Digital Government

27 Separate Federal Programs Protect the Power Grid

And that's just between the Energy Department, the Homeland Security Department and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Digital Government

Rick Perry Shifts from Energy Dept. Eliminator to Advocate

During his confirmation hearing Thursday, the Energy secretary nominee reversed many of the statements he made during his presidential campaign.

Cybersecurity

IG: Cyber Weaknesses Persist in Energy Dept.'s Unclassified Systems

The audit found the department's systems are operating at higher than necessary risk.

Emerging Tech

Video: America's First Offshore Windfarm

Five deepwater wind turbines are going to create a lot of energy.

Digital Government

Congress Flexes Muscle on FITARA

"We are going to stick with this,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who promised a bipartisan effort to ensure FITARA is carried out successfully.

Digital Government

The People Who Built the Atomic Bomb

A new website assembles thousands of biographies and oral histories from the Manhattan Project.

Emerging Tech

Federal Government Takes a Bet on Quantum Computing with New D-Wave Purchase

The Los Alamos National Laboratory is buying a "quantum computer," in part to figure out how to use it.

Modernization

Renewable Energy Lab Begins Moving More Sensitive Data to the Cloud

In 2009 NREL set out in earnest to open up and share its data through an application that became known as OpenEI.

Modernization

Why Haven’t Researchers Built a Better Battery Yet?

Mobile devices could double their power, but researchers are focused on improving bigger batteries first.