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Management

A new push by the Energy Department to beef up the electric battery workforce

"Argonne has been DOE's trusted partner in building and executing workforce development programs for 35 years," Kristen Wahl said.

Workforce

Energy Department illustrates how to get clean-energy projects going

Technology

Energy Dept joins industry partners in space for quantum technology

Workforce

Energy Department's new place to explore offshore-wind technology

Artificial Intelligence

The National Science Foundation wide-and-far on artificial intelligence

Government Shutdown

Under a possible government shutdown this week, 158,000 feds face furloughs

Technology

Energy Department's new 'Critical Materials Collaborative' seeks to boost domestic supplies

Nuclear Weapons-Production

Big Data

Los Alamos looks to the edge of complex data management challenges
Sponsored by Four Inc. and IBM

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Workforce

Two agencies make a catalog of big solar energy projects across the country

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Workforce

Here's one step the Energy Department could execute to help insure grid resilience

FILE - In this July 22, 2019 file photo, signs warn about trespassing at an entrance to the Nevada Test and Training Range near Area 51 outside of Rachel, Nev. Officials in Nevada's rural Lincoln County have drafted an emergency declaration and are planning with state officials to handle possible crowds that might arrive for an event next month dubbed "Storm Area 51." The county commission on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019 conditionally approved two events in tiny desert towns near the site popularly known as the home of government studies of outer space aliens. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Veterans Affairs

This bill could compensate veterans exposed to radiation at a Nevada test range

FILE - Framed by the Manhattan skyline electricians with IBEW Local 3 install solar panels on top of the Terminal B garage at LaGuardia Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. As climate change pushes states in the U.S. to dramatically cut their use of fossil fuels, many are coming to the conclusion that solar, wind and other renewable power sources won't be enough to keep the lights on. Nuclear power is emerging as an answer to fill the gap as states transition away from coal, oil and natural gas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stave off the worst effects of a warming planet. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Green Buildings

Big bucks up for grabs for those who can make buildings more energy efficient

Pathways program, NSF, National Science Foundation

Budget

How the National Science Foundation is dealing with a big budget increase

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Contracting

Private funding scales up DoD’s dual-use development projects

federal contracting

Commentary

GAO spikes the Federal Supply Schedule cross-walk; sellers beware

Ann Dunkin, CIO at EPA.

Cybersecurity

A checkup on cybersecurity with Energy Department CIO Ann Dunkin

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Army

Army's $15M TMF award bolsters new strategy for securing operational technology

Tropical Weather

Technology

The Weather Service can never know too much about water

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Technology

A national laboratory comes up with a new version of a very basic metal

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building May 4, 2021, in Washington. On Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming an online job ad shows that all new employees that the IRS intends to hire after a funding boost in the Inflation Reduction Act will be required to carry a firearm and use deadly force if necessary. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Congress

There's no 2023 budget, but lots of new money is flowing into at least some federal agencies

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Congress

A busy week for Congress with a Chips Bill that keeps growing

cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

A federally-backed effort to improve cybersecurity of US manufacturing

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Federal Newscast

Energy Department takes the title owning the fastest computer in the world