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FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com.

Today, the Energy Department launched the eGallon, an easy way for consumers to compare the electric-gas tradeoff.

Though feds themselves may perceive innovation to be declining, there are agencies within government working to be the change they wish to see in the federal space.

Robert Brese, chief information officer at the Energy Department, described in a new blog post how the agency has made it easier to find alternative-fuel stations.

FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community.

New power entered the Energy Department yesterday in the form of Ernest J. Moniz. Confirmed May 16 by a unanimous vote of 97 to 0, Moniz became officially the new secretary of the Energy Department.

Launched by the Energy Department in September of 2011 and modeled after the Veterans Affairs Department’s Blue Button, the Green Button is now used nationwide for homes and business.

Locatis, former assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications at DHS, started Nexusist, a business development-focused consulting company, which announced Thursday a partnership with Grayling to launch the firm’s cybersecurity consulting and advisory services practice.

You’ve heard of TechStat and PortfolioStat. Well, for the last few months, the Office of Management and Budget has been doing CyberStat sessions, Dr. Andrew Ozment, senior director of cybersecurity at the White House, said Tuesday at McAfee’s Public Sector Summit presented by FedScoop.

The federal information technology budget has remained effectively flat the past four years while government spending continues to be cut in different areas shows the Obama administration’s belief in the power of technology to be transformative.

Robert Bectel, chief technology officer/senior policy adviser, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Energy Department, discusses with FedscoopTV the next big thing in IT and what he’s working on.

The Energy Department announced the winners of its Apps for Vehicles Challenge that asked developers to demonstrate how the open data available on most vehicles can be used to improve vehicle safety, fuel efficiency and comfort.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell will be nominated to lead the Office of Management and Budget; MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz will be nominated to lead the Department of Energy; and veteran Environmental Protection Agency executive Gina McCarthy will be nominated to head EPA.

The U.S. Department of Energy is looking for an associate chief information officer. The job pays between 119,554 and $179,700 per year and is open for applications until March 28.

The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, known as FITARA, is expected to be published before Congress’ Spring Recess in three weeks, said the bill’s author, Congressman Darrell Issa.

The Department of Energy hosted a Google Hangout Thursday on open government data and its role in fostering entrepreneurial opportunity.

Department of Veterans Affairs Chief Technology Officer Peter Levin will resign effective March 1, he told FedScoop in an exclusive interview.

In a landmark announcement in the nation’s fight against cyber threats, President Obama on Tuesday signed a long-awaited cybersecurity executive order that asks organizations protecting critical infrastructure to voluntarily share threat information with the United States government.

In a letter to employees, Chu trumpeted the Energy Department’s efforts to develop new and improved energy technologies, clean energy jobs, home weatherization projects and hybrid and battery-powered cars.