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IRS Promotes Earned Income Tax Credit

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IRS Commissioner John Koskinen

IRS News:

PHOENIX – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is partnering with community-based organizations across the country to promote Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day, an effort to alert millions of low and moderate-income workers who may be missing out on a significant tax credit that can be as much as $6,000.

Millions of workers who earned $52,427 or less last year may qualify for EITC for the first time in 2015, making awareness of the credit critical. About a third of the people eligible for EITC fluctuate each year based on changes to their Read More

Los Alamos Native Is Military Spouse Of The Year

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COMMUNITY News:

CAPE MAY, N.J. – Los Alamos native Jill Simcox has been selected as the Coast Guard District Five Spouse of the year and has advanced to the semi-final round to be considered for the National Military Spouse of the Year award. 

Simcox, whose husband is a Company Commander at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, is an active member of the Jersey Cape Military Spouses Club and committee head for its membership. She served as president of the Club in 2013, and has been a member for nearly four years. 

Simcox is a member of the Cape May City Board of Education and volunteers Read More

IRS Warns New Mexicans: Beware Of ‘Biggest Refund In Town’ Promise

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IRS News:

PHOENIX — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning New Mexico taxpayers to be on the lookout for unscrupulous tax return preparers pushing inflated tax refund claims.

This scam remains on the annual list of tax scams known as the “Dirty Dozen” for the 2015 filing season.

“Every filing season, scam artists lure victims in by promising outlandish refunds,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. “Taxpayers should be wary of anyone who asks them to sign a blank return, promise a big refund before looking at their records, or charge fees based on a percentage of the refund.” Read More

Heinrich On CIA Efforts To Cover Up Torture Report

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement in response to efforts to cover up the facts of the committee’s report on the CIA detention and interrogation program:

“It would be unprecedented and misguided for the Executive Branch to relinquish its copies of the full committee report. I’ve always believed the committee’s full report on the CIA detention and interrogation program should be publicly released. Read More

Senate Approves Keystone XL Pipeline

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate today passed legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline with a 62-36 vote. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released the following statement after voting against the measure:

“Tar sands are not the right choice to meet our future energy needs. Instead of focusing on the past, which the Keystone XL Pipeline represents, we need to look to the future of clean energy technologies and the domestic jobs they support. Our national energy policy should be focused on two fundamental Read More

IRS Commissioner: Bad Bet Hiding Money Offshore

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IRS Commissioner John Koskinen

IRS News:

PHOENIX – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today said avoiding taxes by hiding money or assets in unreported offshore accounts remains on its annual list of tax scams known as the “Dirty Dozen” for the 2015 filing season.

“The recent string of successful enforcement actions against offshore tax cheats and the financial organizations that help them shows that it’s a bad bet to hide money and income offshore,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. “Taxpayers are best served by coming in voluntarily and getting their taxes and filing requirements Read More

LAHS Students Compete In North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad Thursday

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LAHS News:

Several students from the newly formed Los Alamos High School Linguistics Club will compete Thursday in the first round of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad.

Each student will complete a paper-based test, which consists of several complex linguistics problem sets. Students who pass this Open Round will have the opportunity to advance to the Invitational Round with the chance of being selected to participate in the International Linguistics Olympiad.

Professionals in the field of linguistics created the NACLO to engage high school students in current problems Read More

First Time In 50 Years – Restoration Begins On NIST’s Million-Pound Deadweight Machine

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MILLION-POUND MAKEOVER: Highlights of the disassembly of NIST’s 4.45-million newton (1 million pounds-force) deadweight machine, the largest in the world, in preparation for cleaning, restoration, and recalibration. Video by Jennifer Lauren Lee. Courtesy/NIST

NIST News:

For the first time in half a century, NIST’s 4.45-million newton (equivalent to one million pounds-force) deadweight machine – the largest in the world – is being disassembled for cleaning, restoration, and recalibration.

Courtesy/NIST

The first stage of the process, dismantling the top half of the three-story

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Uncommon Valor: The Battle of Iwo Jima

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Bill Hudson

SRCIR News:

World Affairs Discussion Event with Los Alamos resident and Marine Corps Veteran Bill Hudson

SANTA FE – Feb.19, is the 70th anniversary of the American forces’ landing on Iwo Jima.

The Santa Fe Council on International Relations will present a special program to commemorate that historic battle and all those who fought and all those who were lost.

The program, entitled “Uncommon Valor: The Battle of Iwo Jima” will feature a film followed by discussion with Los Alamos resident Bill Hudson, an Iwo Jima Marine Corps veteran of the battle. 

Bill Hudson

The program will Read More