The Department of Energy is investing up to $32 million in the research and development of technologies for reducing methane emissions in the oil and gas sector. Methane is the second most abundant greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide and contributes greatly to the GHG intensity of natural gas, DOE said. The agency explained that switching […]
The Department of Energy has named Betony Jones as the new director of its Office of Energy Jobs, which supports job creation in the energy sector. The office works with labor unions and leads efforts related to workforce building and training programs, the DOE said. The DOE added that Jones will help align the department’s […]
The Department of Energy has issued a request for information seeking public feedback on its plan to invest $750 million to support clean energy manufacturers and transition coal workers to cleaner jobs. Funded by the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Program seeks to revitalize communities affected by the […]
President Joe Biden has nominated Robert Harley Shriver III as deputy director of the Office of Personnel Management. If confirmed for the position, he would help lead the government’s chief human resources agency and personnel policy manager. Shriver currently leads OPM’s government-wide workforce policy team as director of employee services, the White House said Wednesday. […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will start accepting applications for the ReConnect Program‘s fourth round of funding on Sept. 6. The ReConnect Program gives grantees in rural America access to high-speed internet. The program has been updated after receiving over $1 billion in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. For the fourth round, applicants will […]
The Department of Energy has earmarked $26 million for efforts to demonstrate that the U.S. electrical grid can reliably run exclusively on clean energy sources. On the funding notice’s page, the department explained that new wind and solar generation systems rely on power electronic inverters because of key differences from traditional energy sources. The new […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has named a new official in charge of the development and implementation of its electronic health and modernization program. VA released an internal memo announcing David Massaro as the program’s functional champion within the EHRM-Integration Office, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Terry Adirim, program executive director of the department’s EHR Modernization Integration […]
ICF International has secured new cooperative agreements from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to support the agency’s Community Compass and National Homeless Data Analysis Project programs. The agreements span three years and are worth millions of dollars in total. ICF will provide capacity building, training, data analysis and technical assistance support to cities, […]
The General Services Administration has renewed Xenex’s contract to provide its xenon ultraviolet light disinfection technology for government health care facilities, including ones managed by the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Under the five-year renewal, the company will continue providing access to its LightStrike robots, designed to kill viruses, bacteria and spores on surfaces. […]
The Department of Energy said it will invest up to $165 million in efforts to address gaps in the deployment of geothermal energy. DOE earmarked an initial $10 million for a funding opportunity titled Geothermal Energy from Oil and gas Demonstrated Engineering. The money will be used to convene experts who will develop a technology […]
