By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Barry McIntosh, a cybersecurity engineer for EM contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), received the Government Innovation Award for Public Sector Innovation last week for his work on a new cyber degree program at the University of South Carolina Aiken (USC Aiken).
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - A program that helps shape future candidates for EM’s workforce inducted 12 Florida International University (FIU) science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students as the DOE Fellows Class of 2019 last week.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - It’s 5:30 a.m. As most employees’ alarm clocks are repeating their dreaded sound, Henry Mutka is already in the office starting a pot of coffee to begin his day at DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM).
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Hanford tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) was recently recognized for its efforts to hire veterans and promote veteran employment.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces a $3.6 million investment in High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI). Selected projects will receive access to the National Laboratories’ high-performance computing (HPC) facilities and expertise to help address key challenges in U.S. manufacturing, material, and mobility development. HPC4EI is the umbrella program for DOE's HPC for Manufacturing, HPC for Materials, and HPC for Mobility initiatives.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought for the Nationwide Low-Level and Mixed Low-Level Waste Treatment Services.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Twenty-five hunters recently participated in the 20th annual deer hunt for wounded military veterans and the mobility impaired, held at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 11:30 am, in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 11, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The scientific computing and networking leadership of 17 U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) national laboratories will be showcased at SC19, the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, taking place Nov. 18-21 in Denver, CO.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $12 million funding opportunity for new projects to support research and development (R&D) and education and workforce development that will enable U.S. manufacturers to increase the recovery, recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing of plastics and...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: In early November, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Fernald Preserve, Ohio, Site was honored to accept the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award in the National Priorities List (NPL) category. The award recognizes accomplishments at the Fernald Preserve in environmental education, environmental remediation, and conservation of natural resources.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) today demanded answers from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about its efforts to change key provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA).
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
Release: Studies Will Be Aimed at Improving Accuracy of Earth System Models
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Eleven Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today expressing growing concern that the FCC is failing to protect consumers’ privacy by refusing to hold wireless carriers accountable for unauthorized disclosures of consumers’ real-time location data.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced up to $30 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy (BETHE). BETHE projects will support the development of timely, commercially viable fusion energy, aiming to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine federal revenues derived from energy development as well as programs that share those revenues with state, local, and tribal governments.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Donald J. Trump formally nominated Dan Brouillette to serve as the next U.S. Secretary of Energy. Brouillette, current U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy, would replace sitting Secretary Rick Perry if confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
Release: ARPA-E Provides Funding to Support Lower-Cost Fusion Energy Concepts
