Digital Government
Oak Ridge director to step down
The longtime director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory will leave this summer to take an executive position at the firm that helps run the lab.
Digital Government
How HPCs crunch rivers of water data
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has come up with a way to use its supercomputing power to speed the sprawling data analysis associated with extremely complex public works.
Acquisition
Sandia Labs management contract officially up for grabs
Multiple proposals are expected for the contract to run the Sandia National Laboratories starting in mid-2017.
Acquisition
HPC boosters back FITARA exemption for national labs
At a Capitol Hill conference, high-performance computer operators and vendors said the powerful machines should not be categorized as garden-variety IT for the purposes of procurement.
Acquisition
National labs' FITARA exemption nixed in Senate funding bill
The Senate bill appropriating fiscal 2017 funds for the Energy Department does not renew a controversial provision that exempted the national labs from Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act rules.
Digital Government
New computer models promise better analysis of underground nuclear tests
New detection technique from LLNL can hone remote analysis of underground nuclear explosions and help find rogue regimes' secret test sites.
Cybersecurity
Lab reduces false radiation alarms at ports
Fine-tuning cargo radiation-detection gear to rule out red herrings saves money and time, according to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Modernization
Supercomputers get help with Fortran
The National Labs are using a new tool to integrate the 1950s-era Fortran computer language into their supercomputing infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
New Hatch Act rules affect feds on social media, DOT faces cyber audit and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government