Cybersecurity
Cyber risks loom for energy sector
Cyberattacks on energy critical infrastructure are the leading threat to the sector, highlighting the need for continued public/private partnerships.
Acquisition
House panel seeks probe of contractor data calls
The Energy and Commerce committee asked the GAO to examine whether the Department of Energy is wasting contractors time and money with superfluous requests.
Digital Government
Drones and weather balloons team up in Arctic tests
A national laboratory paired drones and weather balloons to try to improve Arctic weather data collection.
Digital Government
Energy Department releases code to count bats in the dark
Pacific Northwest Laboratory researchers are making the thermal imaging software available to energy companies to help with offshore wind turbine siting.
Acquisition
GCN announces 2017 dig IT Award finalists
From mobile security to smarter transit to swarming drones, these 25 projects represent the best of discovery and innovation in government IT.
Digital Government
DOE breaks ground for neutrino experiment
The Energy Department is collaborating with international experts to build an underground facility to study the elusive neutrino.
Cybersecurity
DOE-developed network monitoring tech licensed for commercial use
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's software solution that listens for suspicious network packets will be sold by Atlanta-based zSofTech Solutions.
Acquisition
U.S. commits $250M to spur supercomputing speeds
The Energy Department has committed over $250 million in research and development funding to six computer makers for the next-generation supercomputer, as China eclipses the U.S. in computing speed.
Digital Government
House panel nudges Trump over IGs
The chairman and ranking member of a key oversight committee want the Trump administration to find candidates for 11 open inspector general posts.
Cybersecurity
Trump's 2018 budget plan hacks civilian spending for defense, homeland
As promised, a budget blueprint from the Trump administration prioritizes military and homeland security spending, and pays for increases with dramatic cuts to civilian agencies.
Digital Government
Oak Ridge director to step down
The longtime director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory will leave this summer to take an executive position at the firm that helps run the lab.
Modernization
Does quantum computing bring security promise?
The CIO of the agency responsible for guarding the country's nuclear weapons said quantum computing will bring cybersecurity breakthroughs.
Digital Government
NNSA looks to map lightning before it strikes
The agency charged with protecting the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile installed new sensors at its weapons components plant to better protect it from the heavens.
Digital Government
Future shock: Big-data capability predicts electrical grid needs
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is using data and supercomputing power to determine how the power grid will react to climate pressures and a growing population.
Cybersecurity
DOE wants $15 million more for securing the grid
The funding would concentrate on community-owned utilities and electricity cooperatives, which generally have less money to spend on cybersecurity than bigger, investor-owned utilities.
Acquisition
DOE backs away from new business system mandates
The Energy Department withdrew plans for a rule that would set up definitions for contractors to adhere to or face financial penalty.
Digital Government
Hackathon, policy moves designed to apply tech to foster care programs
The White House launched a two-day hackathon to develop better data tools for foster care providers and social workers and announced a host of policy initiatives to back up the effort.
Acquisition
HPC boosters back FITARA exemption for national labs
At a Capitol Hill conference, high-performance computer operators and vendors said the powerful machines should not be categorized as garden-variety IT for the purposes of procurement.
Acquisition
National labs' FITARA exemption nixed in Senate funding bill
The Senate bill appropriating fiscal 2017 funds for the Energy Department does not renew a controversial provision that exempted the national labs from Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act rules.
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