects involve the development of tools for […]
The Federal Chief Information Officers Council’s innovation committee organized the Fraud Detection and Prevention Symposium, which ran Tuesday at the General Services Administration headquarters in Washington, D.C. Ann Dunkin, Department of Energy CIO and a leader on the innovation committee, explained that the event was meant to serve as a venue for sharing best practices […]
House lawmakers are asking the Department of Homeland Security and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to review connections between domestic extremist violence and critical infrastructure threats. Reps. Bennie Thompson, Eric Swalwell and Seth Magaziner asked the CISA and the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis to provide detailed information on domestic attacks on critical […]
ICF has secured a recompete contract from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water to continue supporting the agency’s effort to protect people from contaminants in U.S. drinking and recreational waters. Under a five-year, $31 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the EPA will be provided with data analytics, visualization and systematic literature review services and advanced technology […]
A draft executive order obtained by FCW contains language that would mandate the nationwide implementation of Login.gov, a digital identity verification shared service developed by the General Services Administration. The White House aims to push Login .gov across federal, state and local programs, providing each user with a single, reusable account across government institutions. The […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected 10 winners of its $20 million Mission Daybreak grand challenge, focused on developing solutions for bringing down the military and veteran suicide rate. According to Shereef Elnahal, VA’s undersecretary for health, the chosen suicide prevention solutions were built to address various needs of veterans instead of “taking a […]
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded Leidos a contract to upgrade imaging technologies deployed at airport security checkpoints. Under the contract, Leidos will upgrade all Pro:Vision Advanced Imaging Technology systems with an artificial intelligence-based algorithm. The upgrade will work to improve threat detection and reduce false alarms. The software update is expected to take several […]
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a two-year, $2.5 million grant to Melax Technologies and Brigham and Women’s Medical Center for the development of a clinical decision support system that utilizes deep learning and natural language processing algorithms to detect cognitive decline in patients based on their electronic health records. According to Jingcheng Du, […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded Electrosoft Services a prime contract to provide technical engineering and standards updates to Special Publications related to Federal Information Processing Standard 201-3. FIPS 201-3 is a guideline that is meant to standardize a personal identity verification system for government employees and contractors. It was updated by […]
Four new vulnerabilities found in Microsoft and Apple products were added on Tuesday to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s catalog of system flaws that malicious threat actors frequently exploit to gain access to federal civilian executive branch networks. The Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog contains recommended actions to protect the federal enterprise. FCEB agencies are […]
