Friday federal headlines – January 1, 2016

In Friday's Federal Headlines, more information emerges about a car crash involving four Secret Service agents and the Energy Department hopes to ride a wave to...

The Federal Headlines is a daily compilation of the stories you hear discussed on the Federal Drive.

  • Four Secret Service agents were involved in a crash earlier this week in New Hampshire after a car veered over the center line colliding with the agents’ car. The four agents sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the other car, whose license had been revoked, died at the scene. Police said there was no improper driving done by the agents. They were in New Hampshire on protective detail for presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Federal News Radio)
  • The Energy Department selected six organizations to receive up to $10.5 million to improve marine and hydrokinetic systems through survivability and reliability-related improvements. It said the department is working to harness the largely untapped renewable energy in waves, tidal, ocean and river currents that could provide clean energy to the country’s coastal regions. (Energy)
  • Nine members of Congress sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden asking the agency to submit information about its legacy information systems and whether the agency plans to modernize the platforms. Chairmen and ranking members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee signed the letter asking NASA to determine IT systems for critical missions, hardware and infrastructure, and programming languages currently in use at the agency. They also wanted the agency to provide information on its IT workforce recruitment and compensation systems. (House Oversight Committee)

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