Charles Hardy has assumed the role of chief architect at the General Services Administration, effective Aug. 14. He now serves as a senior adviser to GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan and Nina Albert, commissioner of the agency’s Public Buildings Service. Hardy will provide counsel on matters related to federal architecture and administer the Design Excellence, historic […]
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched Frontier, the world’s fastest supercomputer, capable of performing at 1.1 exaflops or over a quintillion calculations per second. According to Doug Kothe, associate laboratory director of the lab’s Computing and Computational Science Directorate, the machine’s novel architecture enables “unprecedented” machine learning, data insights and automation that could […]
The U.S. Geological Survey Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory has awarded KBR a $20 million contract to provide operations support across multiple locations. Under the terms of the re-compete contract, KBR will deliver sustained support to more than 330 operational or proposed stations in 69 countries, including 230 in the continental United States. KBR said the firm-fixed-priced […]
The General Services Administration is raising the ceiling of the Alliant 2 contract from $50 billion to $75 billion. Alliant 2 is a contract vehicle that allows government agencies to procure customized IT services and solutions. Sonny Hashmi, the commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, said there are already over 465 Alliant 2 task orders […]
David Applegate has been sworn in as the director of the U.S. Geological Survey. According to Deb Haaland, the secretary of the Department of the Interior, Applegate will help strengthen the integrity of DOI’s work and develop the science needed to understand the Earth’s climate. For his part, Applegate shared that the USGS, under his […]
The Department of Energy’s Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy intends to release up to $44 million across 17 awards on projects that aim to develop and test technologies that can enable wide-scale geothermal deployment. A solicitation has been issued in support of enhanced geothermal systems research. Investing in technology development is expected to […]
The Department of Homeland Security has completed a demonstration of the Wildland Urban Interface integration model, which allows authorities to send out wireless emergency alerts in the event of fire and other emergencies and hazards. The Fairfax Emergency Operations Center, along with a nearby field, hosted the proof-of-concept demonstration, which was conducted in collaboration with […]
Brian Merrick is set to depart from the State Department, where he has been the director of cloud programs for three years. Sources said the official will continue serving in government. Merrick started working at the department in 2018 as deputy manager for the IT Cost Center Working Capital Fund under the Bureau of Information […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has redesigned the Interagency Edison system as part of efforts to improve technology transfer from inventions to the marketplace. The upgrade went live on Aug. 9. The updated iEdison system includes an upgraded user interface, new messaging features, an expanded application programming interface and new functionalities. It is […]
The National Science Foundation has awarded Oklahoma State University $4 million to develop a new supercomputer that is expected to be the largest in the state. OSU will contribute $1.7 million to the effort, which aims to produce a machine that will exceed the technological capabilities of the institution’s current supercomputer. The NSF funding was […]
