By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the Senate passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Senate passed H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Pallone is an original co-sponsor of the bill that passed in the House last week and helped draft key provisions, ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) comment on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s decision to waive the E-Rate and Rural Health Care program gift rules, which will make it easier for broadband providers to support telehealth and remote learning.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - Project managers advancing key liquid waste treatment facilities toward startup at three EM sites shared successes, challenges, and lessons learned during the Waste Management Symposia.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - EM Senior Advisor William "Ike" White, front row, third from left, gathered with Florida International University (FIU) DOE Fellows at the Waste Management Symposia. The DOE-FIU Science and Technology Workforce Development Initiative has been designed to build on the DOE-FIU relationship by...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: EM has published its 2019 Year in Review, summarizing the accomplishments of cleanup workers across the DOE complex over the course of the year. The booklet highlights major achievements at each EM site and at EM headquarters. The Year in Review can be found online here.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - Led by a video message from Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, leaders of the Savannah River Site (SRS) celebrated its 70th anniversary and its role as the featured site at the Waste Management Symposia.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - Students and workers trained in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields are increasingly critical to DOE programs that are challenged to maintain technically skilled workforces, EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Shrader told an audience at the Waste Management Symposia.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - Hanford Site Manager Brian Vance and leaders of the site’s major cleanup contractors expressed pride in recent accomplishments and optimism about progress toward liquid waste treatment during a panel discussion at the Waste Management Symposia.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $3 million for high-performance computing, modeling, and simulation projects to improve manufacturing processes. DOE will fund projects that aim to achieve national energy savings and improve or reduce the lifecycle energy consumption of the...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
Release: Program Will Develop Advanced Computing Tools to Accelerate Discovery
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - Technology’s pivotal role in advancing EM’s mission was the focus of a panel at the Waste Management Symposia.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - EM is preparing for a potential game change and the challenges it could bring when major liquid waste treatment facilities begin to come online this year, officials said last week during the Waste Management Symposia 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) is set to make the first major skyline change later this year with demolition beginning on the X-326 process building at Portsmouth, site leaders said at the Waste Management Symposia.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office (DOE) of Legacy Management (LM) is focused on ensuring that visitors, families, and the community remain safe by following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19) along with recommendations from federal, state, and local public health authorities.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $25 million in funding for plastics recycling research and development (R&D). The funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is part of the Department’s Plastics Innovation Challenge , a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in plastics recycling technologies.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought notice for operation of DOE’s Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Facilities.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $25 million in funding for plastics recycling research and development (R&D). The funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is part of the Department’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in plastics recycling technologies.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – This evening, DOE issued the following statement responding to President Trump’s directive to Secretary Brouillette concerning the National Emergency declaration for COVID-19.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: In advance of House consideration later today, House Democrats have released the text of the bipartisan Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The legislation is expected to be considered on the Floor under suspension of the rules.
