Energy Department
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Under the Trump administration's all-of-the-above approach to energy, nuclear is getting a fresh look, says the Energy Department's Ed McGinnis.
August 28, 2017 -
The work of Paul Ohodnicki Jr., a materials scientist at the Energy Department's National Energy Technology Lab, has led to the development of tough sensors.
August 25, 2017 -
The Energy Department is lending some supercomputing capacity to the VA for a genetic coding and analysis program that could change how post-traumatic stress disorder and other combat injuries are treated.
August 25, 2017 -
The Energy Department awarded contracts to six companies for research and development into overcoming obstacles that so far have prevented exascale computers from being built.
August 21, 2017 -
The Energy Department's Federal Energy Management Program 2017 Energy Exchange promises an opportunity to connect, collaborate and conserve.
August 11, 2017 -
The Department of Energy (DoE) is looking for relevance in a political atmosphere that doesn’t focus so much on pure research as it does on saving taxpayer money
August 11, 2017 -
DoE's Dr. Johanna Wolfson joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss a program aimed at helping eliminate barriers preventing market exploration.
August 10, 2017 -
The Department of Energy faces distinct challenges in securing an energy infrastructure that largely consists of equipment designed before the internet was a consideration, much less hacking and cybersecurity. But it also has some unique resources to draw on in accomplishing this mission.
August 04, 2017 -
The Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program recently awarded 21 contracts to energy service companies to help the government increase energy savings and lower operating costs.
July 04, 2017 -
The more super-computing capacity the world has, the more it seems to need. Now the Energy Department has awarded contracts to six companies as a push to develop the first exascale computer, a machine capable of performing a quintilian calculations per second. Program director Paul Messina joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the ins and outs of the project.
June 29, 2017 -
Lawmakers are beginning to probe the depths of civilian agency budget cuts to discover the extent of their cost in human terms, and it’s leaving some of them concerned.
June 26, 2017 -
Despite wrestling with a less than ideal budget, the Army is trying to keep energy resilient in the 21st century. Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione talks with Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability Jack Surash on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Army's energy future.
June 10, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, three federal agencies launch a new network to quickly relay information about individuals considered a threat to police officers.
May 22, 2017 -
Senators grilled President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Air Force on Thursday over $450,000 in alleged improper payments her private consulting firm collected from Energy Department laboratories, but their questions and Heather Wilson’s answers did little to shed little additional light on the matter.
March 31, 2017 -
The federal inspectors general community has an opportunity, as the federal hiring freeze and other resources continue to tighten, to share administrative and mission areas services.
March 13, 2017