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DOE Unveils Funding Opportunity for Quantum Info Science Research
by Matthew Nelson
Published on April 21, 2020
DOE Unveils Funding Opportunity for Quantum Info Science Research

DOE Unveils Funding Opportunity for Quantum Info Science Research

The Department of Energy has earmarked $12M in grants to support quantum information research projects for plasma science and fusion energy.

The funding opportunity will cover various topics such as novel quantum materials and quantum computing algorithms that could address fusion energy issues, DOE said Monday.

DOE will assess applications through a competitive peer review process and is anticipated to award grants from $50K to $1M annually within three years. Private companies, universities and nonprofit organizations are eligible to participate in the effort.

“Research of different forms of energy remains a top priority for the Department, and we look forward to continuing to aid further discoveries made from [quantum information science,]” said Paul Dabbar, undersecretary for science at DOE.

The department plans to obligate $7M from fiscal year 2020 funds and outyear funding for the effort.

News/Press Releases
GAO Issues Priority Recommendations to Education Dept
by Brenda Marie Rivers
Published on April 21, 2020
GAO Issues Priority Recommendations to Education Dept

GAO Issues Priority Recommendations to Education Dept

The Government Accountability Office is recommending the Department of Education to improve its cybersecurity systems, protect investments in higher education and ensure the well-being and education of U.S. school-age children.

GAO said in its report released Friday that it is issuing a total of six recommendations to the Education Department following a prior report issued in April 2019.

According to GAO, the department implemented three out of eight priority recommendations which include improving customer service to applicants for the Direct Loan program. GAO also added a priority open recommendation in this year’s report.

To date, the department was able to analyze civil rights issues at institutions, eliminate lapses in recertification for federal loan repayment plans and improve information security for students under financial aid programs, the watchdog noted.

Since 2015, GAO has been issuing priority open recommendations meant to help departments and agencies save money, improve policymaking, ensure compliance and eliminate mismanagement and abuse.

DoD/Government Technology/News
VA, DoD Launch Joint Information Sharing for Care Providers
by Nichols Martin
Published on April 21, 2020
VA, DoD Launch Joint Information Sharing for Care Providers

VA, DoD Launch Joint Information Sharing for Care Providers

The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have begun to implement a new program that facilitates secure health information exchanges between the two.

VA said Monday its joint health information exchange with DoD would help health care providers access electronic health record data across both departments through a single entry point.

“The recent COVID-19 pandemic underlines the importance for clinicians on the front lines to quickly access a patient’s health record, regardless of where that patient previously received care,” said Neil Evans, interim director at the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization program office.

The government also plans to expand the joint HIE’s interoperability with other systems, programs and networks. The CommonWell provider network is expected to join the HIE program within 2020.

DoD and VA are working to unify their electronic health records into a single system.

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Joint OPM, OMB Memo Outlines Criteria for Resuming Gov’t Operations
by Brenda Marie Rivers
Published on April 21, 2020
Joint OPM, OMB Memo Outlines Criteria for Resuming Gov’t Operations

Joint OPM, OMB Memo Outlines Criteria for Resuming Gov't Operations

Russel Vought and Michael Rigas, the respective acting directors of the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel and Management, have issued a memo on plans to return to normal government operations.

Vought and Rigas wrote in the joint memo dated April 20 that the “Opening Up America Again” program is aimed at implementing a three-phase approach to reopening the government based on a set of “gating criteria”.

According to the memo, state and local governments must ensure that influenza and COVID-like cases trend downward within two weeks without decreasing the number of tests before returning to normal operations.

Governments must also make sure that local hospitals “have the capacity to treat all patients without crisis care” and that a robust testing program is in place for healthcare workers.

Once the criteria are met, government leaders may proceed to developing near- to mid-term mitigation strategies. Agencies may continue leveraging telework capabilities until normal operations are fully feasible to ensure the continuity of government services, the memo states.

Vought and Rigas’ guidance specifically recommends public-facing agencies such as the Social Security Administration and Internal Revenue Service to prioritize reopening.

