Podcasts
Critical Update: How to Develop Apps for Supercomputers that Don’t Exist Yet
The Energy Department will soon launch machines capable of completing a quintillion calculations a second.
Artificial Intelligence
New National Lab Supercomputer Inches America Closer to the Exascale Era
Officials said it should lead the Top500 list ranking the world’s most powerful machines.
Digital Government
3 Cabinet Secretaries on How Their Experiences Inform Their Leadership and Pandemic Response
Marcia Fudge, Jennifer Granholm and Gina Raimondo said they all had to staff up when they started running their agencies — but that it gave them a chance to diversify.
Emerging Tech
Energy Department to Fund Research into All Forms of Nuclear Matter
The agency has $10 million for projects that blend quantum information science with nuclear physics.
Cybersecurity
Energy Department Leading White House Interagency Response to Pipeline Attack
The hack highlights jurisdictional issues on pipeline cybersecurity.
Ideas
What Texas Power Outages Can Teach Us About Securing the Electric Grid
Cyber threats have the potential to impact the power grid in a similarly serious manner.
Artificial Intelligence
General Motors Licenses Neural Network Tech from National Lab
The artificial intelligence-driven system can design thousands of networks in hours instead of years.
Cybersecurity
Energy Department Announces 100-Day Sprint to Shore Up Power Grid Cybersecurity
The department will partner with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and utilities to improve visibility, detection and response to cyber threats.
Emerging Tech
Bipartisan Bills Aim to Expand Federal Quantum Research and Grow Future Workforce
The U.S. must keep an edge in this increasingly competitive realm, according to the lawmakers who introduced the legislation.
Emerging Tech
Los Alamos National Lab to Gain Next-Gen Supercomputing System in 2023
An official detailed what’ll be the in-the-making machine’s various purposes.
Digital Government
Nuclear Agency Awards Palantir $90M Contract for Data Platform
The contract is Palantir’s first at the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Cybersecurity
DOE Watchdog Detailed Its Cybersecurity State Amid SolarWinds Hack
The department continues to struggle with many of the issues the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency identified after widespread intrusions into the public and private sector.
Digital Government
Gallup: Americans’ Anxiety About Energy Prices, Supply Sharply Rises
In the organization’s latest poll, 73% of those surveyed say they worry a “great deal/fair amount” about the availability and affordability of energy.
Cybersecurity
Energy Launches Supply Chain Program As Watchdog Called for More Action
The Energy Department has been focused on securing the generation and transmission of power, but distribution processes are also increasingly vulnerable.
Emerging Tech
Energy Commits $30 Million to Advance Quantum Tech at Its Nanoscale-Focused User Facilities
Other investments are also on the horizon, a federal official confirmed.
Digital Government
Biden’s Latest Tech Appointments
President Biden tapped former IARPA Director Jason Matheny for roles on the National Security Council and White House OSTP.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Want to Know How Government Science Facilities Are Holding Up
The Federal Labs Modernization Act intends to keep them more informed.
Emerging Tech
National Lab Creates Technology to Detect Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
High performance computing systems are increasingly at risk.
Digital Government
Federal Agencies Respond to the Severe Arctic Blast
Millions are without power due to the extreme freeze.
Emerging Tech