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National Science Foundation Chief AI Officer Dorothy Aronson participates in a panel discussion at AI Talks on April 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

NSF is piloting an AI chatbot to connect people with grants

The tool, which is the first artificial intelligence pilot of a commercial platform by NSF, is also serving as a way for the agency to pursue rapid…

May 10, 2024 By Madison Alder

Washington, D.C. (August 10, 2021) Homeland Security Deputy Secretary John Tien swears in Robert Silvers as the new DHS Under Secretary for the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans at DHS Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

DHS agrees new cybersecurity R&D partnership with Israel

The initiative will provide $1.5M grants to startups working on infrastructure cyber resilience.

Jul 1, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

Treasury’s blockchain token for grant payments is a permission-based version of Ethereum. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images)

Treasury advances blockchain proof of concept for grant payments

The project relies on a permission-based version of the Ethereum blockchain.

Nov 9, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Photograph of a chip constructed by D-Wave Systems Inc. designed to operate as a 128-qubit processor, mounted in a sample holder. (D-Wave Systems/Wikimedia)

Air Force issues 17 quantum science grants for basic research

The Air Force awarded 17 contracts totaling more than a million dollars in new funding for the emerging technology.

Dec 29, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

COVID-19 briefing at FEMA — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf meets with Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor, and other officials at FEMA’s National Response Coordination Center to discuss the ongoing fight against the coronavirus. (DHS / Tara A. Molle)

With a pandemic and hurricane season crushing FEMA, the agency could use some bots

FEMA could use some help from bots as it tries to respond to many crisis, both internal and external.

Jul 2, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Concept image of cables and connections for data transfer in the digital world.3d rendering.

NSF marshals data science, blockchain to streamline federal grant processing

A National Science Foundation team developed a document ‘fingerprinting’ process that could help federal grant-issuing agencies sort through thousands of proposals more effectively.

Mar 18, 2020 By Wyatt Kash

Energy gets one step closer to a quantum leap

The Department of Energy took another step in its push to expand quantum computing research through new research centers.

May 31, 2019 By Jackson Barnett

The Thomas Fire burns in August 2018 in Santa Barbara, California. (Carsten Schertzer / Getty Images)

FEMA wants to award disaster grants faster under this $80M IT contract

Homeland Security also employed a new bid process to select the winner, an IT modernization firm.

Apr 4, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

Energy Department floats $40M to boost quantum computing research

Adaptable algorithms and programming languages are needed for numerous, early systems that have emerged.

Apr 3, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

Rep. Virginia Foxx (House Education and the Workforce Committee / Flickr)

GREAT Act gets another chance in 2019

The open data taxonomy bill is back after time ran out on it in the Senate in the 115th Congress.

Jan 9, 2019 By Carten Cordell