The Department of Energy has launched the Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence for Science, Security and Technology program to speed up the federal government’s AI research efforts. According to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the FASST initiative would bank on the supercomputing facilities and the scientific expertise of the 17 national laboratories under the DOE. The […]
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vanderbilt University are collaborating to ensure robust and reliable artificial intelligence models. Under the new partnership, the two organizations will work to ensure AI systems are capable of handling challenging national security issues, test and assess the resiliency of AI tools and improve decision-makers’ confidence in using AI-enabled technologies […]
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has named a permanent chief information officer. In a press release issued on Wednesday, the U.S. nuclear regulator promoted Deputy CIO Scott Flanders to the CIO role, effective June 2. Flanders joined NRC in 1991 as a reactor engineer intern and later moved to the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has selected Micky Tripathi to serve as chief artificial intelligence officer in an acting capacity while a permanent replacement has yet to be named. Tripathi will perform the CAIO responsibilities in addition to his existing work as the agency’s national coordinator for health IT and co-chair of the […]
The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled its inaugural Innovation, Research and Development Strategic Plan aimed at guiding the department’s investments over the next seven fiscal years. The IRD Strategic Plan, crafted by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate and directed by Defense Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, seeks to optimize research and development to address evolving […]
The FBI Finance and Facilities Division, Procurement Section, has selected 95 vendors to participate in the Information Technology Supplies and Support Services 2nd Generation blanket purchase agreement. ITSSS-2 provides the FBI with a reliable vendor pool to source critical information technology services that will help it carry out its mission in the next eight years. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is developing physical security performance goals to address physical threats that could impact critical infrastructure operations. In an interview, David Mussington, CISA’s executive assistant director for infrastructure security, highlighted the need to address “worsening” insider threats to 16 critical infrastructure sectors. The agency plans to coordinate with industry stakeholders […]
The Department of Commerce is extending up to $75 million in direct funding to Absolics, an affiliate of South Korea-based SKC, to fund the construction of a facility in Covington, Georgia, and develop a substrate technology for semiconductor advanced packaging use. The non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms signed by the two organizations marks the first […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has confirmed that Jeff Greene, a former cyber staff member of the White House National Security Council, will join CISA in June. CNN previously reported that Greene, the cybersecurity programs senior director at the Aspen Institute, will take on the assistant director of cybersecurity role, replacing Eric Goldstein, who […]
A joint statement from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and the European Commission highlighted the importance of securing radioactive sources to prevent them from falling into the hands of bad actors. The “Joint Statement on Enhancing Radioactive Source Security” aims to achieve the goal by building upon existing programs in the United […]
