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Multiagency plan aims to boost biotechnology workforce

A new national strategy to grow the U.S.’s biotechnology sector focuses on workforce training and curriculum development. 

  • By Alexandra Kelley

NSF watchdog warns of 'other transaction' pitfalls as funding decisions loom

The National Science Foundation is poised to distribute billions in research and development funding via legislation designed to boost domestic production of computer chips.

  • By Carten Cordell

Vaccination rates tick up slightly among federal employees

The number of vaccinated feds has increased, although there are still thousands of pending exception and extension requests to the mandate.

  • By Natalie Alms

IGs look to expand investigative authority

Agency watchdogs told lawmakers that they would like authority to subpoena former federal employees, contractors and other non-governmental witnesses to give testimony in IG probes.

  • By Natalie Alms

AFGE presses Congress to oppose pay and hiring flexibilities for NSF

The measure, which would expand the hiring authorities of the director of the National Science Foundation, "bears a striking resemblance" to Schedule F, said AFGE national president Everett Kelley.

  • By Natalie Alms

Agency STEM workforces in decline, report finds

A new committee report details the dramatic decline in the STEM workforces of federal science agencies. Lawmakers talked ideas to rebuild the workforce at a hearing on Wednesday.

  • By Natalie Alms

Longtime agency watchdog to head CIGIE

The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency elected the Inspector General of the National Science Foundation as its new chairperson.

  • By Mark Rockwell

Lawmakers look to retool NSF for tech

Competition with China is at the center of a bipartisan $110 billion plan to boost technology research and development by a dramatic reorganization of the National Science Foundation.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

Can the U.S. compete in R&D?

Lawmakers and experts are worried about federal research funding, especially with Chinese national investments in AI, 5G, quantum and other emerging technologies.

  • By Derek B. Johnson

RPA: 'It's entry-level AI'

How robotic process automation is helping automate tedious back-office processes at federal agencies.

  • By Mark Rockwell

White House plans spring release of AI research strategy

The strategy will be an updated version of a plan first released under the Obama administration.

  • By Matt Leonard

Can cloud speed up scientific discovery?

A new project from the National Science Foundation looks at how cloud computing can support science and engineering research.

  • By Matt Leonard

Quantum lag: Experts fret that the U.S. risks falling behind in computing power

Quantum computing could upend current cryptography standards, and experts are urging government to take an interest in the technology as it develops.

  • By Chase Gunter

NSF CIO Amy Northcutt dies at 57

The longtime National Science Foundation executive was diagnosed with a brain tumor just nine days earlier.

  • By Troy K. Schneider
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White House backs $400M push for 5G research

The Advanced Wireless Research Initiative, led by NSF, will sow the seeds for next-generation wireless services in the U.S. by setting up research networks to experiment with applications.

  • By Mark Rockwell

IRS hacks, college data, IoT warnings and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

  • By FCW Staff

Planning for cyber war in South Dakota

At a Senate field hearing, the message was that tomorrow's talent needs nurturing -- and more scholarship cash -- if America is going to reverse its shortage of cybersecurity professionals.

  • By Zach Noble

Big money for agile, FCC's big move, NSF funding for ecodata and Interior's new look

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

  • By FCW Staff

NSF grants, an EIS workshop and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

  • By FCW Staff

Map app, data gap and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

  • By FCW Staff

More SEWP V vendors, DOD cloud pilots, NSF data projects and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

  • By FCW Staff