Government Technology/News
NASA Taps University Lab to Develop New Solar Irradiance Sensor
by Nichols Martin
Published on April 21, 2020
NASA Taps University Lab to Develop New Solar Irradiance Sensor

NASA Taps University Lab to Develop New Solar Irradiance Sensor

NASA has selected the University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics to develop a new solar sensor under an $18M contract.

The Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 would continue the mission of the first TSIS, an existing space sensor designed to measure the sun’s radiation that reaches Earth, NASA said Monday. TSIS-1 launched in 2017.

TSIS-2 will consist of the Total Irradiance Monitor and the Spectral Irradiance Monitor, two instruments needed to study different aspects of solar energy. TIM equips researchers with a tool to study the Earth’s primary source of solar energy, and SIM works to detect solar variability regions on the planet and in its atmosphere.

Work under the sole-source contract will take place through August 6.

Government Technology/News
NIST, CISA Leaders Talk Cloud Security, Access Mgmt Needs for Telework Settings
by Brenda Marie Rivers
Published on April 21, 2020
NIST, CISA Leaders Talk Cloud Security, Access Mgmt Needs for Telework Settings

NIST, CISA Leaders Talk Cloud Security, Access Mgmt Needs for Telework Settings

Matthew Scholl, computer security division chief at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, said that agencies should assess user access and identity management controls as the government continues to implement telework, Nextgov reported Monday.

Scholl told attendees at a webinar hosted by Venable LLP that agencies must examine their use of trust algorithms and cryptographic management techniques as well as data loss prevention settings in a virtual private network.

He also cited the benefits of using zero-trust architectures and cloud computing for virtualization and network segmentation.

“We want to ensure that in these quick migrations that we’ve done, that we fully understand both the positives as well as some of the assumptions we’ve made about our security,” said Scholl.

“This is really the first time that everyone is sprinting in the same direction to really make a big change when it comes to cloud adoption,” noted Michael Duffy, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency during the event.

According to Scholl, agencies must make sure to follow-up with cloud providers with regards to security protocols and potential migration issues.

DoD/Government Technology/News
DoD, Norwegian Ministry of Defence Eye Extension of Solid Fuel Ramjet Tech Partnership
by Matthew Nelson
Published on April 21, 2020
DoD, Norwegian Ministry of Defence Eye Extension of Solid Fuel Ramjet Tech Partnership
Michael Griffin
Michael Griffin

The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Norwegian Ministry of Defense (MoD) plan to extend their bilateral partnership in efforts to analyze solid fuel ramjet technologies.

The two entities seek to build and incorporate solid fuel ramjet capacities into high-speed prototype systems as part of the Tactical High-speed Offensive Ramjet for Extended Range program, DoD said Monday.

THOR-ER was established under the Allied Prototyping Initiative, an effort that aims to foster international research and development projects through the usage of new and existing frameworks.

“This continuation is an important next step in advancing high-speed propulsion technologies with our Norwegian partners,” said Michael Griffin, DoD undersecretary for research and engineering and a 2019 Wash100 Award winner.

The initiative will continue collaborative research efforts between Nammo, the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment and the Naval Air Warfare Center.

About The Wash100

This year represents our sixth annual Wash100 Award selection. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leaders selected by Executive Mosaic’s organizational and editorial leadership as the most influential leaders in the GovCon sector. These leaders demonstrate skills in leadership, innovation, achievement, and vision.

Visit the Wash100 site to learn about the other 99 winners of the 2020 Wash100 Award. On the site, you can submit your 10 votes for the GovCon executives of consequence that you believe will have the most significant impact in 2020.

News/Press Releases
Oracle Secures FedRAMP High Authorization to Support Government Customers, Data; Tamara Greenspan Quoted
by Sarah Sybert
Published on April 21, 2020
Oracle Secures FedRAMP High Authorization to Support Government Customers, Data; Tamara Greenspan Quoted

Oracle Secures FedRAMP High Authorization to Support Government Customers, Data; Tamara Greenspan Quoted

Oracle has announced that Oracle Cloud Infrastructure-Government Cloud has achieved FedRAMP High Authorization to support government customers and data, the company reported on Tuesday.

