Reggie Townsend, director of the data ethics practice at SAS, will serve on a high-level artificial intelligence government advisory committee. As a member of the National AI Advisory Committee, Townsend is now part of a team tasked with advising the president and the White House’s National AI Initiative Office, WRAL TechWire reported. The Department of […]
DLH Holdings has received a potential five-year, $14 million National Institute of Health contract renewal for epidemiologic and public health research support for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Under the contract, DLH will offer solutions that support epidemiological research and biostatistical consultation, data management, statistical programming, data analysis, cloud computing, […]
Fifteen universities will participate in a new Department of Energy competition focused on engineering new technologies for battery electric vehicles. DOE said the EcoCAR EV Challenge is aimed at advancing the Biden administration’s efforts to power the expansion of the U.S. automobile sector. EcoCAR EV has a combined investment of $6 million and will be […]
Steampunk, an information technology company, has secured a spot on a potential $2 billion U.S. Patent and Trademark Office contract for a broad range of modernization services. USPTO’s indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Business Oriented Software Solutions contract has a performance period of 10 years, Steampunk said Thursday. The BOSS contract is aimed at giving USPTO tools for delivering […]
IBM and software company Red Hat have been included in a five-year collaboration effort to modernize the Department of Education‘s G5 grants management system. The initiative is led by Innosoft Corp. Under the deal, Red Hat will provide technologies alongside Amazon Web Services while IBM will provide industry expertise. All companies will replace the current […]
The Department of Energy has appointed Emery Csulak to the role of chief data officer. Prior to taking on the role on April 11, Csulak served as DOE’s principal deputy chief information officer. He was previously the department’s deputy CIO for cybersecurity and chief information security officer, FedScoop reported Wednesday. As CDO, Csulak is now […]
The Transportation Security Administration has appointed Yemi Oshinnaiye as chief information officer. His new position will take effect on May 9. Oshinnaiye is currently the deputy CIO at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a role that he has been holding since March 2019. The other leadership roles that Oshinnaiye has held within the Department […]
The Office of Management and Budget has appointed Drew Myklegard to the role of acting deputy federal chief information officer. He will take over the responsibilities of Maria Roat, who, in January, announced her retirement after over four decades of service in the government. Roat, a 2020 Wash100 winner, had served as deputy federal CIO […]
The Department of Energy has earmarked $84 million for four pilot projects aimed at demonstrating enhanced geothermal systems. DOE said the investment was authorized through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The projects are expected to facilitate advancements in geothermal energy, a zero-carbon resource that could help fossil communities transition to clean energy, DOE said Tuesday. An […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate announced that it is developing new technology to help the Coast Guard improve maritime safety and navigation in the North Atlantic Ocean. The technology is specifically intended to help in the warning of ocean-going vessels against imminent collisions with icebergs that have broken loose, the S&T […]
