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Four lawmakers have proposed a bicameral bill to strengthen U.S. scientific and technological edge through increased investments in the development and commercialization of emerging technologies. The bipartisan Endless Frontier Act would change the name of the National Science Foundation to National Science and Technology Foundation and create a technology directorate within NSTF to advance research in 10 tech focus areas, including artificial intelligence and machine learning; high-performance computing; cybersecurity and data storage; and robotics, automation and advanced manufacturing.

The Trump administration is in discussions with Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and other semiconductor firms to establish new chip factories in the U.S. to strengthen the domestic production of chips as concerns rise over the vulnerability of Asian factories as highlighted by the coronavirus pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal business has received a potential $340.9M contract to provide full system development lifecycle services to help the Department of Commerce consolidate core finance, acquisition, property, enterprise data warehouse and other business applications into a single suite of systems.

The Department of Commerce has decided to withdraw its proposed rules that would further restrain U.S. companies from selling chips and other electronics to China-based Huawei Technologies through their facilities overseas after Commerce faced objections from the Department of Defense, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security is seeking feedback on a final rule requiring U.S. companies to secure a license to market artificial intelligence-based geospatial imagery technology to foreign countries other than Canada.

INCATech has won a multiyear contract from the Department of Commerce to provide tools for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to visualize and compare geographic data on broadband coverage throughout the U.S.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 5, 2018 — Deloitte has hired Glenn Davidson, former executive director of enterprise services at the Commerce Department, as a human capital transformation executive for the government and public services practice within the company’s consulting business, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Davidson will work on programs that are aimed to …

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $100M task order to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration manage security of the agency’s enterprise and cyber operations. The company said Wednesday it will support the NOAA Cyber Security Center in efforts to continuously monitor and secure the network within an asset …

Beth Meinert, a three-decade veteran of Mitre, has been promoted to vice president and director of the federally funded Center for Enterprise Modernization-Financial and Economic Transformation. Mitre said Wednesday Meinert has helped drive the nonprofit company’s work program across the departments of Treasury and Commerce, the Social Security Administration and federal government financial oversight organizations …

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