Jessica Rosenworcel, chairwoman of the Federal Telecommunications Commission, has circulated a notice of proposed changes to how telecommunications carriers report customer proprietary network information breaches to their clients.

The proposal aims to adapt current FCC rules to keep up with evolving cybersecurity threats to telecommunications companies and federal and state data breach laws involving other sectors, the commission said Wednesday.

Among the suggestions are the removal of the seven-business-day mandatory waiting period before informing clients of a breach and the requirement for carriers to now notify the commission of any reportable security infringement.

“But these rules need updating to fully reflect the evolving nature of data breaches and the real-time threat they pose to affected consumers,” noted Rosenworcel of current FCC regulations.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has partnered with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to help advance offshore wind energy technologies that do not harm underwater biodiversity and promote cooperative ocean use.

The team will combine their expertise and connections to create a framework for future agreements that will tackle relevant areas around the Biden administration’s wind energy goals, NOAA said Wednesday.

Under their new memorandum, the agencies will work together to support a federal government target of 30 gigawatts of wind energy production capacity deployed offshore by 2030.

“It will help ensure coordination, collaboration, and alignment by NOAA and BOEM at key decision points in support of the Administration’s offshore wind energy goal,” explained NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad.

Amanda Lefton, BOEM director, pointed out that interagency efforts will assist in addressing climate change-related problems while introducing new job opportunities in the U.S.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has launched an effort to foster the development of high-capacity electric transmission lines in alignment with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

DOE said Wednesday its Building a Better Grid initiative aims to make clean energy more accessible, create new jobs and boost the U.S. power grid’s resiliency to climate change effects.

Building a Better Grid will bring state, tribal, community and industry stakeholders together to identify requirements for building high voltage transmission facilities.

The initiative will use over $20 billion in federal funds to support transmission projects. These funds include $3 billion from the Smart Grid Investment Grant Program, $2.5 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and $10 billion for power outage prevention efforts across states and tribes.

“DOE’s new Building a Better Grid initiative is a job booster spurred by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and collaboration with communities to upgrade the nation’s grid, connect more Americans to clean electricity and broadband and reliably move clean energy to where it’s needed most,” said Jennifer Granholm, the secretary of Energy.

The U.S. Navy has revealed the design concept of the next-generation DDG(X) warship, which the service plans to equip with directed energy weapons and hypersonic missiles, USNI News reported Wednesday.

The Navy wants DDG(X) to feature advanced sensors and deliver laser power tenfold of existing counterparts.

DDG(X) will feature a combat system based on the Flight III ships equipped with the SPY-6 air radar.

“Capabilities that we’re going to need for the 21st century to continue combating the threat are increased missile capability sensor growth, directed energy weapons, which actually require a lot of power, increased survivability and increased power availability,” Katherine Connelly, deputy program manager at the Navy’s Program Executive Office for Ships, said Wednesday at the Surface Navy Association symposium.

The service plans to begin building DDG(X) in 2028 as a successor to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers.