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Federal Announcements

These federal announcements have been issued by a federal government agency related to the manufacturing industry. They include, but are not limited to, fact sheets, competition awards, and press releases. You can use the filters in the left-side column to find announcements of interest.

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Advances Cleaner Industrial Sector to Boost American Manufacturing and Cut Emissions

| Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of Transportation (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), General Services Administration (GSA) | Clean Energy, Climate, Workforce

The Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions to grow American competitiveness, expand manufacturing jobs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector. Further strengthening our industrial base will revitalize local economies, lower costs for consumers, provide more pathways to the middle class through good-paying union jobs, and boost American competitiveness in global markets.

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President Biden Signs Presidential Waiver of Statutory Requirements for Supply Chain Resilience

| Department of Defense (DoD), Executive Office of the President | Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP) Office | Defense Systems, National Security, Supply Chain

President Joe Biden signed a presidential waiver of some statutory requirements (Waiver) authorizing the use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to allow the Department of Defense DoD to more aggressively build the resiliency of America's defense industrial base and secure its supply chains.

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How Digital Twins Could Protect Manufacturers From Cyberattacks

| Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Research and Development (R&D)

A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Michigan devised a cybersecurity framework that brings digital twin technology together with machine learning and human expertise to flag indicators of cyberattacks. In a paper published in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, the researchers showed the feasibility of their strategy by detecting cyberattacks aimed at a 3D printer in their lab.

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NSF Announces Nearly $50 Million Partnership with Ericsson, IBM, Intel, and Samsung to Support the Future of Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing

| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Microelectronics, Semiconductors, Technology, Workforce

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a cross-sector partnership with Ericsson, IBM, Intel, and Samsung to support the design of the next generation of semiconductors as part of its Future of Semiconductors (FuSe) initiative. Through this partnership activity, NSF will team with Ericsson, IBM, Intel, and Samsung to invest in projects that cultivate a broad coalition of science and engineering researchers to pursue holistic, “co-design” approaches.

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