Energy Department
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Supercomputers keep getting faster and now the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has switched on a machine that makes 1.1 exaflops of performance. It's called Frontier.
July 28, 2022 -
One of the initiatives from the Energy Department to try and make that happen is a $6 million award to certain national laboratories to expand the use of geothermal heating and cooling at federal sites.
July 11, 2022 -
The Defense Department is seeing the Biden administration’s green-government goals as an opportunity to improve resilience around critical resources like fuel and electricity.
July 05, 2022 -
The Biden administration expects upcoming sustainability standards for federal buildings will put agencies on a realistic path to meeting some of President Joe Biden's green government goals.
July 04, 2022 -
One planned pilot project, co-funded with industry by the Energy Department's Office of Fossil Energy, is in the works right now at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
June 28, 2022 -
The Energy Department has a backlog of nuclear waste clean up responsibilities, with material dating back to World War II. But continuing turnover in program leadership means things just aren't happening.
May 25, 2022 -
Agencies and Congress saved more than half a trillion dollars over the past decade through the Government Accountability Office’s recommendations.
May 16, 2022 -
Former officials call the Energy Department’s decision not to name a political appointee to lead its Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER) a mistake.
May 16, 2022 -
Teri Donaldson has been inspector general of the Energy Department since 2019.
May 12, 2022 -
Solar panels have a life cycle. The billions of panels covering roofs and once-pristine landscapes and maybe even your office building will all need to be disposed of and replaced at some point. Now the Energy Department has issued an action plan for how to safely and economically handle photovoltaic materials that have worn out.
April 27, 2022 -
According to news reports many people have, or will, quit their jobs if forced to return to an office. But does that group include feds, especially those vested in their retirement system?
April 21, 2022 -
What is the mission of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office? How is it working to transform the Department of Energy into a world leading AI enterprise? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Pamela Isom, Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office within the U.S. Department of Energy
April 11, 2022 -
Currently data centers account for approximately 2% of total U.S. energy use, equivalent to 10 to 50 times the energy per floor space of a typical commercial office building.
April 07, 2022 -
The budget request outlines a "strategic shift" in federal cybersecurity efforts after incidents like SolarWinds and Log4j.
March 28, 2022 -
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy launched a $175 million grant program for everything from wind to fusion.
March 04, 2022