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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

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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 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

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

Communications

NIST–Advanced Communications

National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Participates in First Workshop on Zero Trust Architecture in Mobile Networks

CTL staff Scott Rose, Oliver Borchert, and Doug Montgomery participated in the first joint O-RAN / 3GPP workshop on the standardization of ...
/ NIST Advanced Communications
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST CTL Contributes to National Spectrum Research and Development Plan Priorities

On November 13, 2023, President Biden recognized radio frequency spectrum as one of the nation's most critical natural resources, calling for a ...
/ NIST Advanced Communications
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Broadens Collaboration with BIPM to Enhance Voltage Standards

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has expanded its comparison program with the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) ...
/ NIST Advanced Communications
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

Quantum Matters in Material Sciences (QMMS)

As part of the JARVIS workshop series, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is organizing the 4 th Quantum Matters ...
/ NIST Advanced Communications
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Awards $15 Million to ASTM International to Establish Standardization Center of Excellence

The new center will support U.S. engagement in international standardization for critical and emerging technologies ...
/ 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

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 ...
Iranian Cyber Actors’ Brute Force and Credential Access Activity Compromises Critical Infrastructure Organizations

Iranian Cyber Actors’ Brute Force and Credential Access Activity Compromises Critical Infrastructure Organizations

Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Communications Security ...
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

Drought conditions reduce hydropower generation, particularly in the Pacific Northwest

In-brief analysis November 7, 2024 In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that electricity generation from U.S. hydropower plants in ...
Energy Information Administration News

U.S. fuel ethanol exports rise on strong international demand and low U.S. prices

In-depth analysis November 6, 2024 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply MonthlyNote: The 2024 annual average is the year-to-date average ...
Energy Information Administration News

U.S. summer nuclear outages declined in 2024, returning to 2022 levels

In-brief analysis November 5, 2024 Average U.S. nuclear capacity outages during the summer of 2024 (June 1 through August 31) decreased to ...
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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 and University Researchers Develop Software to Improve Co-Simulation Performance

In collaboration with Vanderbilt University, NIST researchers have published a paper, “ Scalable HLA Co-Simulations of Connected and Automated Vehicles using Aggregation ...
/ NIST Transportation