Technology

New Mexico Tech Cybersecurity Expert Appointed To Federal, State Panels

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Dr. Lorie Liebrock

NMT News:

SOCORRO — Sharing her expertise to better prepare state and local governments for cyberattacks, New Mexico Tech’s Dr. Lorie Liebrock recently was named to two key committees at the state and federal level.

Dr. Liebrock is a computer science and engineering professor and director of the New Mexico Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NMCCoE).

Established by a recent executive order from Gov. Michelle Luhan Grisham, the Cybersecurity Planning Committee will work to develop a robust cyberinfrastructure to address risks and threats within state and local governments. Read More

CISA Updates Infrastructure Resilience Framework Plan

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CISA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an updated Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework (IRPF) to better help state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) planners protect infrastructure.

First released in 2021, the IRPF helps SLTT partners to incorporate critical infrastructure resilience considerations into planning activities. It can be used to support capital improvement plans, hazard mitigation plans, and other planning documents, as well as funding requests.

This latest update adds important new resources Read More

Verus® Research Awarded $1.2 Million Contract From U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs Office

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Verus® Research News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Verus® Research, a New Mexico-based team of scientists and engineers specializing in advanced research and development, announces it has received a $1.2M Phase II Small Business Innovative Research contract from the U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office.

The 18-month contract enables the development of compact and inexpensive plasma-based, widely tunable frequency impedance elements (a.k.a. plasma switches and antennas).

The effort will produce articles capable of sustained high-power operation in contested and denied electromagnetic Read More

AFRL Breaks Ground On New FORTRESS Space Lab

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The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate held a ground-breaking ceremony, Nov. 16, 2022, beginning construction on the Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, a 6,200- square-foot, $4.5 million facility at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The facility will enable researchers to develop solutions for trusted, high-performance electronic components with necessary space and strategic-hardening to ensure the survivability of key U.S. Space Force and Air Force systems. Courtesy/US Air Force

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AG Balderas Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging FTC To Account For Consumer Risks Of Online Surveillance

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Attorney General Hector Baldera

From the Office of the Attorney General:

ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas Thursday joined a bipartisan group of 33 attorneys general in calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to consider the consumer harms caused by the prevalence of commercial surveillance and data security practices when creating new rules to prevent misconduct and promote transparency and accountability around online data collection.

In a comment letter, filed Thursday in response to the FTC’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Commercial Surveillance Read More

Rep. Leger Fernández Introduces Tribal Connect Act To Increase High-Speed Internet Access On Tribal Lands

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CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández introduced the Tribal Connect Act of 2022 to make it easier for Tribes to secure high-speed internet access at Tribally-owned public institutions through the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Universal Service Fund (USF) Schools and Libraries Program, or E-rate program. Senators Heinrich, Hoeven, and Luján introduced the Senate companion of this legislation. 

The FCC established the E-rate program with the goal to equip schools and libraries with broadband support so that every child in America has access Read More

DOE Awards Funding To General Atomics For Tokamak Research In Facilities Around The World

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Dr. Wayne Solomon

General Atomics News:

SAN DIEGO — Five researchers at General Atomics (GA) have been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct experimental research in fusion energy, which will be performed at tokamak facilities in the U.S. and around the world.

The awards were made as part of a $47 million funding announcement for research to close scientific and technological gaps in support of a fusion energy pilot plant (FPP).

“This funding will enable important collaborative research as the world looks to fusion energy,” said Vice President Dr. Wayne Solomon Read More

LAMC Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For New Technology

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LAMC’s new Nuc Med Camera machine. Courtesy/LAMC

LAMC News:

Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) is holding a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for its new Nuc Med Camera in Imaging.

This event is open to community members so they can come in and view LAMC’s newest technology.

The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Imaging’s new Nuc Med Camera is 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22 at LAMC Imaging Department – first floor. Snacks will be available.

Nuclear Medicine is a medical specialty that uses safe, painless and cost-effective techniques to both image and in some cases treat diseases. Images from the Nuc Med Camera can Read More

County: Townsite Outage Scheduled For Wednesday

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COUNTY News:

After the townsite-wide power outage Sunday, Los Alamos townsite residents and businesses have been patiently waiting to find out when a system repair will take place. That repair has been scheduled for Wednesday morning.

The townsite is on two electric supply lines fed by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). When one of those lines went down Sunday, all electric customers were moved to the other supply line, doubling its usual electric load. LANL utility crews and Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) electric distribution staff have been working together to plan Read More

NOAA’s Newest Satellite Heads Toward Orbit

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NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 took off Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Courtey/NOAA

NOAA News:

NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2), the third in a series of five advanced polar-orbiting satellites, blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 1:49 a.m. (PST) Thursday.  

The satellite will join its predecessors, Suomi NPP and NOAA-20, as they circle the globe 14 times a day, and provide a continuous stream of data used for weather forecasting, including extreme — potentially deadly — events, and will help track and monitor climate Read More