President Joe Biden has added eight new members to the National Science Board, including Merlin Theodore, who leads the advanced fibers manufacturing group in the Manufacturing Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She will serve a six-year term on the National Science Foundation’s governing board, which is responsible for helping the NSF recommend national […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has adopted the cybersecurity asset management solution of Axonius Federal Systems to increase network visibility, identify asset gaps and potential vulnerabilities, and rapidly resolve system issues. Axonius has worked with CMS since 2021 to automate how asset information is accessed and establish a process through which the agency […]
The Department of Energy has awarded six companies a total of $1.8 million in funding to help the manufacturing industry improve its energy efficiency and productivity. Under the High-Performance Computing for Manufacturing program, the six awardees will use high-performance computing capabilities offered by the department’s supercomputers to optimize processes and end-use products. The six recipients […]
Software developer OmniSync has secured a five-year, phase III award from the Department of Energy to build the Small Business Innovation Research Partnering Platform. The platform will use artificial intelligence algorithms to pair SBIR or Small Business Technology Transfer applicants and awardees with industry partners, investors, subject matter experts and other relevant stakeholders to help […]
Seven federal laboratories have received contract awards with a combined value of $1.1 million from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to accelerate the research and development and commercialization of federally funded technologies designed to address critical homeland security challenges. Within the next two years, the laboratories are expected to reach technology […]
The Department of Energy will supply $2.3 million in investments to 10 projects by industry scientists under a public-private initiative aimed at researching fusion power technologies. With funding provided as part of the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy program, commercial firms will work with Energy Department-sponsored national laboratories to advance scientific knowledge and come up […]
Security services provider Cloudflare has received a $7.2 million Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency contract for registry and authoritative domain name system services for the .gov top-level domain. Cloudflare will provide managed DNS services and DNS hosting for .gov domains. The company will also support CISA’s efforts in reducing the attack surface for .gov infrastructure […]
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a prime position on the $2.6 billion Systems Engineering and Technical Innovative Solutions indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Fourteen other companies have secured a prime position on the IDIQ contract, including Booz Allen Hamilton, LS Technologies, Noblis and Oasis Systems. Each SETIS contract has a three-year base period […]
The National Institutes of Health has appointed Brian Goodger as the director of the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center. According to a NITAAC press release, Goodger will oversee the agency’s employees and in-house contractor staff and provide strategic oversight for governmentwide acquisition contracts, assisted acquisitions, governmentwide strategic services and other initiatives associated with […]
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to establish the Space Bureau, which would be responsible for setting policies for the satellite industry. The new rulemaking body will emerge from a proposed overhaul of the International Bureau, an entity that handles telecommunications and satellite programs, moderates spectrum usage and promotes the U.S.’ related interests globally. The […]
