WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Proposed CHIPS Funding Would Support Construction of Fab and Advanced Test and Packaging Facility and Create up to 1,700 Jobs in Pennsylvania and California Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the Department of Commerce and Infinera have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $93 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. Thro  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the availability of $25 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for fish habitat and facility improvements in the Sacramento River Valley. This funding will complement the State of California's Healthy Rivers and Landscapes program, which is working to increase river flows, restore ecosystems and strengthen water supply reliability acro  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in California - 2023": * * * In 2023, California women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,118, or 89.9 percent of the $1,244 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. R  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Hawaii - 2023": * * * In 2023, Hawaii women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $902, or 82.4 percent of the $1,095 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Co  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Idaho - 2023": * * * In 2023, Idaho women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $910, or 81.7 percent of the $1,114 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Comm  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Nevada - 2023": * * * In 2023, Nevada women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $912, significantly below the $1,069 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional C  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Oregon - 2023": * * * In 2023, Oregon women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,106, significantly below the $1,250 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional  more

MONTEREY, California, Oct. 18 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New England Special Agent and Criminal Investigator Peter Coste has had a banner year. In January, the Boston, MA-based Coste graduated from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security's Emergence Program. Then in April, he saw his Emergence change initiative reach a key milestone with the graduation of the first class of   more

MENLO PARK, California, Oct. 18 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * SLAC hosted two faculty members from institutions historically underrepresented in the research community via the Visiting Faculty Program, enabling them to perform novel research under the guidance of SLAC scientists. * * * Scientists across the nation are both fascinated by the work done at the Department of Energy's national laboratories and could make important contributio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. 0-AR-5929) on Oct. 17, 2024: * * * SPORT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ORGANIZATION (Union) and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 412 TEST WING EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA (Agency) 0-AR-5929 (73 FLRA 830 (2024)) ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND CLARIFICATION October 17, 2024 * * * Before the Authority: Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman, and Colleen Duffy Kiko and Ann  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could support microbial life. * * * While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes could find a potential home beneath frozen water on the planet's surface. Through computer modeling, the study's authors have shown that the amount of sunlight that can shine through water ice would be enoug  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: A groundbreaking multidisciplinary team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers is combining the power of exascale computing with AI, advanced workflows and graphics processor (GPU)-acceleration to advance scientific innovation and revolutionize digital design. The project, called ICECap (Inertial Confinement on El Capitan), is a tran  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL and partner Cerebras Systems of Sunnyvale, California, have been awarded $8 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance the study of scientific phenomena using the world's largest computer chip known as the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE). The third generation WSE-3, which powers Cerebras' CS-3 AI supercomputer, is an innovation that will en  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Offshore wind energy may represent the most significant new commercial use of the ocean seen in many decades. As new offshore wind technology emerges off the U.S. West Coast, NOAA Fisheries has developed a strategic science plan identifying both opportunities and challenges for advancing the agency's research and understanding of offshore wind in the region. The West Coast Offshore Wind Energy  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Seaman 1st Class (S1c) Aaron L. McMurtrey, 27, of Durant, Oklahoma, killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 31, 2024. On Dec. 7, 1941, McMurtrey was assigned to the battleship USS California, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The U  more