The Senate has confirmed Dimitri Kusnezov as the Department of Homeland Security’s undersecretary for science and technology. He will take the role from Kathryn Coulter Mitchell, who has been the acting S&T undersecretary since May 5, 2021. According to his LinkedIn profile, Kusnezov is currently serving as deputy undersecretary for artificial intelligence and technology at […]
The General Services Administration is accepting proposals from service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses and historically underutilized business zones to participate in Polaris, its information technology-focused governmentwide acquisition contract specifically for SBs. According to Sonny Hashmi, federal acquisition service commissioner, GSA aims to aid SDVOSBs and HUBZone firms that provide IT services in entering and integrating into the […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has introduced a roadmap to better integrate mental health and substance use care into the larger health care system. The HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration takes into account the feedback that HHS Secretary and 2021 Wash100 winner Xavier Becerra received from patients and providers during his National […]
The General Services Administration has appointed Dan Lopez as director of Login .gov. Lopez will oversee the website amid an uptick in interest from government agencies. According to his LinkedIn profile, Lopez was the director of software engineering in the city of Philadelphia. In this role, he led efforts in implementing cloud-native technologies and developing […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and Google will collaborate to devise chip technology usable for future semiconductors and nanotechnologies. The two entities aim to create a bottom layer chip that can monitor the performance of its future top layers, which could be memory devices, nanosensors, bioelectronics and quantum computing devices. SkyWater Technology will serve […]
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Raytheon Intelligence & Space a potential 10-year, $375 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to improve the agency’s Wide-Area Augmentation System. RI&S has already received $215 million worth of task orders under the IDIQ to add a dual-frequency operation service and bring system security and a modernized network architecture to the space-based […]
The Department of Energy is investing $178 million into the research and development of bioenergy implementations in sectors such as health care, agriculture and industry. According to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, the funded projects are intended to advance biotechnology, create jobs and achieve climate goals. Granholm added that organic energy produces savings for consumers and […]
President Joe Biden plans to appoint Renee Wegrzyn as the first director of the newly established Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. Wegrzyn currently serves as vice president of business development at Ginkgo Bioworks and head of innovation at Concentric by Ginkgo. At Concentric, she is focused on using synthetic biology to combat infectious diseases […]
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has appointed Yue Chen as chief climate risk officer. Chen will oversee climate risk efforts related to supervision, policy and external engagement. She will also continue the development and implementation of climate risk management frameworks for the federal banking system. The new chief climate risk officer will […]
The Biden administration has introduced a new website designed to help communities understand climate-related hazards in their areas. The Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation tool features a map showing both climate and non-climate data. It can also give users insights into past, present and future climate conditions and severe climate exposure risks. CMRA can […]
