Department of Energy

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

  In today's Federal Newscast, the Energy Department's Oak Ridge National Lab is home to the world's fastest supercomputer.

  Federal Newscast

  May 31, 2022
• In an interconnected world, everyone is responsible for cybersecurity

  Almost everything is connected to the internet which will expand the number of attack surfaces.

  Cybersecurity

  May 02, 2022
• 2023 budget negotiations start soon, WH expected to propose small Defense increase

  In just a few weeks the annual budget dance, this time for 2023, will start. People who follow these things closely predict the White House will request only a very small increase for the Defense Department, knowing Congress will plus it up anyway.

  Budget

  March 02, 2022
• Federal researchers are running simulations on the power grid of the future

  Electric cars, more windmills, more solar power, add it up and the nation is facing a crisis in the electrical grid needed to support it all. That is, if you want 24 x 7 power. Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been running simulations of a system called transactive power, to see how a future grid might operate.

  Technology

  February 08, 2022
• Energy Dept. overspending and canceling projects in its carbon capture program, GAO says

  The Energy Department has been sustaining carbon capture demonstration projects at process and power plants. But the program has been rocky.

  Management

  January 19, 2022
• Using space technology to help fight wildfires

  The amount of wildfires and major weather disasters is only increasing stretching first responders and those trying to help very thin. A new program involving space technology though looks to help disaster response team get a better sense of just how much of an area has been effected.

  The Space Hour

  September 28, 2021
• Inglis, Easterly tapped for cyber leadership roles at White House, CISA

  President Joe Biden plans to nominate two former members of the NSA to lead CISA and the new White House cyber director office.

  Reporter's Notebook

  April 13, 2021
• USDA, Energy taking a page out of DoD’s IT, cyber playbooks

  Two agencies are trying to streamline and reduce the burden of cybersecurity processes in an effort to get capabilities to the mission areas faster.

  Ask the CIO

  April 02, 2021
• Argonne National Lab is helping a local utility in a program with national implications

  Pacific Gas and Electric, the beleaguered California utility at the center of the wildfire phenomenon, has turned to the Argonne National Laboratory for help.

  Technology

  March 24, 2021