Cybersecurity
Energy Department Announces 100-Day Sprint to Shore Up Power Grid Cybersecurity
The department will partner with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and utilities to improve visibility, detection and response to cyber threats.
Emerging Tech
Bipartisan Bills Aim to Expand Federal Quantum Research and Grow Future Workforce
The U.S. must keep an edge in this increasingly competitive realm, according to the lawmakers who introduced the legislation.
Emerging Tech
Los Alamos National Lab to Gain Next-Gen Supercomputing System in 2023
An official detailed what’ll be the in-the-making machine’s various purposes.
Digital Government
Nuclear Agency Awards Palantir $90M Contract for Data Platform
The contract is Palantir’s first at the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Cybersecurity
DOE Watchdog Detailed Its Cybersecurity State Amid SolarWinds Hack
The department continues to struggle with many of the issues the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency identified after widespread intrusions into the public and private sector.
Digital Government
Gallup: Americans’ Anxiety About Energy Prices, Supply Sharply Rises
In the organization’s latest poll, 73% of those surveyed say they worry a “great deal/fair amount” about the availability and affordability of energy.
Cybersecurity
Energy Launches Supply Chain Program As Watchdog Called for More Action
The Energy Department has been focused on securing the generation and transmission of power, but distribution processes are also increasingly vulnerable.
Emerging Tech
Energy Commits $30 Million to Advance Quantum Tech at Its Nanoscale-Focused User Facilities
Other investments are also on the horizon, a federal official confirmed.
Digital Government
Biden’s Latest Tech Appointments
President Biden tapped former IARPA Director Jason Matheny for roles on the National Security Council and White House OSTP.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Want to Know How Government Science Facilities Are Holding Up
The Federal Labs Modernization Act intends to keep them more informed.
Emerging Tech
National Lab Creates Technology to Detect Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
High performance computing systems are increasingly at risk.
Digital Government
Federal Agencies Respond to the Severe Arctic Blast
Millions are without power due to the extreme freeze.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Want Data to Decide the Future of America’s Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
New legislation would launch a $10 million grant program to set the scene for what’s to come on the EV-use landscape.
Emerging Tech
Energy Wants Software Sophisticated Enough to Run on Exascale Supercomputers
The agency is offering up to $32 million for open-source chemical sciences-centered codes.
Emerging Tech
How the Energy Department is Working to Engage Americans on Exascale Supercomputing
Officials also offered Nextgov updates on how the buildout of U.S. exascale machines is unfolding.
Emerging Tech
Pandemic-Fighting Supercomputer Gains Upgrade through Coronavirus Relief Funds
And boosts to other U.S. supercomputing systems are likely on the horizon.
Ideas
How a Government-Linked Foundation Could Speed the Spread of New Clean-Energy Technologies
A clean energy foundation could help innovations cross the valley of death.
Emerging Tech
NNSA Buys New Supercomputer to Protect Nuclear Stockpile
Worth more than $100 million, Crossroads will support predictive weapons calculations and replace an aging system.
Cybersecurity
FERC Asks Energy Sector to Report Huawei, ZTE Usage
Amid fears over having to replace equipment, Energy official noted no set timeline for implementing next steps on a related executive order.
Artificial Intelligence
Agencies Should Consider the Pros and Cons of Artificial Intelligence
Officials pushed agencies to examine the trade-offs—both positive and negative—as they adopt emerging technologies.
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