Energy Department

  • The U.S. Army has picked two firms -- Clark Energy Group of Bethesda, and Acciona Solar Power of Henderson, Nevada -- to help develop and build the largest solar power array in the Department of Defense. It will be built at Fort Irwin, in California\'s Mojave Desert. When complete, the solar farm will generate 500 megawatts using photovoltaic cells, and solar concentrators, which turns the heat of the sun into electricity.

    August 03, 2009
  • Agencies making contract awards without fully understanding the contractor\'s past successes or failures. GAO makes six recommendations to improve and standardize the information.

    May 26, 2009
  • Congressman Henry Waxman, the new chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has been a busy man over the last few months. His new energy legislation could move out of committee this week. Jodi…

    May 20, 2009
  • Standards part of broader plan to help reduce data center energy usage. Energy also has tool to measure data center power usage.

    May 18, 2009
  • OMB developing data standards to reduce strain on governmentwide systems

    April 15, 2009
  • President Obama announces more key administration posts

    March 23, 2009
  • FederalNewsRadio has been telling you about plans to overhaul the “electric grid.” The Energy Department would play a key role in that. Branko Terzic, with Deloitte Services LP, is a former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…

    March 06, 2009
  • The guidelines, issued Monday by public and private sector cybersecurity experts, are considered the low-hanging fruit to help agencies improve their network security immediately, says John Gilligan, a former Air Force and Energy Department chief information officer.

    February 23, 2009
  • Owen Barwell Deputy Chief Financial Officer September 1st and 3rd, 2008

    September 02, 2008