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  • DOE to Award 219 Research Grants to Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE to Award 219 Research Grants to Small Businesses

    The Energy Department plans to award 219 research and development grants cumulatively worth $34 million to 183 small businesses from 41 states, the agency announced Monday. Rick Perry said that Phase I grants will be funded via the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, with the department awarding a median of $150,000 […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Interview With John Vollmer, President of Management Services at AECOM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview With John Vollmer, President of Management Services at AECOM

    ExecutiveBiz spoke with John Vollmer, president of management services at AECOM, and a three-time Wash100 winner, about AECOM’s robust organic growth, future in the unmanned aerial systems market, what infrastructure opportunities lie ahead, and much more. “Today’s U.S. infrastructure gap is in the trillions of dollars. To address this, it’s absolutely crucial that we work […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls-BWXT JV to Begin Los Alamos Site Cleanup Under $1.4B DOE Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls-BWXT JV to Begin Los Alamos Site Cleanup Under $1.4B DOE Contract

    N3B is set to commence environmental cleanup efforts at the Los Alamos National Laboratory after the Huntington Ingalls Industries–BWX Technologies joint venture completed a transition period under the terms of a potential $1.39 billion contract from the Energy Department. Huntington Ingalls said Tuesday that N3B hired personnel, assessed conditions, established a working procedure and implemented […] More

  • DOE Seeks Ideas to Build 'Modular' Coal Power Plant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Seeks Ideas to Build ‘Modular’ Coal Power Plant

    The Energy Department has issued a request for information to solicit input on how to develop modular coal-based power generation systems. DOE said Tuesday its Office of Fossil Energy seeks to determine technical and market factors that should be considered to design, construct and operate a pilot-scale coal power plant. The department envisions a power station […] More

  • General Atomics Secures DOE Funds for Nuclear Reactor Fuel R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Secures DOE Funds for Nuclear Reactor Fuel R&D

    General Atomics has secured grants from the Energy Department to further develop new types of fuel designed to power nuclear reactor systems. DOE will help fund two company-led projects to produce and license a reactor fuel system that uses uranium carbide pellets in silicon carbide composite cladding, General Atomics said Monday. The projects were among 13 recipients of up […] More

  • DOE to Extend Hanford Site Tank Operations Contract With AECOM-Atkins JV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE to Extend Hanford Site Tank Operations Contract With AECOM-Atkins JV

    The Energy Department plans to extend a contract with a joint venture of AECOM and SNC-Lavalin‘s Atkins business unit to manage, treat and dispose nuclear waste at the department’s Hanford site. The DOE said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that it intends to award a one-year contract extension to Washington River Protection Solutions, with work slated to occur […] More

  • Battelle Team Hits Milestone in DOE-Backed Carbon Capture, Storage Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Team Hits Milestone in DOE-Backed Carbon Capture, Storage Project

    A Battelle-led team has injected 1.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into a deep rock formation as part of a Department of Energy project that sought to demonstrate carbon capture, utilization and storage processes. The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership conducted the scientific demonstration effort built upon DOE’s 10-year-old goal to store CO2 beneath the earth’s […] More

  • Former GSA Deputy CIO Steve Grewal Named Cohesity Federal CTO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former GSA Deputy CIO Steve Grewal Named Cohesity Federal CTO

    Steve Grewal, formerly deputy chief information officer at the General Services Administration, has joined Cohesity as chief technology officer of federal and Eastern U.S. business at the San Jose, California-based data storage vendor. The 15-year government information technology veteran will lead Cohesity’s expansion efforts expansion efforts in the federal market, Cohesity said Wednesday. Prior to his two-year tenure at GSA, Grewal worked at […] More

  • DOE to Award Technology Grants to 149 Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE to Award Technology Grants to 149 Small Businesses

    The Department of Energy has announced it will award 179 research and development grants with a combined $3o million value to 149 small businesses across 36 states. The Phase I R&D grants will be awarded through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, in support of the department’s Office of Science, DOE said Tuesday. Firms participating […] More

  • Charles Verdon Appointed NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles Verdon Appointed NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs

    President Donald Trump has appointed Charles Verdon, a principal associate director at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, as deputy administrator for defense programs at the Energy Department‘s National Nuclear Security Administration. At LLNL, Verdon leads the federal research facility’s weapons and complex integration directorate that focuses on nuclear weapons programs, the White House said Monday. His previous roles […] More

  • Charles Verdon Appointed NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles Verdon Appointed NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs

    President Donald Trump has appointed Charles Verdon, a principal associate director at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, as deputy administrator for defense programs at the Energy Department‘s National Nuclear Security Administration. At LLNL, Verdon leads the federal research facility’s weapons and complex integration directorate that focuses on nuclear weapons programs, the White House said Monday. His previous roles […] More

  • DOE to Hold Contest on Solar Manufacturing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE to Hold Contest on Solar Manufacturing

    The Department of Energy has announced that it will launch a competition to push U.S. entrepreneurs for new developments on solar manufacturing. The $3 million American Made Solar Prize competition seeks to augment the U.S.’ presence in the solar energy market, and form partnerships between industry players and DOE laboratories, the department said Wednesday. Participants will be given […] More