The Department of Energy (DOE) will distribute $99 million to advance geothermal energy development across 21 projects, furthering innovation to unlock additional energy reserves. Each project will conduct either field-scale tests of next-generation geothermal technologies or exploration drilling designed to identify abundant geothermal resource sites. The agency has selected 16 projects for exploration drilling, with […]
An effort by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to modernize the nation’s aging air traffic control system is moving forward with more than 10,000 projects under way. The first phase is expected to cost about $16 billion, and Congress has already appropriated $12.5 billion for the work. FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford told a House appropriations […]
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has appointed Gwen Gann as the state’s next state chief information security officer (CISO), pulling from the private sector to oversee the Office of Cybersecurity. She assumed her responsibilities on Sept. 16. Gann succeeds Ralph Johnson, who officially retired on Sept. 1 from Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech). Johnson served as state […]
The Atlanta Beltline – the municipal entity overseeing the development of a future 22-mile light rail transit line – has published its final recommendations and next steps for the Beltline Transit Study after three and a half years of work. If implemented, the recommended project direction would cost an estimated $3.5 billion. The report outlines […]
Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed a seven-member team drawn from the Legislature, the Texas Space Commission, universities and the commercial space industry to prepare Texas’ proposal for the planned United States Space Academy. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Greg Bonnen, R-Friendswood, will lead the effort. President Donald Trump announced the initiative and signed Executive Order 14423 […]
Portland, Ore., approved the creation of a Data and Privacy Office (DPO) during its Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget process. Now, with the office set to begin operations imminently, city leaders are looking for an inaugural data and privacy officer to lead it. The DPO exists at a historical moment where there has never been a greater intersection […]
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is seeking proposals to manufacture 650 compressed-natural-gas buses, the agency’s largest single bus-fleet upgrade since 2013. The solicitation covers low-floor, 40-foot buses for New York City Transit and the MTA Bus Co. It is funded entirely through the MTA capital program. The procurement is valued at more than $100 million, […]