By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy announced that contracts have been awarded from the recent Congressionally-mandated Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil sale.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement today on the passage of H.R. 1768, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2019...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) released the following statement today after the House passed three energy bills to improve energy efficiency and security...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement following House passage of four bipartisan energy bills...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last weekend, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Senior DOE officials participated in a series of events including a U.S. Industry Roundtable, U.S.–Poland–Ukraine Trilateral event, as well as bilateral engagements surrounding Vice President Pence’s visit for the Commemoration on the 80th Anniversary of the Start of World War II.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
Release: SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - "In June, Secretary Perry made a commitment to visit the Department's Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory to get a first-hand look at the site and learn more about the remaining cleanup challenges. Today, he fulfilled that promise, ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the establishment of the DOE Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office (AITO). The Secretary has established the office to serve as the coordinating hub for the work being done across the DOE enterprise in Artificial Intelligence. This action has been taken as part of the President’s call for a national AI strategy to ensure AI technologies are developed to positively impact the lives of Americans.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the establishment of the DOE Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office (AITO). The Secretary has established the office to serve as the coordinating hub for the work being done across the DOE enterprise in Artificial Intelligence. This action has been taken as part of the President’s call for a national AI strategy to ensure AI technologies are developed to positively impact the lives of Americans.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) blasted news that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is launching an investigation into the fuel economy deal four automakers recently brokered with the state of California...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 5, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Nationwide DD&R contract. A multiple award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract, utilizing Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) and/or Cost Reimbursement (CR) task orders, is anticipated. The Draft RFP is being issued as an unrestricted, full and open competitive procurement with a 10-year ordering period, and a maximum value of services of $3.0 billion.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Auto Alliance and Global Automakers detailed their voluntary commitment to add rear seat reminder systems - to prevent children from dying in hot cars - to new vehicles by Model Year 2025...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce 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 legislative hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 10:30 am in Room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on broadband mapping. The hearing is entitled, “Legislating to Connect America: Improving the Nation’s Broadband Maps."
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement today after the Auto Alliance and Global Automakers announced a voluntary commitment to add rear seat reminder systems to new vehicles by Model Year 2025 or sooner in order to help prevent children from dying in hot cars...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) blasted two new final rules from the Department of Energy (DOE) rolling back lightbulb efficiency standards...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement in response to the seven-hour climate crisis town hall hosted by CNN with 10 Democratic presidential candidates.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement on the retirement of Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX). Rep. Flores serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is a member of the Communications and Technology, Energy, and Environment and Climate Change subcommittees.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement today after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Google, and its subsidiary YouTube, to settle allegations that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children without parental consent...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The past, present, and future came together when Shoshone-Bannock Tribes member Talia Martin explained the history, cultural significance, and continued environmental protection at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
By DOE Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The EM program at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has launched an innovative process using silver chloride, a conventional industrial product, to clean up contaminated groundwater.
