Michael Chesney has been sworn in as deputy regional administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Region 5. Chesney, who officially took office on June 21, will help lead FEMA’s mission in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 34 federally recognized tribal nations. He is now also part of the government’s Senior Executive Service, a […]
The National Energy Technology Laboratory announced that the Prairie Research Institute is being granted an almost $3.5 million award to conduct a study on carbon dioxide removal technologies. The effort seeks to develop a direct air capture and utilization system, which can remove 5,000 metric tons per year of CO2 from ambient air and then […]
The General Services Administration has awarded REI Systems its $30 million Government-wide Professional Support Services for IT Transparency contract. The GPSSIT award succeeds a contract that supports the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act. Under the new award, REI will continue to advise GSA and its stakeholders on strategies that will address legislative IT initiatives. Some […]
The Library of Congress has announced Jennifer Meehan‘s appointment to the role of director of the Special Collections Directorate. Effective Aug. 1, Meehan will lead a department in charge of six curatorial divisions: the American Folklife Center, the Geography and Map Division, the Manuscript Division, the Music Division, the Prints and Photographs Division and the […]
President Joe Biden said he plans to nominate Arati Prabhakar for the role of director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. If confirmed by the Senate, Prabhakar would serve as the chief adviser to the president for science and technology as well as a co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors […]
The General Services Administration has announced the first 40 members of the U.S. Digital Corps. These individuals will help develop a more effective and more secure digital government. The U.S. Digital Corps is a two-year program that was launched in 2021 to hire technology experts who would work on key projects in five skill tracks. […]
The Department of Energy announced that Lennox International, a Texas-based manufacturer of climate control products, has become its first partner in the Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Technology Challenge. The challenge is intended to accelerate the development of next-generation electric heat pumps that can more effectively heat homes in northern climates relative to products available on the market, the […]
The Department of Justice announced the dismantling of the infrastructure of a Russian botnet known as RSOCKS, which hacked millions of computers and other electronic devices around the world. The law enforcement operation was made possible with the help of partners in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, the DOJ said Thursday. In a […]
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning about using artificial intelligence to combat online threats. In a report submitted to Congress, the FTC said AI tools can be inaccurate and biased by design and incentivizes an overreliance on invasive forms of commercial surveillance. Samuel Levine, the director of the agency’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, […]
The Department of Justice has awarded Network Designs Inc. a five-year task order to support IT modernization efforts at the Antitrust Division. Under the contract, NDi will provide engineering, operations, service desk, program management and project services to ATR. The company will also support application modernization, development methods, DevOps pipeline and data management. Modernization efforts […]
