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Critical Infrastructure News

This page includes news feeds about critical infrastructure to help ground resilience theory and concepts in real-world applications and current events. Excerpts from the RSS news feeds are updated every two hours as new articles are published. In addition to ‘Headlines’ featuring related current events, the following critical infrastructure sectors are represented:

  • Air Quality: Environmental Protection Agency
  • Communications: National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Cyber-Security: U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team and ThreatPost
  • Energy: U.S. Energy Information Administration
  • Transportation: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Click the tabs and pages to review the excerpts. Click on the ‘Read More’ link for more detailed information and to access a link to the source website. Please contact us to recommend news feeds for other critical infrastructure sectors.

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Air Quality

EPA–Air Quality

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Announces More Than $20 Million in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Ohio

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced The MetroHealth System and The Trust for Public Land in Ohio will receive $17,191,775 and $3,000,000 ...
/ EPA Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Issues Cleanup Plan for Shaffer Equipment Superfund Site in Minden, West Virginia

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) that addresses a source of contaminated soil at ...
/ EPA Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Fines Two Oahu Nurseries over Federal Worker Protection Standard Violations

SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced settlements of two cases involving agricultural worker protection, one with Olomana ...
/ EPA Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency

Puerto Rico recibirá $28.6 millones para reemplazar tuberías de plomo para lograr agua potable segura

Puerto Rico recibirá $28.6 millones para reemplazar tuberías de plomo para lograr agua potable segura La EPA anuncia la última ronda de ...
/ EPA Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency

Puerto Rico to Get $28.6 Million for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water

NEW YORK  – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $28.6 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Puerto ...
/ EPA Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency

Governo Biden-Harris anuncia US$ 3 bilhões para substituição de tubos de chumbo para promover água potável segura como parte da agenda de investimento nos Estados Unidos

Governo Biden-Harris anuncia US$ 3 bilhões para substituição de tubos de chumbo para promover água potável segura como parte da agenda de ...
/ EPA Air Quality

Communications

NIST–Advanced Communications

National Institute of Standards and Technology News

5×5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit

SAVE THE DATE 5x5 ― the confirmation of a strong and clear signal ― and the place to make your voice heard ...
/ NIST Advanced Communications
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Releases New Version of SimPROCESD Software for Discrete-event Manufacturing Simulation

NIST has released its latest software version of SimPROCESD v0.3.0, or Simulated-Production Resource for Operations and Conditions Evaluation to Support Decision-Making. SimPROCESD ...
/ NIST Advanced Communications
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Hosts Industry Meeting on Advanced Technologies and Use Cases for High-performance Industrial Wireless Systems

The NIST Industrial Wireless Systems team held an industry meeting on September 12, 2024, to facilitate discussions on “Advanced Technologies and Use ...
/ NIST Advanced Communications
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Leaders Overview CPS and IoT Program at DOE Executive Lunch and Learn

On 10 September 2024, NIST leaders Dr. David Wollman, Deputy Chief of NIST’s Smart Connected System Division, and Dr. Thomas Roth, Leader ...
/ NIST Advanced Communications
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Industrial Wireless Team Publishes Report on OFDMA Uplink Activation

Karl Montgomery and Rick Candell of the NIST Industrial Wireless Team have produced a report titled “A Characterization of OFDMA Uplink Activation ...
/ NIST Advanced Communications
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Industrial Wireless Systems Team Member Presents on Real-time and Mission-critical Wireless Systems

NIST Industrial Wireless Systems team member Mohamed Kashef (Hany) presented on real-time and mission-critical wireless systems in an invited panel session at ...
/ NIST Advanced Communications

Cyber-security

US Computer Emergency Readiness Team

Microsoft Releases October 2024 Security Updates

Microsoft Releases October 2024 Security Updates

Microsoft released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take ...
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-8963 Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance ...
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-8963 Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance ...
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Cyber-security: ThreatPost

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Energy

US Energy Information Administration

Energy Information Administration News

U.S. hourly electricity demand peaked in July with widespread heatwaves

In-brief analysis October 10, 2024 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid MonitorNote: Chart shows maximum electricity demand each day ...
Energy Information Administration News

Hurricane Milton nears landfall on Florida’s west coast, disrupts energy infrastructure

In-brief analysis October 9, 2024 This TIE was updated with additional mapping. As of 8:00 a.m. eastern time on October 9, Hurricane ...
Energy Information Administration News

Household heating expenditures expected to remain about the same or less than last winter

In-brief analysis October 8, 2024 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Winter Fuels Outlook As we explain in our October 2024 Winter ...
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EPA–Energy

Environmental Protection Agency

OMG Partners of Turlock, Calif. Penalized $140,000 for Fuel Spill that Reached San Francisco Bay

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with OMG Partners of Turlock, Calif. to resolve claims ...
/ EPA Energy
Environmental Protection Agency

EPA settles with Massachusetts solar company for Construction General Permit violations

BOSTON (May 21, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled with Navisun, LLC, a solar energy company based in Hingham, ...
/ EPA Energy

Transporation

NIST–Transporation

Spotlight: Mahima Arora and Autonomous Vehicle Testing

As a robotics engineer at NIST, Mahima works on systems interactions of autonomous vehicles ...
/ NIST Transportation

Summer Students Support Smart Connected Systems Research in NIST’s SURF and SHIP Programs

Every summer, NIST hosts summer students in its Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) program and Summer High School Intern Program (SHIP) to ...
/ NIST Transportation

NIST Participates in White House Summit on Standards for Critical and Emerging Technology

A new Implementation Roadmap provides recommendations and actions for putting the U.S. standards strategy into effect ...
/ NIST Transportation