“Government customers rely on Oracle Cloud to run their most critical workloads. With FedRAMP High and Impact Level 5 authorizations, we are able to support the highest levels of security standards for unclassified workloads across local, state, and federal government, as well as the Department of Defense,” said Scott Twaddle, vice president, Regulated Markets, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

With the authorization, Oracle will enable state, local and federal government customers using Oracle to modernize technology and meet increasing productivity goals and standards. In addition to the company’s government customers, more than 1,000 public sector organizations globally have utilized Oracle’s advanced technologies.

The company has reached the highest level of FedRAMP Authorization and DISA Impact Level 5 provisional (IL5 PATO) authorizations. The authorization will enable Oracle Cloud to provide government customers with the advanced standards of security necessary to protect the federal government’s data.

Oracle’s Government Cloud is ideal for mission-critical workloads like financials and other back office applications, as well as newer workloads such as simulations, machine learning and cloud native applications.

Oracle’s U.S. Government Cloud regions will also offer Oracle Cloud services, including compute (CPU and GPU virtual machine and bare metal), storage (block, object, and archive storage, including new immutable object storage capabilities), database and exadata cloud services, FastConnect, identity and access management, key management service and load balancer.

In addition to the FedRAMP High and IL5 PATO authorizations, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure-Government Cloud has achieved a variety of certifications to advance security standards to its customers, including SOC, ISO, PCI, and HIPAA. The third-party assurance programs prove Oracle’s commitment to security of public sector customers.

Oracle’s Gen 2 Cloud was developed with a particular focus on addressing government cloud needs with capabilities including strong encryption, in-depth auditing and robust security controls and tools. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure-Government Cloud will provide customers with advanced technology, including machine learning-enabled applications, integrated security tools, automated analytics and Oracle Autonomous Database.

“In addition, with sponsorship from a U.S. government agency, Oracle is in the process of providing several classified Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regions to support the most sensitive workloads. This investment will soon bring the cost, performance, and security benefits of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to the defense and intelligence communities for our customers’ workloads at all classification levels,” Twaddle added.

Prior to Oracle’s announcement of the company’s FedRAMP High authorization, Oracle’s cloud applications recently achieved FedRAMP Moderate Authorization in Feb. 2020.

“FedRAMP Authorization for Oracle Cloud Applications is a critical step in meeting the growing demands and compliance requirements of our public sector customers,” said Tamara Greenspan, group vice president of Oracle’s public sector division.

Oracle will also enhance its cloud services and applications through achieving best-in-class security, high-end scalability, strong performance and advanced integration capabilities.

“By achieving this authorization, we are able to help the Federal Government tap into our complete and innovative cloud applications suite to not just keep pace, but stay ahead of the evolving business and technology landscape,” added Greenspan.

In addition to the FedRAMP Authorization, Oracle Cloud Applications has also achieved Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Department of Defense in November.

With IL4, Oracle can now offer its software as a service cloud suite to additional government agencies within the DoD community. Since the authorization was granted, the DoD has selected Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud to help transform its HR operations in support of 900K civilian employees.

About Oracle

The Oracle Cloud offers a complete suite of integrated applications for Sales, Service, Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, plus Highly Automated and Secure Generation 2 Infrastructure featuring the Oracle Autonomous Database.

News/Press Releases
CentralSquare Provides Complementary Software Products to Assist Public Safety Agencies With COVID-19 Response; David Zolet Quoted
by Sarah Sybert
Published on April 21, 2020
CentralSquare Provides Complementary Software Products to Assist Public Safety Agencies With COVID-19 Response; David Zolet Quoted

CentralSquare Provides Complementary Software Products to Assist Public Safety Agencies With COVID-19 Response; David Zolet Quoted

CentralSquare Technologies will provide complimentary use of select software solutions to its more than 5,000 public safety customers across the nation in support of national emergency response around the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced on Tuesday.

“It is a privilege to serve our customers who are on the frontlines battling a global pandemic,” said Dave Zolet, CEO of CentralSquare and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient. “Offering our relevant products on a complimentary basis is just one way we can help our first responders in this time of need.”

CentralSquare customers will provide the frontlines of responding to an unprecedented public health emergency. The company will offer complimentary access to key software applications to help reduce person-to-person interactions, enable agencies to share resources more easily and allow personnel to work from remote and offsite locations to responder customers.

