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Secretary Brouillette Participates in Official Visit for Iraqi Delegation

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette participated in the official visit of the Iraqi delegation to Washington, D.C. including a bilateral energy ministerial meeting with the Iraqi Ministers of Oil and Electricity and a Roundtable with the Iraqi Prime Minister and the U.S. energy industry. Tomorrow, Secretary Brouilette will join President Donald J. Trump and the Iraqi delegation for a bilateral meeting at the White House.


STEM with LM Goes Back to School

Release: School will likely look different for students this fall. Whether your kitchen has turned into a science lab for online learning or your children are attending in-person, wearing masks and sitting at desks six feet away from their classmates, everyone can agree that education has evolved to accommodate ...


Walden, Guthrie Publish Third and Final Pillar of E&C Republicans’ Second Wave Project

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) published the third and final report as part of E&C Republicans’ Second Wave Preparedness Project. Today’s report makes many recommendations related to the health care supply chain.


News Release: School will likely look different for students this fall. Whether your kitchen has turned into a science lab for online learning or your children are attending in-person, wearing masks and sitting at desks six feet away from their classmates, everyone can agree that education has evolved to accommodate...


Department of Energy Announces Equity in Energy Ambassadors and Champions

Release: Leaders back diversity and access for all in the energy sector


Pallone Demands Briefing on HHS Decision to Bypass FDA and Allow Lab Developed COVID-19 Tests to Come to Market Without Review

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following an announcemen t from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allowing lab developed COVID-19 tests to come to market without Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review...


Department of Energy Issues Request for Information for Materials that Withstand Harsh Environments

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for information (RFI) about advances in components, systems, and products that can withstand harsh environments and extended service lifetimes.


News Release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) have been working together for more than two decades to advance the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), cleaning up sites with contamination resulting from the nation’s early atomic energy and weapons programs.


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for information (RFI) about advances in components, systems, and products that can withstand harsh environments and extended service lifetimes.


News Release: Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories, the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), are working with the University of Kentucky and the Pennsylvania State University to further the research and development of coal-derived carbon fibers.



News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai urging him to give tribes more time to apply for broadband licenses in the 2.5 GHz Band.


E&C Leaders Ask GAO to Review HHS’s New Hospital Capacity Reporting Requirements

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette wrote to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro today requesting a review of the changes that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made to COVID-19 hospital capacity reporting systems and requirements during the pandemic.


News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued a Draft Request for Proposals for the Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup Contract (ORRCC) procurement at the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR), in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office (AITO) announced the creation of the First Five Consortium (First Five). Co-Chaired with Microsoft Corporation, First Five was formed in response to the January 2020 White House Executive Forum...


Experienced Oak Ridge Workforce Transitions to ORNL Cleanup

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - With one final demolition project underway at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), an EM, DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR have begun transitioning its ETTP workforce to new cleanup projects.


News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Crews recently demolished the 6,955 square foot Utility Room building (UR) at the West Valley Demonstration Project. Built in 1964, the UR was used to produce and distribute various utilities required for Main Plant processes. This is the sixth of seven Main Plant support structures demolished, and brings EM’s total number of structures removed at West Valley to 67.


Energy Department Institute Selects Five Projects to Spur New Smart-Manufacturing Technology Innovations

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) announced selections totaling up to $1 million for five projects to identify ways to use smart-manufacturing technologies to improve productivity, precision, performance and energy efficiency.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Employees of the at the Savannah River Site recently improved planning for steam outages at the chemical processing facility by hiring staff members dedicated to preparing for those periods full time.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM crews are taking steps to prevent vehicles from striking wild animals on Hanford Site roadways.