Archive for the 'Press Releases' Category
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President Obama’s FY 2017 Budget highlights clean energy.
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In statement, Alliance to Save Energy President Kateri Callahan said, “President Obama’s last budget continues the solid and stalwart support for investing in a clean and efficient energy future that we have seen throughout his administration. Alliance applauds the decision to double budgetary support of clean energy programs, increasing to $12.8 billion in 2021, up from $6.4 billion in 2016, as part of the Mission Innovation initiative announced by Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz last year.”
Mar
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Energy Department Announces Funding for national lab HPC access.
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Offered via High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) program, up to $3 million in funding lets manufacturers use resources at Energy Department’s national laboratories. HPC will be used to apply modeling, simulation, and data analysis to address manufacturing challenges that aid in decision-making, optimize processes/design, improve quality, predict performance/failure, quicken/eliminate testing, or shorten time of adoption of new technologies. Applications are due April 21, 2016.
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NIST Publishes Analysis of Cybersecurity Framework comments.
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NIST published analysis of feedback from critical-infrastructure leaders and others on voluntary, federally led Cybersecurity Framework. Comments included within “Analysis of Cybersecurity Framework RFI Responses” affirm frameworks’ current uses, recommend refinements, and suggest future directions. There are 10 recurring themes among responses, and analysis, in addition to explaining each, offers associated key terms and example responses.
Mar
29
Equipment Leasing/Finance Industry Confidence increases in March.
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March 2016 Monthly Confidence Index for Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) shows market confidence at 51.6, which is up from February’s 48.3. Survey covers business conditions, demand for leases and loans to fund capex, degree of access to capital to fund equipment acquisitions, and hiring expectancies for next 4 months. In addition to evaluation of current U.S. economy, survey asks about U.S. economic conditions over next 6 months and business development activities spending.
Mar
29
AASHTO Report examines ways state DOTs are using drones.
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According to AASHTO’s March 2016 survey, 33 state departments of transportation (DOTs) either have or are exploring, researching, testing, or using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – also known as drones – in various applications. Special report by AASHTO’s Transportation TV explores ways in which state DOTs are using drones, and online fact sheet highlights benefits of UAV use. AASHTO is also planning webinars on UAS technology and will hold peer exchange during upcoming AASHTO Spring Meeting.
Mar
29
LIA Profiles New President and Board of Directors.
March 29, 2016 | Comments Off on LIA Profiles New President and Board of Directors.
LIA announced Lin Li as 2016 President, Paul Denney as President-Elect, Stephen Capp as Treasurer, Milan Brandt as Secretary, and Robert Thomas as Immediate Past President. Those serving on LIA’s Board of Directors from 2016–2018 will be Clive Grafton-Reed, John Hunter, Stefan Kaierle, Yongfeng Lu, Eric Mottay, Robert Mueller, Andreas Ostendorf, Rajesh S. Patel, Silke Pflueger, and Koji Sugioka.