WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate issued the following commentary on April 21, 2023: * * * Department of Energy National Labs: 20-Year Partnership Delivers Immeasurable Impact By Dimitri Kusnezov, Under Secretary for Science and Technology This weekend, the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will mark World Laboratory Day by celebrating our cooperative and beneficial relationship with the 17 Department of Energ  more

ASHBURN, Virginia, April 19 (TNSper) -- The National Contract Management Association issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: The National Contract Management Association (NCMA), a professional association and standards setter for contract management professionals, announced the addition of six new members to its Board of Directors. Karla Smith Jackson, Wes Bennett, Timothy Applegate, Steve Woo, David Cade, and Iris Cooper have joined the board to provide their unique expertise and   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL experts are harnessing advanced computing capabilities including machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to create ways to analyze information from diverse data streams like historic records, information reported from citizen scientists, field data collections and other obscure sources to identify undocumented orphaned wells (UOWs), leading t  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration published a Notice of Intent (NOI) today to prepare a new Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico (SWEIS). The purpose of the NOI is to invite participation in the process and to encourage involveme  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 (TNSres) -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following fact sheet: * * * The U.S. and Mexican High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) co-chairs met virtually on April 18, 2023 to review key accomplishments since the September 12, 2022 HLED ministerial as outlined below. They also discussed priority initiatives and stakeholder engagements to plan for the HLED ministerial in fall 2023. The U.S. delegation was led by Deputy United States Trade Representativ  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: As communities across New Mexico face interconnected challenges with public safety, affordable housing, education and economic development, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) announced her selections for 15 Congressionally funded community projects, totaling $53.1 million, which she submitted for consideration in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2024 budget. Rep. Stansbury chose the projects a  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 18 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: As anyone who has lived near the ocean can attest, metal and sea mist are a recipe for corrosion. A nuisance of coastal life, the consequences of these common chemical reactions become far more serious when it is taking aim at the stainless-steel canisters that contain spent nuclear fuel. To shield steel from the corrosive threats posed by sea air, Sandi  more

ALBANY, California, April 20 (TNSres) -- The Seismological Society of America issued the following news: On 24 September, about a cup's worth of the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu will be returned to Earth in a sample return capsule, ending the 12-year mission of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it lands in the Utah desert. Researchers led by Sandia National Laboratories will be "listening" in as it does, taking advantage of the re-entry with a unique seismoacoustic observational campaign, sci  more