The National Institutes of Health has launched a new website that will allow the public to anonymously report positive or negative results of self-administered COVID-19 tests. MakeMyTestCount.org was developed through NIH’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostic technology program with support from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. Rapid test kits are now widely used […]
FireHUD has won a $200,000 Phase 1 other transaction authority award from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate for the development of a rugged armband meant to protect against injuries to first responders and industrial workers by collecting physiological information to address health issues. S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program solicited FireHUD’s services […]
The Department of Energy will support selected projects focused on the expansion and modernization of the U.S. electric grid. Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the agency will provide $13 billion in funding to enhance the reliability of the power grid and produce clean, affordable electricity for American communities and businesses as part of the Biden-Harris […]
The Small Business Innovation Research Program at the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has issued a presolicitation notice detailing seven topics for research and development work. Interested parties are permitted to review and ask questions about the subject areas, which cover emerging cybersecurity tools and processes such as real-time cyberattack detection, air […]
The Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service has entered into a five-year, $54 million agreement with Tyler Technologies for the Case Management Development Platform, a low-code application development system intended to enable agencies to deploy business process management applications tailored to their requirements. The contract award extends ongoing services for the State Department, which has […]
Lockheed Martin Space has partnered with computer graphics card manufacturer NVIDIA to build a digital twin solution for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The AI-driven Earth Observations Digital Twin will provide NOAA with a centralized approach to monitoring extreme weather events and other global environmental conditions. The digital twin will use data from satellites […]
The Government Accountability Office conducted a 13-month review of the U.S. Secret Service’s zero trust architecture adoption and found that the agency did not align its adoption strategy with the required cybersecurity standards and objectives the Office of Management and Budget identified in a memo in January. The review was conducted from October 2021 to […]
The Department of Energy has announced nearly $350 million in funding for emerging Long-Duration Energy Storage demonstration projects. The funding will go towards the demonstration of solutions that can provide at least 10 hours of electricity in support of a low-cost, carbon-free electric grid. The funding opportunity will support advancements in renewable energy technologies, enhance […]
ICF has won two five-year contracts worth a total of $34 million from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs to support efforts to combat forced and child labor with research and advisory services. Under the new agreements, company experts will apply new technologies to track down where illicit worker activities originate from […]
SambaNova Systems will deliver its DataScale system to the Argonne National Laboratory to help accelerate artificial intelligence utilization. DataScale will be used to accelerate AI for large-scale data imaging, large language models and other scientific workloads. The solution will be made available through the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility AI Testbed, a platform that allows researchers […]
