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In today's Federal Newscast, companies manufacturing electronics may opt out of working with the Defense Department because of the cost of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.
June 09, 2021 -
The Biden administration is asking for a 2.4% increase and a 14% increase in federal IT and cybersecurity spending, respectively, in fiscal 2022.
June 01, 2021 -
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed and are in the midst of commercializing a way to scan shoes still on their owners' feet.
May 14, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new Government Accountability Office report finds that the Defense Department is relying too much on GPS.
May 11, 2021 -
Chris Ritter, at the Idaho National Laboratory, said that while artificial intelligence is about getting computers to think like humans, machine learning is about having pre-programmed devices.
May 04, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Energy Department and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are leading a new 100-day effort to improve the cybersecurity of the electric infrastructure.
April 21, 2021 -
How the federal government can bolster domestic production of rare-earth elements crucial to electric vehicles and other energy imperatives.
April 20, 2021 -
The Energy Department has launched a $30 million grant program to support increasing domestic supplies of rare-earth element.
April 20, 2021 -
Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University have reached a milestone to convert biocrude into diesel.
April 06, 2021 -
Fred Streitz, the chief AI scientist in DOE’s Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office, said all of the agency’s offices are using AI at some level, and said the use cases are getting more advanced.
March 31, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Congress is asking four agencies about SolarWinds-sustained damage and more.
March 19, 2021 -
The National Treasury Employees Union said agencies are responding to the Biden's administration's call to restore labor relations in a variety of ways. Some agencies are making plans to return to the bargaining table, while others haven't responded to requests to revisit previous contracts.
March 16, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, in one of her first moves as Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm is reviving one of the agency's largest loan programs for clean energy.
March 04, 2021 -
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has won Senate confirmation to be energy secretary
February 25, 2021 -
Former Homeland Security chief information officer Karen Evans expects digital innovation to continue in the government as those behind the wheel never take their foot off the gas.
February 09, 2021