Battelle Awards Liberty Defense Contract to Co-Develop Airport Screening Technologies

Massachusetts-headquartered Liberty Defense Holdings announced that it has been awarded a contract for the joint development of next-generation airport checkpoint screening technologies by applied science and technology developer Battelle. The deal calls for collaborative development, integration and testing of high-definition advanced imaging technology upgrade kits, Liberty Defense said Thursday. In a statement, Liberty Defense said […]
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GSA Allowing Agencies to Continue Using Expiring IT, Telecommunications Contracts Until 2023

The General Services Administration expects government agencies that have not yet transitioned to the new Enterprise Infrastructure Solution contract vehicle to continue telecommunications services on expiring contracts until 2023. Allen Hill, the deputy assistant commissioner of the GSA’s IT Category, said during an ACT-IAC event that he is unaware of the total number of agencies […]
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DOE Awarding Funds for Research on Turning Buildings Into ‘Carbon Sinks’

The Department of Energy announced that it is investing $39 million to fund 18 projects aimed at developing technologies that can transform buildings into net carbon storage structures. Awardees for the Harnessing Emissions Into Structures Taking Inputs from the Atmosphere program will focus on overcoming barriers associated with carbon-storing buildings, including scarce, expensive and geographically limited […]
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Brillient Awarded $310M Deal to Support USCIS’ National Benefits Center

Virginia-headquartered Brillient Corporation announced that it has been awarded a $310.6 million contract to support the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services‘ National Benefits Center. The deal calls for assisting in the adjudication of applications and petitions for benefits, adjustments of status, adoption, asylum, work visas and other related immigration processes, Brillient said Thursday. In a […]
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ORNL Names Doug Kothe as Head of Computing, Computational Sciences Directorate

Doug Kothe, a high-performance computing researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been given the role of associate laboratory director of the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate. His appointment came weeks after ORNL unveiled Frontier, an exascale supercomputer that stole the title from Japanese-made Fugaku as the world’s fastest computer. Frontier is housed in CCSD’s […]
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NIST to Hold Competition Designed to Advance First Responder Dashboard Tech

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 […]
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