Energy Department
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Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
September 06, 2016 -
A new contracting project from the Department of Energy is helping the National Park Service save thousands of dollars a year in its smallest region by becoming more energy efficient.
August 12, 2016 -
Energy Department official reassures Netflix viewers that the agency is not as evil as the "Stranger Things" television series paints it to be.
August 09, 2016 -
Kathleen Hogan has been building innovative energy efficiency programs in the federal government for more than two decades – first at the EPA and now at the Energy Department. She’s had such a string of successes in cutting American energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions that Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz called her the focal point for the government’s entire energy efficiency program. Hogan is the deputy assistant secretary of Energy for energy efficiency, and she's a finalist for a 2016 Service to America medal. She talked about her work with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 05, 2016 -
New numbers from the Energy Department show the government is meeting or exceeding greenhouse gas goals, but energy intensity benchmarks fell short.
August 04, 2016 -
The Air Force is beginning to explore the idea of asking a single provider to take over the complicated web of business arrangements that power its bases and support its energy resiliency strategies, and replace them with a new model: Energy as a service.
June 22, 2016 -
What do you call a bonus system where 60 percent of all workers get the cash awards? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's called the U.S. government.
June 06, 2016 -
Navy Secretary says the maritime services haven't devoted much attention to nuclear as a shore-side "alternative" energy option thus far, but it's time to start.
June 02, 2016 -
Commerce, Energy, Labor and NASA told House lawmakers how they each are meeting the spirit and intent of the IT reform law.
May 23, 2016 -
House lawmakers are set to release the second scorecard grading agencies' implementation of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and the progress across all four categories is limited.
May 17, 2016 -
In the case of fixed fee contracts, you pay even if the contractor finds a way to get it done cheaper. No use protesting. That's what the Energy Department found out the hard way. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell fills in all the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 21, 2016 -
The departments of Labor and Energy are still working through their final plans to implement the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act.
April 04, 2016 -
The Energy Department’s Federal Energy Management Program Office made four awards under its Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) program to help agencies get over the hump on renewable energy projects.
March 18, 2016 -
Here's a breakdown of major agencies and the proposed funding amounts for fiscal 2017, which are included the President Obama's $1.1 trillion budget.
February 09, 2016 -
Gen. Paul Selva, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said DoD must accept more risk in its funding of new technologies. Topics of interest include big data and energy production and storage.
January 22, 2016