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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is planning a technology competition that is designed to improve incident command dashboard technologies for emergency response. The Command Dashboard Integrating Next-Gen Tech Challenge encourages first responders, video analytics and indoor localization professionals, public safety experts and other emergency response experts to develop interfaces that will feature new […]

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm has issued a statement welcoming Shalanda Baker as the incoming director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Economic Impact and Diversity. The Senate voted 54-45 in favor of her confirmation, according to a notice on the Senate website. Granholm said that Baker has contributed to President Joe Biden’s Justice40 […]

The Department of Energy announced that it closed on a $504.4 million loan guarantee to help finance the construction of the largest clean hydrogen storage facility in the world. Benefiting from the loan guarantee is the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project in Utah, which, when completed, will be capable of providing long-term, low-cost, seasonal energy […]

The Department of Energy announced its intention to fund the establishment of regional clean hydrogen hubs across America as part of an $8 billion program under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The effort will help realize President Joe Biden’s goal of a 100 percent clean electrical grid by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the […]

Sens. Jacky Rosen and Todd Young are introducing a piece of legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration to more frequently update guidance on medical device security. Under the bill, the FDA must work with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to issue guidance for industry and FDA staff about medical device cybersecurity […]

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced that one of its distinguished scientists, Jagjit Nanda, has become a fellow of the Materials Research Society. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, MRS is a global organization made up of professionals in fields such as chemistry, biology, physics and engineering, its website says. Nanda’s fellowship shows that his work in materials […]

An auditor has found data reporting shortcomings at the Mann-Grandstaff Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, where the Department of Veterans Affairs first rolled out its new electronic health record system. One Veterans Health Administration performance measurement official said that Mann-Grandstaff is lacking in 17 metrics needed for accreditation by The Joint Commission. Another VHA official […]