By Bob Martin | Dec 27, 2021
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Interior Department to share research in support of the Federal Indian Board School Initiative.
By Bob Martin | Dec 25, 2021
Fire management officials at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California declared the KNP Complex Fire is 100% contained as of Dec. 16.
By Bob Martin | Dec 21, 2021
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently introduced two new security directives to strengthen cybersecurity to address ongoing threats to surface transportation systems and their infrastructure.
By Bob Martin | Dec 20, 2021
The White House has recently released an updated National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking which focuses on prevention, protection, prosecution and partnership as part of an ongoing effort to combat forced labor.
By Bob Martin | Dec 20, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is providing $90 million in YouthBuild program grants focused on occupational skills training, employment services and educational support for youth in poor communities.
By Bob Martin | Dec 20, 2021
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees are nearing 100% compliance with a federal order regarding the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Bob Martin | Dec 19, 2021
For years the Snake River Plain Aquifer was considered to be unsafe as it had been a location to design, build and test nuclear reactors in 1949. After three decades of cleanup, the Department of Energy (DOE) reported that the aquifer and the DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory site are “considerably safer."
By Bob Martin | Dec 18, 2021
The Department of State is holding 12 foreign government officials accountable for human rights violations, making them ineligible to enter the United States, Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently announced.
By Bob Martin | Dec 18, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has awarded Pam Marks of Savannah River Site the 2020 Federal Project Director of the Year Award for her work on a first of its kind $2.3 billion nuclear facility.
By Bob Martin | Dec 18, 2021
Angelita Denny is a site lead for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) office of Legacy Management (LM) and she is proud of the work she does in areas where fellow Native Americans have resided, which often were locations of nuclear testing in the past.
By Bob Martin | Dec 17, 2021
The U.S. Senate confirmed President Joe BIden's nominee Rachael Rollins as U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, in a party-line vote Dec. 8 that had Vice President Kamala Harris casting the deciding vote in favor of Rollins.
By Bob Martin | Dec 15, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently extended the deadline for submissions to the Cooling Solutions Challenge to Feb. 24.
By Bob Martin | Dec 12, 2021
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs is assembling a rule-making committee to implement a law that allows for easier self-governance for Native American tribes and is seeking public comments on the matter.
By Bob Martin | Dec 9, 2021
Deputy Secretary of State for Management Resources Brian P. McKeon traveled to Camp Atterbury in Indiana Dec. 1 where he met Afghan staff previously employed at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, according to a release by the U.S. Department of State.
By Bob Martin | Dec 9, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently launched a fourth expansion of the Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) in an effort to improve the commercial viability of clean energy technology.
By Bob Martin | Dec 9, 2021
In response to sexual assault allegations made by Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai pertaining to a Chinese government official, the Women’s Tennis Association has announced that it is suspending its tournaments in China.
By Bob Martin | Dec 8, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will provide $70 million toward research in Earth system model development, contributing to the development of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM).
By Bob Martin | Dec 8, 2021
Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins attended events in Europe Dec. 1-8 to discuss nonproliferation and disarmament issues ahead of the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
By Bob Martin | Dec 8, 2021
There are some in the community who have gone above and beyond working towards an emission-free environment, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program recently recognized them with the 2021 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards.
By Bob Martin | Dec 8, 2021
The U.S. will not be sending officials to the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Beijing due to ongoing human rights issues in the Peoples Republic of China.
