The General Services Administration is seeking feedback on the draft performance work statement attached to its commercial cloud-related request for information. GSA posted the RFI in 2021, announcing its intent to create a multi-award blanket purchase agreement for cloud and information technology professional services. The BPA, known as Ascend, will be rolled out in a […]
Virtual reality-enabled workforce training provider VinciVR has secured a $200,000 grant from the Department of Energy to develop VR tools for offshore wind-related mariner familiarization and workforce training. The award was announced by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. VinciVR will create a portable, VR-enabled training tool that simulates offshore wind farms in various weather conditions. The […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has chosen Corner Alliance, a small business based in Washington, D.C., to develop vehicle alerting technology for first responders. Corner Alliance received $100,000 to create a model that would allow authorities to display emergency information on the “infotainment” screens of vehicles, S&T said Thursday. The directorate […]
The Department of Energy has introduced a new partnership program that connects grid operators, utilities, government agencies and other energy stakeholders to grow the United States’ clean energy power grid. The Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange program is designed to reduce wait times for clean energy sources and reduce costs to connect to the grid. Partners under […]
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced that it has licensed proprietary technology for monitoring plant productivity and health at wide scales to Utah-based company Campbell Scientific. The technology measures solar-induced fluorescence, which is emitted by plants during photosynthesis as they convert sunlight into chemical energy, ORNL said Tuesday. In a statement, the […]
Software company Red Hat announced that is collaborating with three Department of Energy laboratories to bolster cloud-native standards and practices in high-performance computing. The collaboration is taking place amid the expansion of HPC applications beyond what is considered traditional use cases, Red Hat said Tuesday. In a statement, the software developer said it will be […]
The Department of Energy announced that it has allocated $38 million to begin decarbonizing four out of 17 department-operated national laboratories as part of a pilot initiative dubbed Net Zero Labs. The pilot is expected to lay the foundation for one of the first-ever models for addressing hard-to-decarbonize industries, the DOE said Wednesday. In a […]
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced that C.A. Goudey & Associates in collaboration with RISE Robotics will receive a Small Business Research and Development Award to extract wave energy using the Variable Displacement Spar Buoy. Through its funding program, the Department of Energy hopes to turn science and technology breakthroughs into viable products and services that […]
Xavier Becerra, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and a 2021 Wash100 winner, has announced the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health as an independent entity within the National Institutes of Health. The establishment of ARPA-H was authorized through the enactment of Public Law 117-103. The agency’s function […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray has appointed Robert Brown as the executive assistant director of the bureau’s Science and Technology Branch. He will oversee the organization’s Criminal Justice Information Services, Laboratory and Operational Technologies divisions. He most recently served as the assistant director of the Operational Technology division. The unit provides technology-based solutions that support the […]
