The Biden administration has announced $1.5 billion in additional funding for the federal government’s national laboratories. According to the Department of Energy, the funding will be used to upgrade facilities, modernize infrastructure and address maintenance projects. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said the resources will be used to develop advanced technologies. The funding will come from […]
The Department of Transportation has tapped Mitre to facilitate the sharing of sensitive information on a platform designed to enable collaborative testing of transportation safety solutions prior to deploying the technologies on national highways. The Virtual Open Innovation Collaborative Environment for Safety platform, built by the Federal Highway Administration, will allow transportation innovators to assess […]
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has awarded Oklo a $6.1 million cost-share contract to reuse used nuclear fuel from light water reactors. ARPA-E tasked the company to collaborate with Argonne National Laboratory, Cave Western Reserve University and Deep Isolation, a nuclear waste solutions firm located in Berkeley, California. The work is part […]
Federal officials said health agencies within the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense should be deliberate in their efforts to build trust in their artificial intelligence solutions. Scott McKeithen, product manager for health analytics within the DOD’s Chief Digital and AI Office, said during a General Dynamics Information Technology event that explaining […]
Rob Brown, the chief technology officer of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, said at an American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council event in October that a search for a director of user experience is underway. He explained that the idea for the position came about from an emerging need for central oversight of design […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Accenture Federal Services a prime position on Accelerating VA Innovation and Learning, a five-year, $650 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract intended to generate scalable health care technology solutions. Shawn Roman, the company’s account lead for the agency, said emerging capabilities such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and telehealth will be […]
The Internal Revenue Service is seeking a managed service solution that would help modernize its enterprise file storage system. According to a request for information, the new EFS would be an enterprise content management platform that integrates the IRS Enterprise Electronic Fax and other systems. The platform must work independently and have a configurable set […]
The Department of Energy will award a total of $39 million to 16 projects overseen by academic and commercial organizations aimed at increasing yields of metals and rare earth materials such as copper, lithium and cobalt for clean energy hardware. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery program will handle funding […]
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will establish a new office in early 2023 to adapt to the rapid changes in the financial technology sector. According to the OCC, the planned Office of Financial Technology will provide strategic leadership, vision and perspective for the OCC’s fintech activities and related supervision. It will incorporate […]
The U.S. government is finalizing a deal with its allies to limit China’s access to advanced semiconductors and related equipment. Alan Estevez, the undersecretary of commerce for industry and security, said during a Center for a New American Security-hosted event on Oct. 27 that officials are working to ensure that China-focused export controls announced by […]
