IT modernization and the adoption of emerging technologies are among the top priorities of the Department of State to counter China’s and Russia’s disinformation campaigns and achieve data-informed diplomacy. During an event hosted by The Atlantic Council, Ambassador Dereck Hogan, the principal deputy assistant secretary in the department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, said […]
The Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate has launched a new initiative designed to create secure and easy-to-use identity validation technologies. The Remote Identity Validation Technology Demonstration challenge will require participating organizations from the private industry to deliver secure, accurate and easy-to-use remote technologies to combat identity fraud in a variety of contexts […]
The Government Accountability Office has determined that the Department of Veterans Affairs directed a portion of the $36.7 billion in COVID-19 relief funds it received from three pieces of legislation toward veterans’ health care, digital operations and information technology services. In a report published Tuesday, the watchdog said the money was used to improve telehealth […]
The National Nuclear Security Administration has launched a new effort to improve future nuclear arms control arrangements and is seeking input from industry members about potential technologies. Jill Hruby, the administrator of the NNSA and the undersecretary of energy for nuclear security, said in an online interview with the Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance that new […]
Several companies and organizations, including Intel, Microsoft, Micron and Synopsys, have committed to reducing the energy consumption of microelectronics under a partnership with the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and five other national laboratories. As part of the agreement, the partner companies pledged to increase the energy efficiency of microelectronics every two years for […]
The National Science Foundation has awarded the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Project Office a $2.8 million grant to advance accelerated wireless innovation. The funding will support the PAWR Project Office’s wireless technology testbeds and the organization’s efforts to improve open radio access networks, spectrum sharing, drone-based wireless systems and other key research areas. The […]
The National Energy Technology Laboratory has awarded KeyLogic Systems a five-year, $99 million prime contract for strategic systems analysis, planning and partnership support as well as assistance with testing, development and technology transfer. Deloitte Consulting will join a team of specialty subcontractors, academic organizations and small business partners led by KeyLogic. According to John Ramsey, […]
The Department of Agriculture has awarded Aleut Information Technology a potential two-year contract to improve four USDA public websites and enhance user experience. Aleut is tasked to provide information technology consulting and professional services and design and upgrade the web portals of the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, Farm Service Agency, Risk Management Agency […]
The leaders of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee have written letters to the Federal Communications Commission urging it not to share spectrum band allocations used for weather forecasting services. The warning follows the release of the Spectrum Pipeline Reallocation Engineering Study, which revealed that spectrum sharing between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
ECS will migrate software, business workflows and forms to Microsoft SharePoint Online and modernize untransferrable legacy systems on Microsoft Power Platform under a support contract with the Internal Revenue Service. According to company president John Heneghan, the agreement will result in an enhanced experience for taxpayers and more efficient services. The deal has a two-year […]