The company’s software applications will continue to be offered on a complimentary basis through December 1, 2020. The offerings will include citizen reporting, utilizing CentralSquare P2C to enable the public to communicate directly with their law enforcement agencies and reduce face-to-face interactions.

CentralSquare will also supply field ops and freedom, which are mobile applications that enable personnel to work from remote and offsite locations, minimizing person-to-person exposure, and Digital Evidence Management System (DEMS).

DEMS and video camera data aggregation will provide officers, investigators and attorneys to use video from city or privately owned surveillance cameras to conduct investigations. Customers on any CentralSquare public safety software product will be offered online citizen reporting with no services or hosting fees.

Depending on the customer’s current software deployment, complimentary use of the mobile application covers license additions or entirely new implementations. DEMS and video camera data aggregation will be offered free of charge to customers who have qualifying systems.

In addition to these product offerings, CentralSquare will offer free training to help customers rapidly adapt their systems in lieu of COVID-19. An on-demand video library, including 911 call-taking training videos to help ramp up new team members, will be available for customers to help optimize their emergency response during the pandemic.

About CentralSquare

Formed by the merger of Superion, TriTech along with Zuercher, and the public sector and healthcare business of Aptean, CentralSquare is an industry leader in public safety and public administration software, serving over 7,650 organizations from the largest metropolitan city to counties and towns of every size across North America.

Its technology platform provides solutions for public safety, including 911, computer-aided dispatch, records management, mobile, citations, evidence management and corrections. For public administration agencies, CentralSquare provides software for finance, human capital management, payroll, utility billing, citizen engagement, asset management, regulatory compliance and community development. For hospitals and clinicians, it provides patient information, compliance, and analytics software. CentralSquare’s broad, unified and agile software suite serves 3 in 4 citizens across North America.

Government Technology/News
BWXT Continues TRISO Line Restart Development, Adding Kernel Formation, Sintering Operations; Joel Duling Quoted
by Sarah Sybert
Published on April 21, 2020
BWXT Continues TRISO Line Restart Development, Adding Kernel Formation, Sintering Operations; Joel Duling Quoted

BWXT Continues TRISO Line Restart Development, Adding Kernel Formation, Sintering Operations; Joel Duling Quoted

BWX Technologies (BWXT) has announced that the company’s TRISO nuclear fuel manufacturing restart activities will continue to progress ahead of schedule, BWXT reported on Tuesday.

“BWXT has been working expeditiously to complete our preparations to restart our TRISO line and produce TRISO fuel at scale,” said Joel Duling, president of BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. “I can’t say enough about how well our employees have performed to get us to this stage.”

BWXT has demonstrated the capability to form and sinter uranium oxycarbide (UCO) fuel kernels that serve as a precursor to the TRISO coating process. With the completion of the process, BWXT will focus on introducing two additional furnaces online to meet projected production demand before restart activities are complete.

In Dec. 2019, BWXT produced uranium solutions for TRISO fuel as the company progressed with its previously announced plans to restart its manufacturing line and increase capacity at its Lynchburg, Va. facility.

BWXT will restart its existing TRIstructural-ISOtropic (TRISO fuel) production capability and increase its capacity to position the company to meet emergent client interests in the Department of Defense (DoD) microreactors, space reactors and civil advanced reactors.

TRISO fuel can withstand extreme heat and has very low proliferation concerns and environmental risks. BWXT is the only U.S. company to manufacture irradiation-tested uranium oxycarbide TRISO fuel using production-scale equipment.

BWXT and the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) have partnered in the development and qualification of TRISO-based fuel for more than 15 years, demonstrating and establishing the company’s commercial capability for TRISO fuel manufacturing.

“[Our Employees] have positioned us to finish our restart efforts later this year, even in the face of recent challenges across the globe. The effort and accomplishment is truly phenomenal,” added Duling.

About BWXT

At BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT), we are People Strong, Innovation Driven. Headquartered in Lynchburg, Va., BWXT provides safe and effective nuclear solutions for national security, clean energy, environmental remediation, nuclear medicine and space exploration. With approximately 6,600 employees, BWXT has 12 major operating sites in the U.S. and Canada. In addition, BWXT joint ventures provide management and operations at more than a dozen U.S. Department of Energy and NASA facilities.

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